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Cowgirl

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Description: Embossed postcard of a painting of a woman in rodeo garb on horseback. The horse is rearing up while the woman fires a gun into the ground.
Photograph

Film Still of Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western genre film. Shown is actor Roy Stewart playing Calumet Marston ...
Photograph

Film Still of Movie Poster for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Movie poster using a heavily retouched film still for "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y,'" a western. Shown on the right is actor Roy Stewart, playing Calumet Marst...
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Mv. Saturnia Farewell Dinner Menu

Date: 03 24 1950
Description: Front cover of a farewell dinner menu from the Italian Line ship Saturnia, with two Commedia dell' Arte characters: Tartaglia, a rotund figure who w...
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Carte Universelle du Monde Vulgairement dite la Mappemonde: Avec de Nouvelles Observations Touchant les Navigations de Long Cours Par P. Du-Val. Amerique Septemtrionale

Date: 1684
Description: Map of North America showing some colonies, cities, rivers, lakes, and Native American land. Ship routes spread across both oceans, including one decorated...
Photograph

Cisco Kid Publicity Still

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Description: Outdoor publicity still of Pancho, actor Leo Carillo, sitting on horseback. He is posing with his arms crossed in front of his chest, and a bird (stuffed?)...
Photograph

Cisco Kid and Pancho

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Description: Publicity photo of the Cisco Kid (Duncan Renaldo) and Pancho (Leo Carillo) standing next to their horses. They are both holding and pointing guns.
Photograph

"Gallant Lady" Still

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Description: The cast and crew of the film "Gallant Lady" preparing to shoot a scene on a lake. The motion picture camera and crew are on a raft on the left, and are sh...
Photograph

"Wuthering Heights" Publicity Stills

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Description: Elevated view of the set of the film "Wuthering Heights." The crew is standing and sitting behind the camera which is on the ground. An actor and actress a...
Photograph

"Wuthering Heights" Publicity Still

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Description: The crew on the film "Wuthering Heights" shooting a scene with an actress on a cliff. The camera is on the left with two large lights, and two men holding ...
Photograph

"Blockade" Publicity Still

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Description: Marco (Henry Fonda) looking at the engine of a car while Norma (Madeleine Carroll) and Luis (Leo Carillo) are looking on. A team of oxen is standing on the...
Photograph

"Blockade" Publicity Still

Date: 1937
Description: Luis (Leo Carillo) sitting underneath a tree playing an instrument. He is surrounded by sheep in the film "Blockade." Mountains are in the background.
Photograph

"Resurrection" Publicity Still

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Description: Prince Dimitri (Rod La Rocque) standing on a wagon of hay drawn by a horse. Katusha Maslova (Delores del Rio) is sitting on top of the hay. The still is fr...
Photograph

"These Three" Production Still

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Description: Merle Oberon sitting next to an older woman at a table outdoors. Oberon is wearing a pointed clown hat with three pompoms on it. She is holding cards in he...
Photograph

"The Adventures of Marco Polo" Publicity Still

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Description: A man is sitting on a horse in front of the cast and crew of the film "The Adventures of Marco Polo." Mountains are in the background.
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"The Adventures of Marco Polo" Publicity Still

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Description: Cast members of the film "The Adventures of Marco Polo" standing in the entryway of a fortress. Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) is holding the hand of Binguccio (...
Postcard

A Happy Christmas

Date: 12 24 1908
Description: Christmas postcard of a mountain peak, the Eiger, in Switzerland. In the foreground, a man is dressed in a traditional costume, blowing a horn. Text on the...
Photograph

Sound of Music Film Still

Date: 1965
Description: The Von Trapp children stand in a line wearing soaking wet play clothes after capsizing a rowboat. Julie Andrews as the children's governess Maria stands a...
Photograph

"Ramrod" publicity photograph

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Description: Actor Joel McCrea and another man stand with a horse in front of two large mountains. Both men are dressed as cowboys and stand with their hands on their ...
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Dolores del Rio and Warner Baxter in "Ramona"

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Description: Dolores del Rio and Warner Baxter stand beneath a tree in a scene from the 1928 film "Ramona". Baxter portrays Alessandro, a Native American, and del Rio ...

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