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Valda Valkyrien

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity portrait of Valda Valkyrien, known as "The Movie Star of Denmark."
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Irene Castle and Vernon Castle in Uniform with German Shepherd Dog

Date: 08 21 1917
Description: Original caption:

"The above picture is the first that has been taken of Mrs. Vernon Castle and her soldier husband since he returned to this country aft...

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Irene Castle in Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: The glamorous dancer Irene Castle wearing a World War I "Preparedness Uniform" of her own design. The dress was based on the uniform worn by her husband an...
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Men's Fashions

Date: 12 18 1966
Description: A man models what was touted as the latest styles for men.
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Portrait of Young Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1942
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a young Dickey Meyer Chapelle posing in front of a fireplace mantel wearing a blouse and dress pants.
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Kermit Bloomgarden with Cocktail

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Description: Kermit Bloomgarden is seated at a table at a formal event. He is wearing a tuxedo and holding a cocktail.
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Rudolph Valentino with Voisin Car

Date: 1923
Description: Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova pose with their Voisin automobile.
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Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber

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Description: Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber pose together wearing fashionable attire.
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Irene Castle

Date: 1915
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Irene Castle.
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Vernon Castle

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Description: Studio portrait of Vernon Castle wearing a wing collar.
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Vernon Castle and Irene Castle.

Date: 1913
Description: "The Tango of Today." Vernon and Irene Castle demonstrate a modern hands-free tango. A reproduction of this photograph was used in their 1914 book Moder...
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Vernon Castle and Irene Castle

Date: 1915
Description: Attractive portrait of the husband-wife dance team, Vernon and Irene Castle standing in a bay window photographed by Ira L. Hill's Studio of New York.
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Vernon Castle and Irene Castle.

Date: 1914
Description: The husband-wife dance team Vernon and Irene Castle on horseback on Long Island, a publicity photograph by Haas Photos of New York.
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Irene Castle

Date: 1912
Description: Publicity portrait of the dancer Irene Castle wearing the lace Dutch cap Vernon bought her in Brussels in 1912.
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Portrait of Irene Castle

Date: 1913
Description: Publicity portrait of the dancer Irene Castle wearing a lace cap and holding a rose, by the Moffett Studio of Chicago.
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Vernon Castle and Irene Castle

Date: 1913
Description: Full-length portrait of the celebrated dancing partners Vernon and Irene Castle dancing cheek to cheek. Irene wears a gauzy dress decorated with butterflie...
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Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish

Date: 1923
Description: Backlit publicity still of Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, and Dorothy Gish.
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Billie Burke with a Camera Outdoors

Date: 1917
Description: Billie Burke wearing fashionable sportswear (a matching set of bloomers, leggings, and cap) points a Kodak roll film camera at the photographer. She stands...
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Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad

Date: 1919
Description: Billie Burke, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Kid Broad outside having a conversation. Burke has on athletic wear, bloomers and a sweater. This picture may have been...
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Lenore Ulrich—Morosco Star

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Lenore Ulric wearing fashionable cool weather clothes and clutching an umbrella with an extremely long handle.

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