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Joseph B. Kalvelage House

Date: 1977
Description: Exterior of house, located at 2432 West Kilbourn Avenue. House has three levels, and is surrounded by trees.
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Hobart Bosworth in "The Scarlet Sin"

Date: 1915
Description: The Reverend Eric Norton (played by Hobart Bosworth) stands preaching next to Jesus (also played by Hobart Bosworth) who has a lamb in his arms. This elabo...
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Vera Caspary and Dancers

Date: 1956
Description: The writer Vera Caspary, pen in hand, with male and female dancers handsomely posed behind her in a publicity still for the musical comedy play "Wedding in...
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Clara Kimball Young and her Parents

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film star Clara Kimball Young, center, with her parents Edward M. Kimball and Pauline Maddern Kimball drinking coffee or tea outdoors. They are seat...
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Tom Mix, Kathryn Williams, and Joseph W. Girard in Selig scene still.

Date: 1911
Description: In this scene still from the 1911 Selig silent film "Back to the Primitive," a group of four men dressed for safari (pith helmets, jungle jackets, puttees)...
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James Morrison, Mary Maurice, Charles Richman, and Norma Talmadge in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: In a dramatic scene still from the silent film "The Battle Cry of Peace," Charley Harrison (left, played by James Morrison) and John Harrison (right, playe...
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H .B. Warner in a closeup scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In the title role for the silent drama "The Beggar of Cawnpore," the actor H. B. Warner poses in character as Dr. Robert Lowndes, a British army doctor in ...
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H. B. Warner in a scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In a scene still for the silent drama "The Beggar of Crawnpore," H. B. Warner poses in character as Dr. Robert Lowndes, a British army doctor in India redu...
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H. B. Warner and two other actors in a scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In a scene still for the silent drama "The Beggar of Crawnpore," H. B. Warner poses in character as Dr. Robert Lowndes, a British army doctor in India. He ...
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Social Security Board Chairman Testifies

Date: 02 24 1939
Description: Arthur J. Altmeyer (center), Chairman of the Social Security Board, pictured as he appeared before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee. Altmeyer e...
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Scene still with Lillian Walker, Kathlyn Williams, Irving Cummings, Ben Alexander, Clara Kimball Young, and Elinor Hancock

Date: 1919
Description: During a tea party in an English garden, Little Dick Beverly (played by the child actor Ben Alexander) feeds a piece of cake to the American visitor Charmi...
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Wallace Reid and Dorothy Davenport in an automobile, publicity still

Date: 1913
Description: Publicity still from 1913 heavily retouched for the July 7, 1928, issue of Liberty (magazine). The original caption reads: "Wallace Reid and Dorothy Davenp...
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Jack Standing and Florence Lawrence Playing Cards

Date: 1911
Description: In a scene still for the 1911 Lubin silent drama "The Snare of Society," Florence Lawrence, right foreground in the light-colored dress, is a society woman...

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