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Battling Butler Lobby Display

Date: 1926
Description: A boxing ring lobby display at the Empire Theatre for Battling Butler with Buster Keaton. The lobby cards read, "It's a knockout. Buster Keaton in '...
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Portrait of Rudolph Valentino from The Son of the Sheik

Date: 1926
Description: Rudolph Valentino stands with his hands on his hips and wears a white turban in a publicity still from The Son of the Sheik (UA, 1926).
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Rudolph Valentino, Pola Negri, Mae Murray, and Prince David Mdivani

Date: 1926
Description: Full-length portrait of two couples, Rudolph Valentino with Pola Negri, and Mae Murray with Prince David Mdivani, apparently taken the day of Murray and Md...
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Mr. & Mrs. Houdini

Date: 1926
Description: Harry and Bess (Beatrice) Houdini in formal attire, the year of his death from acute appendicitis.
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Old Heidelberg, Beer Label

Date: 1926
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Old Heidelberg Brew, Made under the formula of a famous old German brew, Val. Blatz ...
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John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro

Date: 1926
Description: Actors John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro compare their moustaches. Gilbert is in costume.
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The Schildkraut Family

Date: 1926
Description: From left to right: Erna Weinstein Schildkraut, her son Joseph Schildkraut, and her husband Rudolph Schildkraut.
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Cora Blanche Ogden Alexander and Blanche Sweet

Date: 1926
Description: Silent film star Blanche Sweet and her maternal grandmother Mrs. Cora Blanche Ogden Alexander wearing ice skates.
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Conrad Veidt and Family

Date: 1926
Description: Original caption: "Conrad Veidt, noted European screen actor, his wife and daughter Viola, taken on board the ship last Monday upon which he arrived in Ame...
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Paramount's 1926 Honor Roll

Date: 1926
Description: Original caption: "'That's where our names will be next time,'is the solemn vow of this group of Paramount players and directors before the company's 1926 ...
Poster

"The Ice Flood" Lobby Card

Date: 1926
Description: Lobby card for the film "The Ice Flood." The main image shows a man standing over another man in a makeshift boxing ring with a crowd all around them. The ...

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