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Buster Keaton

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Description: Buster Keaton sitting outdoors and holding an oversize book and pencil. The book is for New Year Resolutions in 1929.
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Chaplin, Pickford and Fairbanks

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Description: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks standing next to each other. Chaplin has his feet turned inward while Pickford and Fairbanks have thei...
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"The Devil"

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Description: George Arliss, as Dr. Muller, standing behind a table with a large book in a still for the film "The Devil." He is holding a large quill pen in one hand up...
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Lon Chaney in "The Unholy Three"

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Description: Lon Chaney, as Echo The Ventriloquist, smiling and tipping his hat in a publicity photo for the 1925 film "The Unholy Three."
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"London After Midnight"

Date: 1927
Description: Lon Chaney in one of his disguises for the film "London After Midnight." Chaney is wearing sharpened vampire teeth, long hair, and a top hat.
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Pola Negri in the Costume Shop

Date: 1923
Description: Producer George Fitzmaurice and actress Pola Negri talking with Ethel Chaffin, chief costume designer for Lasky Studio, about Negri's costumes for the 1923...
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Warlock Blessing a Man

Date: 06 1970
Description: A caped man standing on a sidewalk is placing his hands on the head of a kneeling man, while another man in a suit and sunglasses is looking on. Caption re...
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Buster Keaton

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of a young Buster Keaton. He is wearing a suit and bow tie and is looking off to the left. Autographed on the bottom right: "Joyful...
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Buster Keaton

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Description: Publicity photograph of Buster Keaton. He is standing in front of a backdrop holding a flower up in one hand, with his other hand resting on his leg.
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Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge

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Description: Buster Keaton sitting on the arm of an oversize chair looking down at his wife, Natalie, who is sitting in the chair looking up at him. She is holding a bo...
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"Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"

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Description: Publicity still of Barbara Payton and James Cagney from the film "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye." Payton is standing just behind Cagney and is looking over his sho...
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Two Dancing Couples

Date: 10 24 1966
Description: Two couples are dancing in a ballroom with full-length curtains in the background. Caption reads: "The dance music appealed to (from left) Mr. and Mrs. Jos...
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Family Portrait

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: A family posing together indoors; the father is bouncing a young girl standing on his knees. Caption reads: "Mrs. Alan S. Smith and her two sons watched as...
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First Day of School

Date: 08 27 1989
Description: A man is sitting on his sofa, watching his son write a card. Caption reads: "Joe Gofoe said he and his son Elton, 5, were 'big boys' and could handle the f...
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Adam Davis

Date: 06 28 1967
Description: View across desk towards a man talking on a telephone and writing in a notebook. Caption reads: "Adam Davis, who is an insurance salesman, represents the g...
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A Happy Tune

Date: 01 19 1969
Description: Several people are smiling and watching a woman playing a piano. Caption reads: "A HAPPY TUNE — Mrs. Earer Turner played spirituals and jazz for a group of...
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Sammy Davis, Jr.

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Description: Sammy Davis Jr. posing with his hands up and his mouth open in front of a curtain. He is wearing a suit coat, tie, hat and a pinky ring on one hand.
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George Gershwin at Piano

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Description: Portrait of George Gershwin sitting at a piano and working on a score.
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Milton Berle

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Description: Publicity photograph of Milton Berle posing with one foot in the air and a big smile on his face. He is wearing a dark suit with a white handkerchief in th...
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"Soft" Water Meeting

Date: 01 23 1968
Description: A man sitting in an inner tube and wearing swim trunks and a boater hat is using a cane to point to a document, which he is showing to a woman standing in ...

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