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Keanu Reeves at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1996
Description: Actor Keanu Reeves during a pause in the filming of the motion picture "Chain Reaction" on the capitol grounds. In the film, the Wisconsin State Capitol wa...
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"Haystacks and Steeples" Scene

Date: 1916
Description: Gloria Swanson and Bobby Vernon in a scene from "Haystacks and Steeples".
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Fredric March

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Description: Fredric March (seated) with Florence Eldridge (Mrs. March) and the noted news analyst Cecil Brown.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fredric March

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Description: Informal portrait of the actor Fredric March and his wife, Florence Eldridge. March, whose real name was Ernest Frederick Bickel, was born in Racine, Wisco...
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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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Spencer Tracy in Overalls

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Description: A casual portrait of Spencer Tracy wearing overalls and holding a long stick. There is a pot at his feet.
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Campus Players

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Description: Group portrait of young adults, including Spencer Tracy, posing outdoors with luggage.
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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 a group outdoors at a Fourth of July picnic. A man is chasing a small pig in the center of a group of people.
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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 Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western genre film. Shown is actor Roy Stewart playing Calumet Marston ...
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Film Still of Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western. Shown on the right is actor Roy Stewart, playing Calumet Marst...
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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 a man and woman, exterior.
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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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John Gilbert in his Living Room

Date: 1925
Description: Actor John Gilbert sitting on a couch in the living room of his Beverly Hills mansion. He is staring at the fireplace which has a light fixture inside it.
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John Gilbert and Virginia Bruce

Date: 05 30 1932
Description: Three-quarter length portrais of actor John Gilbert and his fiancée Virginia Bruce. Both are smiling — he is looking at her and she is looking at the camer...
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Film Still from "The Beckoning Flame"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still of exterior garden with two actors in Indian costume with turbans in conversation.
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Film Still from "The Beckoning Flame"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still of exterior garden with three actors, two in Indian costume with turbans. One actress in Indian costume. One actor in "colonial" costume.
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Alfred Lunt Weeding the Garden

Date: 1946
Description: Alfred Lunt pulling weeds in the cornfield at Ten Chimneys.

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