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| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Silent film actor Wallace Reid sits at the foot of a Christmas tree with a teddy bear and his young son Wallace Reid, Jr. in his lap. A dog rests on the fl... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Silent film actress Marguerite Snow with her daughter Julie Jane Cruze on her knee. Behind them are theatrical scenery flats. The older man admiring the ch... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Conrad Veidt, noted European screen actor, his wife and daughter Viola, taken on board the ship last Monday upon which he arrived in Ame... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Mr. Warner's spare moments are divided between cleansing his car and photographing his baby while Mrs Warner devoted herself to photogra... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Four Generations of Washburns. Bryant Washburn, Essanay star, photographed with his grandmother, his father and his son. All 'Bryant Was... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Essanay silent film star Bryant Washburn in U.S. Army sergeant's uniform sits on the grass with his little son Bryant Washburn, Jr., and his wife, the actr... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Silent film star Claire Windsor in a lacy summer dress and sun hat with her small son Billy outdoors. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Silent film star Claire Windsor in a lacy summer dress and sun hat sits on the grass with her small son Billy. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Silent film star Clara Kimball Young, center, with her parents Edward M. Kimball and Pauline Maddern Kimball drinking coffee or tea outdoors. They are seat... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The actor Edward M. Kimball, wearing pince-nez, reads a script to his daughter, the silent film star Clara Kimball Young. She is on a chaise lounge with a ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Pauline Maddern Kimball, holding a basket of flowers, shows a bouquet to her daughter, the silent film star Clara Kimball Young who is on a chaise lounge w... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Silent film star Clara Kimball Young, dressed in a pirate costume, with her parents Edward M. Kimball and Pauline Maddern Kimball on either side of her. Th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | "The original Comet Theatre 100 3rd Ave. New York City." Playbills in front of the nickelodeon advertise "A Mightier Hand," "Love in Mexico," "Jefferies-J... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | From a high angle, this snapshot shows actors, crew, and bystanders at an open-air studio under canvas diffusers at Universal City. The cameraman stands be... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Publicity still from 1913 heavily retouched for the July 7, 1928, issue of Liberty (magazine). The original caption reads: "Wallace Reid and Dorothy Davenp... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Director Cecil B. DeMille confers with actor Wallace Reid on an outdoor set for the 1916 silent drama "Joan the Woman." DeMille wears a chest microphone li... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Publicity still of silent film comedian Billy Quirk used to announce his engagement with the Solax Film Company in 1912. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Silent film star couple Mary Pickford and Owen Moore pose on a lawn outdoors. She wears a loose, wide belted jacket over a white pleated dress. He wears a ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Silent film couple Owen Moore and Mary Pickford sit on a porch swing. He wears a herringbone worsted wool suit with large patch pockets, and plus fours. Sh... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Silent film star Owen Moore stands holding a cigarette in a half length studio portrait. He wears a herringbone worsted wool suit, white shirt with soft co... |
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