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Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt

Date: 1931
Description: Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in a scene from "Reunion in Vienna."
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Baby Rose Marie

Date: 1929
Description: Baby Rose Marie in a ruffled dress in her trademark pose from the Vitaphone short Baby Rose Marie.
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Actress as Indian

Date: 1857
Description: A woman dressed in Indian headwrap with feather, wrapped in a blanket, for a performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth...
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Actress as Indian

Date: 1857
Description: Actress standing with crossed arms dressed in Indian headdress and wrap for performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth ...
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Laird and Ann Margaret

Date: 05 07 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin, speaking at a Savings Bond rally at the Pentagon. On the platform is actress Ann Margaret wearing a short ...
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 09 30 1918
Description: Quarter-length publicity photograph of Valeska Suratt in a dark velvet dress and hat. She holds a calla lilly and wears pearl rings. The print carries a...
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Olive Thomas and Pekinese Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Triangle films star Olive Thomas wearing a light-colored suit and holding a Pekinese dog under her arm.
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis in "Hellcats of the Navy"

Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis, stars of Columbia Pictures' "Hellcats of the Navy."
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Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Priscilla Lane, and Wayne Morris in a publicity still for "Brother Rat"

Date: 1938
Description: Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Priscilla Lane, and Wayne Morris in a publicity still for Warner Brothers' film "Brother Rat."
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Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in "Kings Row"

Date: 1941
Description: Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in a scene from the Warner Brothers' film "Kings Row."
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Interview with a Star

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Description: Irene Norman, film editor of the "Milwaukee Sentinel," interviewing the film star Bebe Daniels.
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Elsie Janis and Three of her Gang

Date: 1919
Description: Elsie Janis, in military uniform, stands arm-in-arm with three soldiers in a publicity photograph for the musical revue "Elsie Janis and Her Gang." They we...
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Cast of a Play

Date: 1941
Description: Female cast members of the play “How the Story Grew” performed during the Milwaukee Turners Winterfest.
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Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a male actor in a stage musical surrounded by actresses in matching costumes.
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Film Still from "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Actress Josie Sedgwick as Betty Clayton and six other men, some with guns, holed up in a ranch house, shooting toward a window. One of the men stands with ...
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Film Still from "The Boss of the Lazy 'Y'"

Date: 1918
Description: Actress Josie Sedgwick as Betty Clayton standing over a man laying on his back on debris on the floor. She holds a bottle in her hand, arm raised above her...
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of actress.
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The Four Wives of John Gilbert

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: Composite of four head and shoulders portraits of the three former wives and the fiancée of actor John Gilbert: Olivia Burwell (top left), Leatrice Joy (to...
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John Gilbert and Greta Garbo

Date: 01 1927
Description: John Gilbert and Greta Garbo pose for photograph at the premiere of their film "The Flesh and the Devil." She is wearing a fur coat, white gloves and is ho...

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