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Man and Woman Smoking in Audience

Date: 09 02 1965
Description: Avant garde patrons smoke and listen to poets, singers and guitarists.
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Florence Lawrence and Laura Oakley in "The Pawns of Destiny"

Date: 1914
Description: Florence Lawrence, seated at a table with a mop, bucket, and feather duster, has stopped work to read a book. Behind her an older woman, probably played by...
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"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" Publicity Still

Date: 1917
Description: Publicity still for the Artcraft movie "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," featuring Mary Pickford in the title role, in costume, reading the book by Kate Dougla...
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Charlie Herbert

Date: 06 10 1959
Description: Charlie Herbert, who played Pete McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, is seen sitting at a desk. He is holding a ball in one hand, a comi...
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Emile de Antonio and Marietta Tree

Date: 1959
Description: Three people sit in pink and white lounge chairs on a large outdoor patio surrounded by green plants and trees. Emile de Antonio sits next to socialite Mar...
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Lewis Milestone

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Description: Director Lewis Milestone reads the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" while sitting on a sofa. Milestone directed the 1930 film version of the novel.
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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" Publicity Still

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Description: Tom Sawyer (Tommy Kelly) looking at Huckleberry Finn (Jackie Moran) while standing outdoors. Tom is holding books on a strap, and Huck is holding a pipe.
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Buster Keaton

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Description: Buster Keaton sitting outdoors and holding an oversize book and pencil. The book is for New Year Resolutions in 1929.
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"The Devil"

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Description: George Arliss, as Dr. Muller, standing behind a table with a large book in a still for the film "The Devil." He is holding a large quill pen in one hand up...
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Buster Keaton

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Description: Publicity photo of Buster Keaton sitting cross-legged on a stool and holding a book in front of a piano. He is looking off to the side.
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Buster Keaton and Natalie Talmadge

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Description: Buster Keaton sitting on the arm of an oversize chair looking down at his wife, Natalie, who is sitting in the chair looking up at him. She is holding a bo...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 10 1992
Description: Cover of a presidential political campaign comic book. The writer is Larry Doyle, and the illustrator is Alan Kupperberg.
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Ruby Dee

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Description: Actress Ruby Dee, sitting outdoors, is having her makeup applied by an unidentified man, probably makeup artist Dave Grayson, during the making of the 1950...
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Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson

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Description: Actors Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are sitting on a bench outdoors. A reflector is on...
Document

Page from Rebecca Pressbook

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Description: A page from the pressbook for the re-release of the film Rebecca which starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine. The page encourages theaters to h...
Photograph

"Julia" publicity photograph

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Description: Diahann Carroll, the star of the 1968-1971 TV series "Julia" sits next to Marc Copage, who played her son Corey on the show, on a couch. Marc holds a Chri...

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