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Martha Washington Tableau

Date: 02 22 1932
Description: The John Bell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution present a tableau of Martha Washington's life at the Hotel Loraine for the bicentennial o...
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Dane and Arthur in Lobby of Park Hotel

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, Hollywood movie stars, standing in the lobby at the Park Hotel. Left to right: Harold S. Knudson, assistant manager of the ...
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Red Skelton on International Harvester Stage

Date: 1959
Description: Red Skelton entertains an audience while onstage at the convention of American Trucking Associations. The International Harvester logo is displayed on the ...
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"Double Indemnity" Lobby Card

Date: 1944
Description: Lobby card for the Paramount film "Double Indemnity," featuring a tinted scene from the movie, with leads Barbara Stanwyck (as Phyllis Dietrichson), Fred M...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin is sitting drinking coffee with four women and a man in a restaurant in New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The meeting is related to the New...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin listening to a woman reporter during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria related to the New York premiere of "The Great Dictator." Ab...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin sitting talking to reporters, about six of whom are visible. A small table covered with glasses of ice water, a coffee cup, cigarettes, etc...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin is sitting on the far left with his arm draped over the chair and is talking to a circle of about twelve seated reporters during a meeting ...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin talking over his shoulder to a man while handing a hotel maid a piece of paper which he has perhaps autographed. They are in a hallway of t...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin is sitting at the far left end of a restaurant table gesturing with his hands held by his forehead. Six reporters are listening to him. Thi...
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"The Great Dictator" Press Photograph

Date: 10 13 1940
Description: Charlie Chaplin, sitting at the end of a long restaurant table, shaking hands with the man sitting on his left. Down the table are five or six more reporte...
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Adolpe Menjou at Edgwater Hotel

Date: 09 12 1958
Description: Movie and TV actor, Adolphe Menjou, right, with William Doudna, journalist for the Wisconsin State Journal. In 1947, Menjou was a witness in the Hou...

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