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Ziegfield Follies

Date: 1912
Description: Bert Williams (right) and Leon Errol (left) are a cabbie and his fare from the 1912 Ziegfield Follies. The cab is drawn by a rumpled pantomime horse. Behin...
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Gummo Marx, Groucho Marx, and dog.

Date: 1906
Description: Gummo (Milton Marx) on the left and on the right Groucho (Julius Henry Marx) holding a rat terrier dog. Caption from Paramount Pictures, Inc.: "THE BOY...
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Syd Chaplin and "Prince"

Date: 1919
Description: Sydney Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin's brother) and a German shepherd dog.

Original title: "Syd Chaplin and 'Prince,' a war hero, cited three times for brave...

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William Farnum and his Dog

Date: 1919
Description: William Farnum and his dog at his home in Hollywood.
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An Unidentified Actor, an English bulldog, and Blanche Sweet Sitting on a Trunk

Date: 1920
Description: An unidentified actor dressed as a train porter holds a coin out to Blanche Sweet who is sitting on a trunk with her bulldog in a motion picture scene stil...
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Earle Williams and a Collie

Date: 1918
Description: Vitagraph silent film star Earle Williams wags his finger at a collie.
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Ronald Reagan in Death Valley Days

Date: 1952
Description: Ronald Reagan sits on a horse in a publicity still for the TV show Death Valley Days. He wears a hat and a vest with a pocket watch fob attached to...
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Film Still of "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still exterior of a group of people at a picnic. A man is holding a bear with a chain in the center of the image. Booths can be seen in background, on...
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Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of two men standing outdoors looking at a newspaper. A horse is tethered behind them.
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Film Still of Picnic in "The Clod Hopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a picnic in "The Clod Hopper". Spectators are at a mule-riding attraction. There is a man on a mule in a enclosure, while a second man in a c...
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Film Still of Actress Josie Sedgwick from "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Actress Josie Sedgwick plays Betty Clayton in this western. Betty is in charge of the Lazy Y ranch, and her young brother Bobby lives with her. Her grandfa...
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Film Still of Actress Josie Sedgwick from "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Actress Josie Sedgwick as Betty Clayton runs the Lazy Y ranch for Calumet Marston, who is in a feud with Neal Taggart and his father Tom. Betty is with two...
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of an exterior with a man on a horse speaking with a woman standing below, reaching up to him.
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Film Still from "Dad's Downfall"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still - exterior shot with actor and actress holding hands as they feed two calves.
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Kerrigan Brothers as Children

Date: 1882
Description: A studio portrait of William Wallace Kerrigan, his older brother George Warren Kerrigan, and a small dog, probably taken in Indiana around 1882. George War...
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Cullen Landis, Daughter and Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film actor Cullen Landis with his three-year-old daughter.
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Stan Laurel, Wife and Baby Daughter

Date: 12 1927
Description: Actor Stan Laurel, his wife Lois Neilson, their newborn daughter Lois, and their dog Lady.
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Clara Kimball Young and her Parents

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film star Clara Kimball Young, center, with her parents Edward M. Kimball and Pauline Maddern Kimball drinking coffee or tea outdoors. They are seat...
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"Porgy and Bess" Production Still

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Description: Production still from the film "Porgy and Bess." Porgy (Sidney Poitier) kneels on his cart which is pulled by a goat. He passes a group of men playing dice...
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Still from "The Show"

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Description: Cock Robin (John Gilbert) stands behind a big cat that is tied to a column. A man sits on a throne with a woman and man sitting on either side of him. An a...

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