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George M. Cohan

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Description: George M. Cohan is seen with two younger men. He is shaking the hand of one and holding onto the hand of the other.
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"Our Daily Bread" Location Still

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Description: Outdoor group portrait taken on location for the film "Our Daily Bread." Barbara Pepper and Karen Morley are seated along with two men in director's chairs...
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Barbara La Marr at Film Premiere

Date: 06 1924
Description: Lew Cody, Barbara La Marr, and Paul Bern attend the premiere of Norma Talmadge's film "Secrets" in Hollywood. The men are wearing tuxedos and Barbara wears...
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Platoon Publicity Still

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Description: Publicity still for the film Platoon. Tom Berenger is looling at Willem Dafoe who is looking down at the ground. Mark Moses is standing in the backg...
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Henry Winkler and Al Molinaro

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Description: Henry Winkler, as Fonzie, gets baptized by Al Molinaro who plays Father Delvecchio, the twin brother of Al Delvecchio on the TV show Happy Days. Tom...
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Dr. Joseph Carpenter and Family

Date: 1973
Description: Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is seated with his family. His ...
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Chaplin, Pickford and Fairbanks

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Description: Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks standing next to each other. Chaplin has his feet turned inward while Pickford and Fairbanks have thei...
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"The Toll of the Sea"

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Description: Kenneth Harlan, Beatrice Bentley, and Anna May Wong are seen in a still from the film "The Toll of the Sea." Bentley and Wong are holding hands and looking...
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"If I Were King"

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Description: William Farnum, as Francois Villon, speaking to a crowd of people in a still for the film "If I Were King." Two men are kneeling before him, while the rest...
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"Husbands for Rent"

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Description: Herbert Willis (Owen Moore), Molly Devoe (Helene Costello), and Sir Reginald Knight (Claude Gillingwater) standing next to each other. Willis has a blank s...
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Visiting Japanese Students at Leon's Frozen Custard

Date: 1980
Description: View across parking lot towards a group of Japanese woman posing in front of Leon's Frozen Custard. Caption reads: "Visiting Japanese students posed in fro...
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Roscoe Arbuckle

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Description: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle sitting in a chair holding a dog in his lap. Women wearing bathing suits are sitting and standing around him.
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Al St. John

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Description: Al St. John and an actress sitting close together on a bench in a scene from, or a publicity still for, an unidentified silent film. Seven boys and girls a...
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"Run for the Hills" Publicity Still

Date: 1953
Description: Publicity still of Barbara Payton, Sonny Tufts, and another man in the film "Run for the Hills." Tufts is wearing a leopard print tunic, and Payton is wear...
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Family Portrait

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: A family posing together indoors; the father is bouncing a young girl standing on his knees. Caption reads: "Mrs. Alan S. Smith and her two sons watched as...
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"Blondie of the Follies"

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Description: Marion Davies standing between Paal and Leif Rock, also known at the Rocky Twins, in a still from the film "Blondie of the Follies." The three are dressed ...
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Shadow Waltz from "Gold Diggers of 1933"

Date: 1933
Description: Overhead view of dancers in a circle during the "Shadow Waltz" number in the film "Gold Diggers of 1933." The dancers are each wearing large hoop skirts an...
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Ed Sullivan, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

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Description: Ed Sullivan, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and an unidentified man are smiling and walking on a golf course. Spectators are stand behind a rope in back of the four...
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Mae West in "Catherine Was Great"

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Description: Mae West, as Catherine the Great, sits surrounded by military officers and diplomats in a scene from the play "Catherine Was Great". West wears a lavish f...

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