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Will N. Wells

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Will N. Wells, of the Wells Printing Company, celebrating his eighty-fourth birthday with friends. Left to right: John G. MacFarland, an actor; J.J. McMana...
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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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Brando & Groppi

Date: 1975
Description: Actor Marlon Brando (center) and Father James Groppi of Milwaukee arrive at the Alexian Novitiate in Gresham. The building had been seized by members of th...
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Cygnet Films

Date: 10 1968
Description: Bill Duren (in the background), owner of Cygnet Films, talks with a production assistant during shooting for a training film. Cygnet Films, which was based...
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Actors and Director John Ford

Date: 1956
Description: Director John Ford (in glasses and a hat) on the set of the film "The Searchers," with actors including John Wayne (left) and Doris del Rio. Behind them st...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of Sorrell Booke (playing Dr. Jackson) and James Whitmore (playing John Ho...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton) sitting at a table with two uniden...
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"The Shadow Returns" Lobby Card

Date: 1946
Description: Lobby card for the Monogram film "The Shadow Returns," featuring several characters on a patio investigating a body that has just fallen from the roof.
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"Spellbound" Movie Still

Date: 1945
Description: Movie still from the United Artists movie "Spellbound," featuring Ingrid Bergman (playing Dr. Constance Peterson) and Gregory Peck (playing John Ballantine...
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"Affinities" Scene Still

Date: 1922
Description: Still from the 1922 Hodkinson film "Affinities," featuring Pietro Sosso (as Professor Savage), John Bowers (as Day Illington), and Colleen Moore (as Fanny ...
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Youth Summer Theatre

Date: 06 17 1957
Description: Waiting to audition for the Youth Summer theater are, left to right: Marian Bennett, Harriet Shands, Dosier Helsabeck and Karen Legg.
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Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock

Date: 1940
Description: Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock are seen with crew members on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." An unidentified man stands behind McCrea makin...
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"Riot in Cell Block 11" Publicity Photo

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Description: Group publicity photo for the film "Riot in Cell Block 11." There are six men standing behind an unknown seated woman. Left to right: Dabs Greer, Emile Mey...
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Mv. Saturnia Farewell Dinner Menu

Date: 03 24 1950
Description: Front cover of a farewell dinner menu from the Italian Line ship Saturnia, with two Commedia dell' Arte characters: Tartaglia, a rotund figure who w...
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Mv. Saturnia Farewell Dinner Menu

Date: 03 24 1950
Description: Front cover of a farewell dinner menu from the Italian Line ship Saturnia, with three Commedia dell' Arte characters: Corallina, who wears a black m...
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Rehearsal for David Peteson's Folk Operetta Hodag

Date: 03 26 1964
Description: Rehearsing a scene from "Hodag," a folk operetta by David Peterson, are (left to right) Rogers Keene, Director Leonard Schach, and Pat Brown. Leonard Scha...
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Meinhardt Raabe

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of an elderly Meinhardt Raabe wearing a costume similar to the one he wore in The Wizard of Oz as the coroner of Munch...
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Daniel J. Travanti with Banner

Date: 1958
Description: A teenage Daniel J. Travanti stands next to a man, with the two men holding a banner that reads: "S. Wisconsin N.F.L., Dramatic Interpretation, First Place...
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Harold Lloyd and Specks

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Description: Portrait of Harold Lloyd sitting and holding his dog Specks in his lap. The dog and Harold are wearing matching eyeglasses.
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"Husbands for Rent"

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Description: Herbert Willis (Owen Moore), Molly Devoe (Helene Costello), and Sir Reginald Knight (Claude Gillingwater) standing next to each other. Willis has a blank s...

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