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Congregational Church

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the church. The building features a bell steeple, stained glass windows, and double front doors. There is a fenced lot and a barn to the l...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Joy Ride

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a man and a woman pushing their automobile through the mud because the wheels are caught in large ruts. Their feet have sunk to th...
Photograph

Dorothy Jardon

Date: 1915
Description: Half-length publicity photograph of Dorothy Jardon apparently wearing only a fur on one shoulder and many rings on her hand. Stamps on the back of the prin...
Photograph

"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...
Photograph

"The Goddess" Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Celestia the Goddess (played by Anita Stewart) embraces Tom Barclay (Earle Williams) in a production still for the Vitagraph serial "The Goddess."
Postcard

"The Broken Coin" Promotional Postcard

Date: 1915
Description: Promotional postcard for the 1915 Universal serial "The Broken Coin," featuring cameo photographs of the stars Francis Ford (as Count Frederick) and Grace ...
Photograph

"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) sits forlornly on the straw in a dungeon in the kingdom of Grahaffen in a scene still from Episode 7 "Between Two Fires...
Photograph

"The Broken Coin" Publicity Still

Date: 1915
Description: Grace Cunard sits on a bed and frets while a maid looks on in a publicity still for the Universal serial "The Broken Coin" for which Cunard was both writer...
Photograph

"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 ...
Photograph

"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) and Count Frederick (played by Francis Ford) stand in a dungeon and stare off-camera in horror in a scene still from Ep...
Photograph

"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: A stooped old man with a long beard approaches Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) with some large keys in a scene still from Episode 8 "The Prison in the ...
Poster

Poster for "Neil O'Brien and his Great American Minstrels"

Date: 1915
Description: Color lithograph poster on paper. Across the top it reads: "Oscar F. Hodge presents," underneath, in larger blue letters is: "Neil O'Brien." Below this: "a...
Poster

Poster for "My Hometown Girl"

Date: 1915
Description: Color lithograph poster with portraits of John Hyams and Leila McIntyre with the caption "Perry J. Kelly offers John Hyams and Leila McIntyre." Bottom capt...
Photograph

Jack Conway in "Added Fuel"

Date: 1915
Description: Jack Conway stands before the desk sergeant in a police station in a scene still from the one reel silent film "Added Fuel" (Reliance 1915).
Photograph

The Arrest of the Yeggmen from "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: Safecrackers (yeggmen) hired by Sterling, a corrupt Wall Street broker, are caught in the act by the newspaper reporter Dick Carson (played by W. E. Lawren...
Photograph

W.E. Lawrence and Billie West in "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: In a scene still from the one-reel silent film "Above Par," actors W.E. Lawrence and Billie West are curled up on a couch together reading a book. Lawrence...
Photograph

Final Scene from "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: Stirling, the corrupt Wall Street broker, is confronted by Mr. Berry (played by W. H. Brown in a top hat) in the climax of the 1915 Reliance one-reel silen...
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Billie West and W.H. Brown in "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: The Wall Street broker Mr. Berry (played by W.H. Brown) and his daughter (Billie West, wearing a hat with a white veil) sit in the back of a chauffeured op...
Photograph

Florence Crawford and W.E. Lawrence in "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: A contemporary caption on the back of the photograph identifies this scene still set in a farmyard as the actors Florence Crawford and W.E. Lawrence in "Ab...
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W.E. Lawrence publicity still for "Above Par"

Date: 1915
Description: A publicity still of the actor W.E. Lawrence cleaning up with a push broom, or at least pretending to do so.

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