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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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Robert Rauschenberg Making a Print

Date: 1951
Description: Robert Rauschenberg makes cyanotype art by shining a light over a nude female model who is lying on photosensitive blueprint paper. The print was to be use...
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Mrs. Langtry in "As in a Looking-Glass"

Date: 1887
Description: Lillie Langtry is in character as the adventuress Lena Despard from the play "As in a Looking-Glass." In this full-length portrait, she is seated, facing ...
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Studio Portrait of Elsie Janis

Date: 1912
Description: Original caption: "Elsie Janis who with Montgomery and Stone will open in the new musical comedy 'The Lady of the Slipper'..."
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Irene Castle in "Patria"

Date: 1917
Description: Irene Castle in a gauzy tulle and satin dress in a full-length pose in a publicity photograph for the silent film "Patria" (International 1917).
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"Fred Ott's Sneeze"

Date: 1894
Description: Printing-out-paper contact print of 45 frames of the 5 second film known as "Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze" or simply "Fred Ott's Sneeze." The fil...
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John Gilbert as a Baby with His Mother

Date: 1898
Description: Actor John Gilbert as a baby with his mother. She is lying on the floor on her stomach, resting on her elbows with her head up. Her knees are bent and her ...
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Portrait of John Gilbert

Date: 1918
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of actor John Gilbert wearing a tuxedo.
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Production still for "Let's Live a Little"

Date: 1948
Description: Robert Cummings, left foreground with sunglasses in his hand, looks down upon a busy advertising photography studio in 1948 romantic comedy "Let's Live a L...
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...
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"Milenka" (The Mistress) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the Swedish film "Alskarinnan." At the top is a cutout heart framing the waist-up photographic image of a naked woman (face...
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"Přisně tajné" (For Eyes Only) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the German film "Streng Geheim." Features a grainy photographic image of a hand and a face. The hand is holding a black and...
Poster

"Vojandy" (The Camp Followers) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the Italian film "Le Soldatesse." A small photographic cut-out image of a woman's legs, along with an equally small cut-out...
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"Mamma Roma" Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for an Italian film. Photographic close-up image of a woman holding her hand up to her face.
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"20 Hodin" (20 Hours) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster featuring a black and white photographic image of an arm (and its shadow) reaching out towards a rifle.
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"Souhvězdí panny" (Sign of the Virgin) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster. Black and blue close-up image of two faces, one in front of the other. Their eyes are closed and have stars pasted on the eyel...
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"Kočār do vīdně" (Carriage to Vienna) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster. Black and mustard yellow image of a carriage wheel in the bottom right corner and part of a face in the top left corner.
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"Černý tulipán" (The Black Tulip) Film Poster

Date: 1967
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the French film "La tulipe noire." Collage image of a swashbuckler dressed in black and holding a sword while standing in a...
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"Die Hand in der Falle" (The Hand in the Trap) Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: German film poster for the Argentine film, "La mano en la trampa." Black and white photographic image of a woman standing and wearing a dress with the rota...
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"Unter Mexikos Sonne" (Time in the Sun) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: German film poster for the American film, "Time in the Sun." Image of two faces on the right side and a skull on the left side. Black with a yellow backgro...

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