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Rudolph Valentino with Voisin Car

Date: 1923
Description: Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova pose with their Voisin automobile.
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Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish

Date: 1923
Description: Backlit publicity still of Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, and Dorothy Gish.
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Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad

Date: 1919
Description: Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad outside having a conversation. Burke has on athletic wear, bloomers and a sweater. This picture may have been...
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Richard Tucker and his Dog

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film actor Richard Tucker wears a gray suit and checked cap and has a pipe in his mouth as he pets his dog. Original caption: "Richard Tucker, G...
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Silent Film Star Bryant Washburn, his Wife, Son, and Boston Bull Terrier

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Washburn and Bryant Washburn IVth and his dog 'Kewpie' taken in the garden of their home at 7003 Hawthorne Avenue, ...
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Robert Warwick and a Stutz Bearcat Automobile

Date: 1916
Description: Silent film star Robert Warwick in heavy fur coat and hat leaning over the engine of a Stutz Bearcat roadster. Original caption: "D--n that carburetor....
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Robert Warwick and a Stutz Bearcat Automobile

Date: 1916
Description: Silent film star Robert Warwick in heavy fur coat and hat sits in the driver's seat of a Stutz Bearcat roadster for a publicity photograph. Original cap...
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Niles Welch and a Hudson Automobile

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film actor Niles Welch is stepping up onto the running board of a 1918 Hudson Super Six touring limousine. He wears a casual suit with a belted coat...
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Young Orson Welles

Date: 1946
Description: A dramatic, glamorous portrait of a young Orson Welles holding a cigar.
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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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Huntley Gordon and Irene Castle in "The Invisible Bond"

Date: 1919
Description: Huntly Gordon (in character as Harleth Crossey) and Irene Castle (as Marcia Crossey) pose outdoors in a full-length publicity photograph for "The Invisible...
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George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1961
Description: George Peppard (playing Paul Varjak) leans over the back in which lies Audrey Hepburn (as Holly Golightly) in a publicity still for "Breakfast at Tiffany's...
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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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Campus Players

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Description: Group portrait of young adults, including Spencer Tracy, posing outdoors with luggage.
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H.B. Warner, Joan Warner and Rita Stanwood Warner

Date: 1921
Description: Original caption: "Mr. Warner's spare moments are divided between cleansing his car and photographing his baby while Mrs Warner devoted herself to photogra...
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Bryant Washburn, Mabel Forrest and Bryant Washburn Jr.

Date: 1919
Description: The silent film star Bryant Washburn and his wife the actress Mabel Forrest watch as their little son Bryant Washburn, Jr., plays with a wind-up toy truck ...
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Scene Still from "Young Romance"

Date: 1915
Description: Surrounded by wealthy hotel guests dressed in formal evening wear, Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) learns that the person she is pretending to be...
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Laboratory Scene Still from "The Young Diana"

Date: 1922
Description: A scene still set in Doctor Demetrius's laboratory from the silent film "The Young Diana." Diana May (played by Marion Davies) has just been rejuvenated by...
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Scene Still with Wallace Reid and Lois Wilson

Date: 1922
Description: William Burroughs (played by Wallace Reid in formal evening wear and well-oiled hair) uses a flower to toy with Lady Elizabeth Galton (Lois Wilson) in a sc...
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Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall Publicity Still

Date: 1920
Description: In this publicity still for "All of a Sudden Peggy," Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall are talking outdoors in a rose garden. Both are dressed very fashion...

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