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Lenore Ulric Listening to the Radio

Date: 1922
Description: Broadway star Lenore Ulric, dressed and made-up for the stage, listens to an early portable radio receiver.
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Dorothy Phillips, a Capuchin Monkey, and a Bell and Howell Motion Picture Camera

Date: 1922
Description: Original title: "This is one of the rare snapshots which a photographer gets only once in a peagreen moon. Dorothy Phillips, star of Allen Holubar's Th...
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Snapshot of Ruth Roland and a Monkey

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actress Ruth Roland in riding costume and a velveteen cap playing with a small monkey.
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Anita Stewart and a German Shepherd

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actress Anita Stewart poses with a golf bag slung over her shoulder and a German shepherd dog.
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Anita Stewart and a Rabbit

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actress Anita Stewart holds a live rabbit and wears a dead fox. Original caption: "Anita Stewart with her pet rabbits at her home in Hollyw...
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Gaston Glass in his New Car

Date: 1922
Description: French-born silent film actor Gaston Glass at the wheel of a touring car with a spare tire mounted on the running board. Glass later became an assistant di...
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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1922
Description: Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s...
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Blatz, Hops Products Label

Date: 1922
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. The label has the traditional Blatz logo, and was used for the sale of hops syrups an...
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Alan Hale and Family

Date: 1922
Description: Original caption: "Alan and Gretchen Hale and Alan Junior at the age of one year."
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Will Rogers and his Family

Date: 1922
Description: Original caption: "Mr. and Mrs. Will Rogers, their three children and the pony and cart which was recently purchased for their enjoyment. Jimmy, who suppor...
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Claire Windsor and her Son David Willis Bowes Jr.

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film star Claire Windsor in a lacy summer dress and sun hat with her small son Billy outdoors.
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Claire Windsor and her Son David Willis Bowes Jr.

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film star Claire Windsor in a lacy summer dress and sun hat sits on the grass with her small son Billy.
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Claire Windsor, her Parents and her Son

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film star Claire Windsor (center) with her small son David Willis Bowes Jr. in a Fauntleroy suit, flanked by her mother, Rosella Fearing Cronk, and ...
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Ruth Chatterton in La Tendresse

Date: 1922
Description: Ruth Chatterton and Henry Miller are shown in a scene from the play La Tendresse. Chatterton sits in a chair while Miller stands above her with his ...
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Police Women on the Beach

Date: 1922
Description: Caption below the illustration reads, "ON A CHICAGO BEACH in 1922 policewomen, patrolling the sands on behalf of morality, confront three offenders." Two p...
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Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, and an unknown actor in a scene still

Date: 1922
Description: Buster Keaton hoists a Model T engine from a wrecked car as Virginia Fox flirts with an unidentified actor in a scene still for the 1922 comedy short "The ...
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Buster Keaton and Joe Roberts in a scene still

Date: 1922
Description: The blacksmith's assistant (played by Buster Keaton) files his nails as his employer (Joe Roberts) looms over him in a scene still from the 1922 silent com...

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