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Richard Tucker and his Dog

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actor Richard Tucker wears a gray suit and checked cap and has a pipe in his mouth as he pets his dog. Original caption: "Richard Tucker, G...
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Gaston Glass in his New Car

Date: 1922
Description: French-born silent film actor Gaston Glass at the wheel of a touring car with a spare tire mounted on the running board. Glass later became an assistant di...
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Vitagraph Production Still

Date: 1916
Description: Frederick A. Thomson (at left in straw hat), Charles J. Davis (cranking what appears to be a Moy & Bastie camera), J. Stuart Blackton (in cap and bow tie a...
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Pauline Starke and Arthur Rankin in "Sun-Up"

Date: 1925
Description: Pauline Starke (as Emmy) and Arthur Rankin (as Bud) pose in a production still from the 1925 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production "Sun-Up." Behind them are two o...
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Florence La Badie, Carl Leviness, and Harry Benham

Date: 1912
Description: Florence La Badie (sitting on stage in light coat and hat), Carl Leviness (leaning against stage with megaphone), and Harry Benham (far right looking up at...
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Antonio Moreno and Film Crew

Date: 1917
Description: Antonio Moreno in make-up, jodhpurs, and an undershirt, sits under an umbrella along with a cameraman and a Bell & Howell camera with other cast and crew m...
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Cullen Landis with Camera

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "Cullen Landis, who has become one of the screen's most popular figures, used to be a camera-man, or cinematographer, as they say in Fren...
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Eclair Company

Date: 1913
Description: An outdoor studio used by the Eclair American Company while making silent films. Shown are four or five actors in a restaurant set on a low platform covere...
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Thomas Ince and William S. Hart production still

Date: 1915
Description: Thomas H. Ince gestures to a cameraman who is moving a Bell & Howell camera on its tripod. Over Ince's shoulder is William S. Hart in costume as a minister...
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Earle Williams

Date: 1918
Description: Earle Williams, Vitagraph star, studies a script in front of a bank of Cooper-Hewitt lights.
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Keystone Film Company Pool

Date: 1915
Description: Production still of the Keystone pool. On the far left is Mack Sennett, coatless, in derby and suspenders. On the far right is Adam Kessel, coatless, in a ...
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"Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund"

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Mary Pickford getting tobacco and cigarettes for the soldiers. In addition to supplying her own adopted contingents, Miss Pickford has s...
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"A Liberty Bond Plea" Scene Still

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Charles Ray in a Liberty Loan Film by courtesy Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and Thomas H. Ince. Distributed by the National Associat...
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Alan Hale and Family

Date: 1922
Description: Original caption: "Alan and Gretchen Hale and Alan Junior at the age of one year."
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Raymond Hitchcock and Sisters

Date: 09 1879
Description: Childhood portrait of Raymond Hitchcock and his two sisters. Hitchcock would become a well-known actor and producer on Broadway and a player in silent film...
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J. Warren Kerrigan and his Mother

Date: 1920
Description: Sarah McLean Kerrigan and her son the silent film actor J. Warren Kerrigan.
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Tom Moore, Alice Joyce Moore, and Owen Moore

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film actor Tom Moore, his little daughter Alice Moore, and his brother the actor Owen Moore.
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Conrad Nagel with his Wife and Baby

Date: 1920
Description: Silent film star Conrad Nagel sits on a porch swing with his infant daughter Ruth Margaret Nagel on his knee and his wife Ruth Helms by his side reading a ...
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Wallace Reid and his Infant Son

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film star Wallace Reid with his infant son Wallace Reid, Jr., on his knee and a collie dog.
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Wallace Reid and His Son with Christmas Tree

Date: 1919
Description: Silent film actor Wallace Reid sits at the foot of a Christmas tree with a teddy bear and his young son Wallace Reid, Jr. in his lap. A dog rests on the fl...

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