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TracTracTor with Actress Steffi Duna

Date: 1937
Description: Actress Steffi Duna stands on the International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) used in the motion picture Escape by Night.
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"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Cameraman Jules Cronjagger and director Ralph Ince shoot a scene with Earle Williams (as Tom Barclay) and Anita Stewart (as Celestia, the Goddess) in the V...
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"The Broken Coin" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Group shot of the cast and crew for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin," taken after shooting the final scene. Grace Cunard and Francis Ford are in the ...
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Bostock Arena and Jungle

Date: 1915
Description: The Bostock Arena and Jungle, part of David Horsley's Centaur motion picture studio and animal attraction in Los Angeles, c. 1915. "The Moving Picture W...
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Kalem Studio in Florida

Date: 1908
Description: Photograph of the winter studios of the Kalem Company showing outbuildings on the grounds of the Roseland Hotel on the St. Johns River near Jacksonville, F...
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Dixieland Theatre

Date: 1916
Description: The Dixieland Theatre in South Jacksonville, Florida, before it was converted by the Gaumont Company into a film studio.
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Mack Sennett Studios

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of the Max Sennett Studios. There are many open-roofed studios with cloth diffusers. A huge sign reads: "Paramount-Comedies-Mack Sennett-Come...
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Second Thanhouser Studio

Date: 1914
Description: Production still showing how three or more silent film scenes could be simultaneously filmed under the glass roof of the Thanhouser studio. The print is ca...
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American Film Company Studio

Date: 1916
Description: General view of the American Film Company studio located at State Street and Mission Street in Santa Barbara, California. The American Film Company, also k...
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D.W. Griffith Studio, Mamaroneck, New York

Date: 1920
Description: Aerial view of D.W. Griffith's motion picture studio in Mamaronek, New York. Griffith bought the 28-acre estate of Henry Flagler on Orienta Point in 1919 a...
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Al Jolson, Mary Pickford, Ronald Coleman, Gloria Swanson, Douglas Fairbanks, Joseph M. Schenck, Charles Chaplin, Samuel Goldwyn and Eddie Cantor

Date: 1930
Description: Original caption: "Charging that the Fox West Coast Theatres constitute an arrogant monopoly which seeks to stifle the endeavor of motion picture artists a...
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Thomas Ince and William S. Hart production still

Date: 1915
Description: Thomas H. Ince gestures to a cameraman who is moving a Bell & Howell camera on its tripod. Over Ince's shoulder is William S. Hart in costume as a minister...
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The Cisco Kid Production Still

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Description: A behind the scenes production still from the TV show The Cisco Kid shot on an outdoor set at Paramount Ranch. Ten men, including one actor, sit and stand...
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The Cisco Kid Production Still

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Description: Photo taken on the set of the TV show The Cisco Kid while filming at the Paramount Ranch. A man on a horse is in the foreground on the right and a wagon is...

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