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Edison Movie Projector

Date: 10 19 1931
Description: Edison kinetascope, patented in 1897, one of the first motion picture projectors invented by Thomas A. Edison. It is hand cranked and chain driven.
Photograph

Movie Set Scaffolding

Date: 1929
Description: A photograph from the set of the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper". The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the...
Photograph

Painted Scenery Backdrop

Date: 1929
Description: A backdrop from the set of the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the R...
Drawing

Black Gown Design for "All About Eve"

Date: 1950
Description: Watercolor and gouache over graphite sketch on paper of a long black gown with a black bow at the waist designed for "All About Eve" (Twentieth Century-Fox...
Poster

"Painters Painting"

Date: 1973
Description: Poster advertising a screening of Emile de Antonio's 1973 documentary film "Painters Painting," about the New York art scene. The screening was at the Hopk...
Poster

"Černý Petr" (Black Peter) Film Poster

Date: 1964
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster with a white background and black lettering. Along the bottom is a photographic image of three young men and a woman talking, s...
Poster

"Obraz lāsky" (Image of Love) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the English film "Image of Love." Mona Lisa wears a pink wig, and a flower, lips, small hearts and a chart are pasted on to...
Photograph

Clara Kimball Young in "The Common Law"

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Description: Valerie West (Clara Kimball Young) posing nude for Neville (Conway Tearle) in the 1916 film "The Common Law." Neville is standing on a platform in front of...
Poster

Handmade Poster for "The Connection"

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Description: Original handmade painted poster for the 1961 film "The Connection." The background is grey and white with black and white lettering. An image of a man in ...

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