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Circus Performers with Mule

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Description: A male circus performer stands lengthwise on the back of a mule, while a female circus performer stands on the ground next to them.
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Anita Loos

Date: 1916
Description: Portrait of screenwriter Anita Loos with braided hair by Apeda Studio of New York.
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Publicity Still of Valeska Suratt for The Red Rose

Date: 1911
Description: Publicity still of Valeska Suratt for the 1911 Broadway production The Red Rose in which Suratt played Lola, a Parisian artist's model who falls in ...
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Louise Fazenda, Keystone Comedies

Date: 1916
Description: Hand-colored composite publicity portrait of Louise Fazenda surrounded by four of her characters for the Keystone Comedies.
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Lenore Ulrich, the Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Lenore Ulric lounging on a medieval-looking chair.
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Fortunello and Cirillino

Date: 1925
Description: A trick photograph of vaudeville clowns Forunello and Cirillino in which Fortunello holds Cirillino's decapitated head on a broom. Fortunello was the Itali...
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Dorothy Jardon Publicity Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: Dorothy Jardon is dressed as Bimboula, a Persian woman, from the musical comedy "Oh! Oh! Delphine" in which she appeared at the Shaftsbury Theatre in Londo...
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North End of Times Square

Date: 1924
Description: Times Square in New York City facing north on a foggy winter day in January or February. On the right is Loew's State Theatre which is playing "Big Brother...
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Lon Chaney in "The Monster"

Date: 1925
Description: Dr. Ziska (Lon Chaney) standing next to Amos Rugg (Hallam Cooley) who is strapped into a chair in a scene for the film "The Monster." Rugg is dressed in a ...
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Mae West publicity photograph

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Description: Publicity photograph of Mae West circa 1912. West wears a sleeveless dress with beaded overlay. She stands with her back to the camera and looks over her...

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