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Irene Castle in "Patria"

Date: 1916
Description: Irene Castle in a gauzy tulle and satin dress poses full-length in an air-brushed publicity photograph. The caption printed on the back of the print reads:...
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Irene Castle and William P. Carleton in "The Amateur Wife"

Date: 1920
Description: Cosmo Spotiswood (played by William P. Carleton on the right) confronts a man who has designs on his wife Justine (played by Irene Castle). Castle is dress...
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Irene Castle and Augusta Anderson in "The Amateur Wife"

Date: 1920
Description: In a backstage dressing room, the straight-laced and innocent Justine Spencer (played by Irene Castle) is shocked to find that her mother (Augusta Anderson...
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George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1961
Description: George Peppard (playing Paul Varjak) leans over the back in which lies Audrey Hepburn (as Holly Golightly) in a publicity still for "Breakfast at Tiffany's...
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Dorothy Jardon Publicity Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: Dorothy Jardon is dressed as Bimboula, a Persian woman, from the musical comedy "Oh! Oh! Delphine" in which she appeared at the Shaftsbury Theatre in Londo...
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Dorothy Jardon in "A Winsome Widow"

Date: 1912
Description: Dorothy Jardon in a large hat and beaded dress in a publicity photograph for "A Winsome Widow," a musical comedy that played at the Ziegfeld Moulin Rouge.
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Dorothy Jardon in "A Winsome Widow"

Date: 1912
Description: Dorothy Jardon wears chic black satin mourning clothes and carries a black parasol in a publicity photograph for "A Winsome Widow," a musical comedy that p...
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"The Tattlers" Movie Still

Date: 1920
Description: Movie still from the Fox movie "The Tattlers," featuring Madlaine Traverse (playing Bess Rutherford) posing in an evening dress.
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"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" Publicity Still

Date: 1917
Description: Publicity still for the Artcraft movie "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," featuring Mary Pickford in the title role, in costume, reading the book by Kate Dougla...
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Throwing Rice After the Ceremony

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: As a bride and groom leave the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, they are showered with rice.
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Dancing at a Campaign Party

Date: 10 05 1986
Description: Long before Governor Earl conceded the race, some backers celebrated at his campaign party in Madison.
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Waiting in Line to Vote

Date: 02 21 1989
Description: Seven men wait for the polls to open Tuesday morning at the New Berlin Administration Building.
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
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Ruth Chatterton in The Man With a Load of Mischief

Date: 1925
Description: Ruth Chatterton and Ralph Forbes posing in costumes from the play The Man With a Load of Mischief. Chatterton holds a riding crop and wears a long v...
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Police Women on the Beach

Date: 1922
Description: Caption below the illustration reads, "ON A CHICAGO BEACH in 1922 policewomen, patrolling the sands on behalf of morality, confront three offenders." Two p...
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Joel McCrea and Laraine Day

Date: 1940
Description: Publicity photo of Joel McCrea and Laraine Day for the film "Foreign Correspondent." McCrea wears a suit and sits with his arms around his legs. Day wears ...
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Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Picking Fruit

Date: 1949
Description: Alfred Lunt standing on a wooden ladder and picking plums from a tree in the Ten Chimneys orchard. Lynn Fontanne stands below holding a basket to collect t...
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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"Fanny Elssler" Film Poster

Date: 1966
Description: German film poster for the re-release of the film. Illustrated image of ballerina legs, with the feet extended from a large gown, in pointe technique.
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"Meine Witwe ist gefahrlich" (Five Golden Hours) Film Poster

Date: 1963
Description: German film poster for the Italian-British film. Illustrated black and white image of a man with a moustache wearing a bow tie. He is surrounded by portion...

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