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| Date: | 07 12 1970 |
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| Description: | A woman in a polka-dotted suit chats with two men wearing wildly-patterned slacks and sport coats at a summer party. A man plays drums in the background. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Lionel Barrymore directs John Gilbert and Norma Shearer in a scene from "Romeo and Juliet" for MGM's Hollywood Revue. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Dancers in elaborate costumes and huge headdresses perform onstage in "Glorifying the American Girl," a 1929 Paramount musical. The heads of some pit music... |
| 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: | 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The writer Vera Caspary, pen in hand, with male and female dancers handsomely posed behind her in a publicity still for the musical comedy play "Wedding in... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Marc Blitzstein in U.S. Army Air Corps uniform at a piano, singing into a BBC microphone. Caption on reverse of image reads "London, 1943". |
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| Description: | George M. Cohan and James Graham hold the same pose next to each other, with Cohen looking back toward Graham. Graham plays a younger Cohan. There is a lar... |
| Date: | 03 30 1979 |
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| Description: | Two women in costumes posing and stretching out their arms towards the camera. Caption reads: "Phyllis Bickham (left) and Amber Kelly will alternate in the... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Arthur Miller smoking a pipe while at a rehearsal for the play "After the Fall." |
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| Description: | Musician Steve Miller during a concert. His guitar is on a strap around his neck and he is gripping a microphone. |
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| Description: | A double exposure or altered print of The Doobie Brothers performing in concert. |
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| Description: | Lowell George (left) gives five to guest musician Leslie West during a performance. |
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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: | Rick Nielsen, guitarist for the band Cheap Trick, flicks a guitar pick into the audience during a concert. |
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| Description: | Ray Charles singing and playing piano during a performance. |
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