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Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

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Description: Loggers gathered in the bunk house. Boots and socks dry above the stove.
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Clowns with Circus Performer

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Description: A group of 11 circus clowns poses with a pretty young female performer in a circus tent. This could possibly be part of a movie set.
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Masonic Party

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Description: A group of children and adults pose in blackface at a Masonic party.
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Shadomo

Date: 1891
Description: Tintype (ferrotype) portrait of Shadomo, or Dirty Pelican, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) from the Odanah Reservation near Ashland.
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Costume Party

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Description: Group of Caucasian individuals dressed up as African Americans, in blackface and eating watermelon.
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Mandu the Magician

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Description: Doc Mann of Beloit, Wisconsin, who performed novelty entertainment and "top hat magic" as Mandu the magician.
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Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley

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Description: Gore Vidal (left) and William F. Buckley (right) each sit in a chair while they have makeup applied before a television appearance.
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Womenless Wedding

Date: 1927
Description: A womenless group wedding portrait taken in a gymnasium. The large group of men are all dressed theatrically in male and female apparel. Some of the men ar...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Date: 1932
Description: Fredric March appears as both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in a publicity photograph for the Paramount film. March as Dr. Jekyll wears a tuxedo. Mr. Hyde wears ...
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Agnes Moorehead as Endora

Date: 1968
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Agnes Moorehead as 'Endora' from the TV show "Bewitched." She is holding a cigarette holder up to her mouth and is smiling. The ...
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Package of Disguise Stix©

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Description: Shrink wrapped package of the original Disguise Stix©, the body paint developed by Gene Coffman, of Gratco Corporation.
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James Wong Howe and John Garfield

Date: 1947
Description: Cinematographer James Wong Howe applying makeup to actor John Garfield who is sitting in a chair on the set of the 1947 film "Body and Soul."
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Glynis Johns

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Description: Glynis Johns watching unknown actor having makeup applied to his face by an unidentified man, possibly makeup artist Len Garde, on the set of the 1948 film...
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Louis Hayward

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Description: Actor Louis Hayward watching an unidentified makeup artist working on actor D'arcy Corrigan on a prison set for the 1939 film "The Man in Iron Mask."
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Joseph Shildkraut and Louis Hayward

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Description: Actor Louis Hayward having makeup applied to his face by an unidentified man, next to actor Joseph Shildkraut. Both are in costume for the 1939 film "The M...
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Marcelaine Hobson

Date: 05 1945
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Marcelaine "Marcy" Hobson (1925-2010) looking to the right. Marcy is wearing a dark suit jacket and a white ruffled collar. Her ...

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