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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Georgie (played by Gertrude Lawrence), clutching sheet music, leans in close to Zisi who holds an accordion (Charles Ruggles) in a scene from the Paramount... |
| Date: | 08 07 1967 |
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| Description: | Harry Funmaker (left) of Wisconsin Dells, and Ray Tahawah of Lawton, Oklahoma, drumming. A crowd of young people is in the background. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Scene still on the set of a Mack Sennett Comedy, probably Those Athletic Girls of 1918. Louise Fazenda does a Russian dance. To the left of her is P... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Juan Gallardo (played by Rudolph Valentino) plays the lute for Doña Sol de Guevara (Nita Naldi) in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky production Blood and Sa... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Doña Sol de Guevara (played by Nita Naldi) plays the harp for Juan Gallardo (Rudolph Valentino) in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky production Blood and Sa... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Doña Sol de Guevara (played by Nita Naldi) relaxes smoking a cigarette on a divan as her male servant plays the lute in the 1922 Famous Players-Lasky produ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Publicity still for All Souls' Eve, a Realart silent film released in 1921. From left to right: the child actor Mickey Moore plays a harmonica, the ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers, while the drummer is set up ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Rock trio, "The Ox," performing on stage. The guitarist and bassist are on an elevated platform next to a stack of amplifiers while the drummer is set up o... |
| Date: | 06 1942 |
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| Description: | Men in a three piece orchestra, consisting of a guitar, a violin, and a glass jug, posing for a photograph aboard the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Original caption on reverse of print reads: "Principals in Corsican drama, 'A Daughter of Caliente.' Douglas Gerrard, producer and actor and his leading l... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Composer Aaron Copeland sits at a Steinway piano while watching the viewer of a Moviola editor in a production still for "The North Star." |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Composer Aaron Copeland sits at a Steinway piano while watching the viewer of a Moviola editor in a production still for "The North Star." |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Scores of actors costumed as Ukrainian village men, women, and children clap and sing in a production still for "The North Star." Six musicians standing in... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 07 24 1981 |
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| Description: | A group of people are dancing as a band on a stage is playing in the background. Caption reads: "Rock fans dance to the music of Benny's Basement Band at F... |
| Date: | 11 14 1964 |
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| Description: | A young man is smiling and looking at a jazz trumpeter, of whom only his hands and trumpet can be seen. Caption reads: "Morris Gray, 11, of 2801 N. 11th St... |
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| Description: | A double exposure or altered print of The Doobie Brothers performing in concert. |
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| Description: | Townes Van Zandt (left) playing guitar and singing at Bunky's. Owen Cody is playing violin with Van Zandt. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of Elvis Costello (Declan MacManus) playing his guitar during a performance. A band member is playing a keyboard behind him. |
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