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Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait

Date: 1908
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence from about the time she joined the Mutoscope and Biograph Company in 1908. She looks up to the left...
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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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Self-Portait of Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1942
Description: Dickey Chapelle wearing correspondent armband and taking a self-portrait in mirror. Taken at time of her first recognition by War Department as "Look's" ph...
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Dicky Chapelle in Iwo Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: Dicky Chapelle gazing into the distance, during her Iwo Okinawa period. She is wearing her War Correspondent uniform with hat. Possibly with camera slung o...
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Dicky Chapelle in Iwo Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: Dicky Chapelle gazing into the distance, during her Iwo Okinawa period. She is wearing her War Correspondent uniform with hat. Possibly with camera slung o...
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Female Marine Engineer

Date: 02 1945
Description: Private first class Ann D. Dozier, a refrigerating engineer from the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve, posing for a photograph at the Mauna Loa R...
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Wounded Marine on Phone

Date: 1945
Description: A woman with a badge marked "Bell Telephone System" is holding a telephone cradle while handing a wounded marine a telephone receiver. The marine is lying ...
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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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Men Into Space Toys

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Description: Display of toys. On the left is the Colonel McCauley Space Unit, which includes a clear plastic container shaped like a rocket holding action figures. Ther...
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J. Warren Kerrigan and his Mother

Date: 1920
Description: Sarah McLean Kerrigan and her son the silent film actor J. Warren Kerrigan.
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Mollie King Alexander and her Son

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of the silent film actress Mollie King (Alexander) holding her infant son Kenneth Deedes Alexander Jr.
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Biondolillo Family

Date: 1916
Description: Studio portrait of Mr. Louis Biondolillo and his wife seated with their five children around them. From left to right the girls are Mary, Lena, Rose, Pauli...
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Marion Davies

Date: 1922
Description: Head and shoulders publicity photograph of the actress Marion Davies used to promote the silent film "The Young Diana" (1922).
Poster

"Krise des Marxismus?" Poster

Date: 06 03 1983
Description: Poster announcing a discussion at Ernst Bloch University on the 100th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx. Poster has black text and image on a white bac...
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Publicity Still of Marion Davies

Date: 1922
Description: Left profile studio portrait of the actress Marion Davies used to promote the 1922 silent drama "Beauty's Worth." She wears strands of pearls and a pearl a...
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Dinner with Ike Menu

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: Centerfold of menu for a dinner given by the District of Columbia State Committee, with a removable duotone portrait of President Eisenhower from a paintin...
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Actor Harry Benham, studio portrait

Date: 1914
Description: Silent film star Harry Benham in a head and shoulders portrait by the Lewis-Smith Studio of Chicago, c. 1914.
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Max Davidson, publicity portrait

Date: 02 21 1927
Description: Head and shoulders star head publicity photograph of comedian Max Davidson in suit and necktie.
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Mabel Van Buren studio publicity portrait

Date: 1913
Description: Head and shoulders studio publicity portrait of Selig Polyscope silent film star Mabel Van Buren, 1913.
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Wallace Reid, head and shoulders portrait

Date: 1920
Description: Head and shoulders studio publicity portrait of silent film star Wallace Reid in white tie and tails.

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