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Walter Long

Date: 1915
Description: A dramatic publicity still of Walter Long from the film Birth of a Nation. Long played Gus, a "renegrade negro," in blackface.
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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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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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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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