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Snowy Traffic Jam

Date: 02 02 1967
Description: Winter scene of a snowstorm that hit Milwaukee just at rush hour creating a traffic headache for homebound commuters (seen here at Wisconsin and Milwaukee ...
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Mary Miles Minter in an Automobile

Date: 1921
Description: Publicity still of silent film star Mary Miles Minter waves from behind the wheel of her Packard Twin-Six open touring car. Original caption: "Mary Mil...
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Mary Miles Minter and James Kirkwood

Date: 08 16 1916
Description: The fifteen-year-old silent film actress Mary Miles Minter stands beside a two-seat roadster automobile looking at the director James Kirkwood sitting at t...
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Houdini and Lila Lee in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
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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Actors Owen Moore and Dorothy Gish in a roadster

Date: 1916
Description: Owen Moore is behind the wheel of a two-seat open roadster automobile with Dorothy Gish beside him in this scene still for the silent drama "Betty of Grays...

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