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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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Louise Brooks

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Description: Louise Brooks posing for a publicity photograph. She is looking off to one side and is wearing a shiny metallic dress draped across the shoulder and arm ne...
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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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John Salter and Ella Josephine Baker

Date: 11 1963
Description: John R. Salter, Jr. and Ella Josephine Baker confer at a civil rights speaking trip through the Southwest and Midwest. They're looking at ticker tape.
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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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Barbara Payton

Date: 1951
Description: Publicity still of actress Barbara Payton for the film "Bride of the Gorilla." She is wearing a sleeveless gown.
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Barbara Payton

Date: 1951
Description: Publicity still of Barbara Payton for the film "Bride of the Gorilla." She is wearing a sleeveless gown. Her head is tilted up and she is looking downward.
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Barbara Payton Posing by Swimming Pool

Date: 1949
Description: Barbara Payton posing for a publicity photograph for the film "Trapped." She is standing on the pool deck in between the hand rails for the pool ladder.
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Barbara Payton

Date: 1949
Description: Barbara Payton posing outdoors for a publicity portrait for the film "Trapped." She is standing against a tree wearing a swimsuit. A swimming pool is below...
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Barbara Payton Sitting on a Diving Board

Date: 1949
Description: Publicity still for the film "Trapped." Barbara Payton is wearing a white bathing suit and sitting on a diving board above a swimming pool.
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Barbara Payton in front of Large Fan

Date: 1949
Description: Head and shoulder portrait of Barbara Payton sitting in front of a large fan in a publicity portrait for the film "Trapped." She is wearing a white dress a...
Historical Object

Presidential Political Campaign Emphemera

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Description: A portrait of President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush.
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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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Debutante Training

Date: 08 25 1967
Description: A woman is holding hands with two young women, with several young men and women looking on from behind them. Caption reads: "Walk slowly," were the instruc...
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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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Reverend Olympia Brown Willis

Date: 1907
Description: Portrait of the Reverend Olympia Brown Willis, of Racine. She was the first president of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association.
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Comet Engine Cutaway View with Female Model

Date: 02 13 1930
Description: 3-D cutaway view of the mechanical substructure and configuration of a Comet aircraft engine showcased with a female model. The engine is partially encased...
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Louise Beavers and Jackie Robinson

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Description: Actors Louise Beavers and Jackie Robinson are looking at a script together during the production of 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are on a ba...
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Thekla Wollaeger

Date: 1910
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Thekla Wollaeger (Mrs. George Frederick) Brumder. She is wearing a dress with beaded trim and a pearl necklace.

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