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| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Escape artist Harry Houdini with co-star Lila Lee in the silent film, "Terror Island," a Paramount release. The climax consists of Houdini saving Lee from ... |
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| Description: | Woman holding child standing in front of the home at 1554 W. Windlake Avenue. There is a small garden in the front yard. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elsie Janis, in military uniform, stands arm-in-arm with three soldiers in a publicity photograph for the musical revue "Elsie Janis and Her Gang." They we... |
| Date: | 04 10 1934 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Brew-Date label for a bottle of Blatz beer. The label features two cartoon gnomes hol... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Front view of the New Amsterdam Theatre (Theater), which advertises the 1925 Ziegfield Follies on its marquee and on street level the play "The Knife in th... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Blatz Waukesha Water, Bottled at the Springs, Waukesha WI, A natural spring water, s... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Production still showing the technique of rear projection. A 1951 Ford, jacked up in front so the steering wheel can turn, sits in front of a rear projecti... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Democratic leadership on the Wisconsin Assembly floor: left to right: Robert T. Huber, minority leader; David R. Obey, assistant minority leader, and Norma... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of actor John Gilbert with a pipe in his mouth. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Actor John Gilbert as a baby with his mother. She is lying on the floor on her stomach, resting on her elbows with her head up. Her knees are bent and her ... |
| Date: | 05 26 1932 |
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| Description: | Composite of four head and shoulders portraits of the three former wives and the fiancée of actor John Gilbert: Olivia Burwell (top left), Leatrice Joy (to... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Actors John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro compare their moustaches. Gilbert is in costume. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of actor John Gilbert's Spanish-style house at 1400 Tower Grove Road. There is a tower on the hill in the background. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Actor John Gilbert sitting on a couch in the living room of his Beverly Hills mansion. He is staring at the fireplace which has a light fixture inside it. |
| Date: | 01 1927 |
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| Description: | John Gilbert and Greta Garbo pose for photograph at the premiere of their film "The Flesh and the Devil." She is wearing a fur coat, white gloves and is ho... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Publicity still for the film "The Show." John Gilbert is seen in profile — he is wearing a hat, striped shirt, and a scarf around his neck. |
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