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Ice Harvesting

Date: 1910
Description: Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River.
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Cast of Ziv Television's series Boston Blackie

Date: 1951
Description: Boston Blackie (played by Kent Taylor), Mary Wesley (Lois Collier), and Inspector Faraday (Frank Orth), the cast of the television show Boston Blackie
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Vernon Castle and Irene Castle.

Date: 1914
Description: The husband-wife dance team Vernon and Irene Castle on horseback on Long Island, a publicity photograph by Haas Photos of New York.
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Agnes Moorehead

Date: 1904
Description: Agnes Moorehead is shown at about 4 years of age sitting in a handsome wicker baby carriage outdoors.
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Scene Still with Flora Finch, John Bunny, and Mary Anderson

Date: 1914
Description: Scene still from the Vitagraph production Father's Flirtation. From left to right are Flora Finch, John Bunny, and Mary Anderson. Bunny wears a bold...
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Scene Still with John Bunny and Louise Beaudet

Date: 1914
Description: Scene still from the Vitagraph production Father's Flirtation with John Bunny and Louise Beaudet. Bunny wears a boldly striped suit.
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Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Phillips, Scene Still

Date: 1920
Description: Rudolph Valentino, playing Juliantino Visconti, and Dorothy Phillips, as Aurora Meredith, in a tense embrace from the 1920 Universal production Once to ...
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Dorothy Phillips and Rudolph Valentino, Scene Still

Date: 1920
Description: Dorothy Phillips, as Aurora Meredith, receives a bouquet of roses from Rudolph Valentino, playing Juliantino Visconti, from the 1920 Universal production <...
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Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Phillips, Scene Still

Date: 1920
Description: Rudolph Valentino, playing Juliantino Visconti, interrupts Dorothy Phillips, as Aurora Meredith, as she is putting a bouquet of roses in a vase, in the 192...
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Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Phillips, Scene Still

Date: 1920
Description: Rudolph Valentino, playing Juliantino Visconti, is offered money by Dorothy Phillips, as Aurora Meredith, wearig an elaborate oriental costume in the 1920 ...
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Corinne Griffith and her Dog

Date: 1923
Description: Original caption: "Corinne Griffith, Vitagraph star, and her new dog 'Shep.'"
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Anita Stewart and a German Shepherd

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actress Anita Stewart poses with a golf bag slung over her shoulder and a German shepherd dog.
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Earle Williams and a Collie

Date: 1918
Description: Vitagraph silent film star Earle Williams wags his finger at a collie.
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Clara Kimball Young and an Irish Terrier Puppy

Date: 1919
Description: Clara Kimball Young and an Irish terrier puppy on the ground in front of a sign saying "Beware of the dog. Keep Out". Original caption: "Clara Kimball ...
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Antonio Moreno in a Racing Car

Date: 1920
Description: Vitagraph silent film star Antonio Moreno sits grinning beind the wheel of a very small racing car in a photograph heavily retouched for print reproduction...
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"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Celestia the Goddess (played by Anita Stewart) embraces Tom Barclay (Earle Williams) in a production still for the Vitagraph serial "The Goddess."
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Norma Talmadge and Ralph Lewis in "Going Straight"

Date: 1916
Description: Grace Remington (played by Norma Talmadge) and her husband John Remington (Ralph Lewis) are in a state of acute alarm in this scene still from the silent ...
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Eugene Pallette and Norma Talmadge in "Going Straight"

Date: 1916
Description: The robber Jimmy Briggs (played by Eugene Pallette) menaces Grace Remington (Norma Talmadege) in her bedroom in this scene still from the silent feature fi...
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Norma Talmadge and Eugene Pallette in "Going Straight"

Date: 1916
Description: The robber Jimmy Briggs (played by Eugene Pallette) is stifling the cries of Grace Remington (Norma Talmadege) in this scene still from the silent feature ...
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Paul Scardon, Franklyn Hanna, Corrinne Griffith and Earle Williams

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "Director Paul Scardon, discussing the script of a new Blue Ribbon feature with the players in the cast. Reading from left to right; Pau...

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