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Scene Still from The Twins of Suffering Creek

Date: 1920
Description: Scene still from The Twins of Suffering Creek a western starring William Russell. He is posed with Malcolm Cripe and Helen Stone as the twins (Fox 1...
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William Farnum in "Last of the Duanes"

Date: 1919
Description: William Farnum and a little girl in a scene still from "Last of the Duanes," a silent film based upon a Zane Grey story (Fox, 1919).
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"The Poverty Of Riches" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Tom Donaldson (played by John Bowers) is dressing with the help of his wife Grace (Louise Lovely) in a scene still from "The Poverty of Riches" (Goldwyn 19...
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Children In Jail

Date: 1953
Description: Willie Andazola (left) and Gary Alderette (right) in a jail scene in the film "Salt of the Earth."
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Hopalong Cassidy and Twins

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Description: Actor William Boyd, better known as Hopalong Cassidy, with two pairs of twins entered in the twin competition at the Wisconsin State Fair. None of the chil...
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Colleen Moore in "So Big"

Date: 1925
Description: A scene from the film "So Big" in which Jean Hersholt (left), Colleen Moore sitting on couch with a child laying his head in her lap, and Charlotte Merriam...
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Dogpatcher Booth

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: The Dogpathers booth, surrounded by a crowd of children. Text on the banners and other signs read: "Kickapoo Juice Penny Pitch" "Greendale Dogpathers Cause...
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Fred MacMurray and Maleta Martin MacMurray

Date: 1911
Description: Studio portrait of future actor Fred MacMurray at age 3, posed with his mother Maleta Martin MacMurray.
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Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid.

Date: 1921
Description: The tramp (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the kid (Jackie Coogan) peer around a wall with the police officer (Tom Wilson) standing behind them, from The...
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Karl Dane

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Description: Publicity still of Karl Dane in western wear posing with an African-American woman and her two children.
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Dots Johnson and Alfonsino Bovino in Paisà (Paisan)

Date: 1946
Description: The black American soldier Joe (played by Dots Johnson) and the Italian street urchin Pasquale (Alfonsino Bovino) in a publicity still from Roberto Rossell...
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Enzo Staiola and Lomberto Maggiorani in Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief)

Date: 1948
Description: Enzo Staiola, playing Bruno Ricci, and Lomberto Maggiorani, as his father Antonio, in Vittorio De Sica's Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief, 194...
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François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Cargol in L'enfant sauvage (The Wild Child)

Date: 1970
Description: Scene still of François Truffaut, as Dr. Jean Itard, and Jean-Pierre Cargol, as the wild child Victor, in Truffaut's L'enfant sauvage (The Wild Child,
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Antonio Moreno, his American Staffordshire Bull Terrier Don Juan, and a Small Boy

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "This boy's parents never could see moving picture actors until Antonio Moreno rented the bungalow next to theirs in Hollywood. Now they...
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Antonio Moreno, his American Staffordshire Bull Terrier Don Juan, and a Small Boy

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "Antonio Moreno with his dog, Don Juan, sitting up on his haunches, and a friend. The three are rehearsing Tony's new serial, just comme...
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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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Mickey Moore, Mary Miles Minter, Chester Franklin, and Faxon Dean

Date: 1921
Description: Production still from All Souls' Eve, a Realart silent film released in 1921. Seated on a cushion on the floor, Chester Franklin is directing a ten...
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Mickey Moore, Mary Miles Minter, Chester Franklin, and a Cello Player

Date: 1921
Description: Publicity still for All Souls' Eve, a Realart silent film released in 1921. From left to right: the child actor Mickey Moore plays a harmonica, the ...
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Jackie Coogan and Wheeler Oakman in "Peck's Bad Boy"

Date: 1921
Description: Henry Peck, the "bad boy" of the title played by Jackie Coogan, and Dr. Martin (played by Wheeler Oakman) are on a railroad velocipede handcar staring at w...
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George Stone and Norma Talmadge

Date: 1916
Description: The child actor George Stone is embraced by Norma Talmadge in a scene still perhaps from the 1916 silent film "Martha's Vindication." Other films in which ...

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