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Rosemary Theby and Harry Myers scene still for "Baby."

Date: 1915
Description: Rosemary Theby and Harry Myers sit at a breakfast table in a scene still for the 1915 Victor silent film "Baby."
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Olive Johnson, Violet Radcliffe, Francis Carpenter, and Teddy the Dog at the beach.

Date: 1915
Description: From left to right, digging in beach sand, are Olive Johnson, Violet Radcliffe, Teddy the Dog, and Francis Carpenter in a scene still for the 1915 silent s...
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Olive Johnson, Teddy the Dog, and Francis Carpenter look out to sea.

Date: 1915
Description: With their backs to the camera, Olive Johnson, Teddy the Dog, and Francis Carpenter stand on the shore and look out to sea in this scene still for the 1915...
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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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Charles Richman, Mary Maurice, James Morrison, and Norma Talmadge in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Mrs. Harrison (played by Mary Maurice) solemnly presents the family sword to her son John Harrison (Charles Richman, on the left) in a scene still for the ...
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Harry S. Northrup, Lucille Hamill, Louise Beaudet, James Lackaye, Norma Talmadge, Charles Richman, and L. Rodgers Lytton in a scene still.

Date: 1915
Description: After the invasion of the United States, Americans are threatened by the enemy leader Mr. Emanon (played by L. Rodgers Lytton in profile at far right) and ...
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Weber and Fields and a butler in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Joe Weber, left, watches as Lew Fields hands a butler his overcoat in a publicity still used to promote the 1915 Keystone comedy "The Best of Enemies."
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Owen Moore and Elsie Janis publicity still

Date: 1915
Description: Owen Moore and Elsie Janis flirt by an orange tree in a publicity still for the silent film "Betty in Search of a Thrill."
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Owen Moore and Elsie Janis publicity still

Date: 1915
Description: Owen Moore and Elsie Janis are seated on the grass with roses at their feet in a publicity still for the silent film "Betty in Search of a Thrill."
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Robert Z. Leonard in uniform in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: Robert Z. Leonard costumed as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army in the Civil War, pauses warily by a window in a scene still for the silent drama "Betty'...
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Florence La Badie, Charles A. Jahn, Arthur Bauer, and a Host of Extras in a Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Surrounded by a crowd of extras in evening clothes, a police officer (played by Arthur Bauer) holds out a wanted poster reading "Reward $50,000 Charles Bur...
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Florence La Badie, Charles A. Jahn, and Arthur Bauer scene still

Date: 1915
Description: In a scene still set in a police station for the 1915 Thanhouser silent drama "Bianca Forgets" are Bianca Wells (played by Florence La Badie wearing a whit...
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Fay Tincher, Max Davidson, and Edward Dillon in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: The stenographer Ethel (played by Fay Tincher) sits on a bench holding hands with Ed (Edward Dillon) as a man in a moustache, probably Ed's father (Max Dav...
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Donald Crisp publicity still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: In this publicity still for D.W. Griffith's silent drama "The Birth of a Nation," Donald Crisp wears a U.S. Army uniform for his role as General Ulysses S....
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Henry Walthall publicity still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: In this publicity still for D.W. Griffith's silent drama "The Birth of a Nation," Henry Walthall stands outdoors in a Confederate uniform for his role as C...
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Henry Walthall scene still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: In this half length scene still for D.W. Griffith's silent drama "The Birth of a Nation," Henry Walthall stands outdoors costumed for his role as Ben Camer...
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Claude Cooper and Harry Benham in a scene still

Date: 1915
Description: J. Courtleigh Brice (a spoiled son of wealth played by Harry Benham wearing a monocle) staggers down a path followed by a servant carrying a long box (Clau...
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Scene still with Marguerite Snow, Harry Benham, and Ethyle Cooke

Date: 1915
Description: The American millionaire's daughter Julie King (played by Marguerite Snow, left) shows the way out to J. Courtleigh Brice (Harry Benham in a monocle) to th...
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Allan Sears as David Crockett

Date: 1915
Description: Allan "A.D." Sears portrays David Crockett in the 1915 film "Martyrs of the Alamo". He wears fringed buckskin jacket and pants as well as a fur hat while h...

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