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Belshazzar's feast from "Intolerance."

Date: 1916
Description: Belshazzar's feast in the central courtyard of Babylon from D.W. Griffith's silent film "Intolerance" (Wark 1916).
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Lillian Gish and William Powell in "Romola"

Date: 1925
Description: Romola (played by Lillian Gish) and Tito Melema (William Powell) standing before the altar during their wedding in a scene still for Henry King's productio...
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"The Broken Coin" Scene Still

Date: 1915
Description: Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) sits forlornly on the straw in a dungeon in the kingdom of Grahaffen in a scene still from Episode 7 "Between Two Fires...
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a wedding.
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Film Still from "Done in Oil"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still - interior with an actress on a cushioned window seat holding an open newspaper. An actor is leaning inside the open window, his head coming th...
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Film Still from "Done in Oil"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still - exterior with an actress climbing over a cement or plaster wall. Actor below in foreground has a grip on her left ankle.
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Film Still from "Done in Oil"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still - exterior with a man standing near a high wall of plaster or cement, holding a large bag of props.
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Film Still from "The Beckoning Flame"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still of interior scene, exotic atmosphere, with actor and group of actresses, all in Indian costume with turban.
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Film Still from "The Beckoning Flame"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still of exterior garden with three actors, two in Indian costume with turbans. One actress in Indian costume. One actor in "colonial" costume.
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Film Still from "The Beckoning Flame"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still of interior palatial scene with large group of actors and actresses dancing and celebrating in Indian costumes, some with turbans.
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Dixieland Theatre

Date: 1916
Description: The Dixieland Theatre in South Jacksonville, Florida, before it was converted by the Gaumont Company into a film studio.
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Tourists Visit Universal City

Date: 1916
Description: Seven well-dressed tourists visit Universal City and pose with actor Neal Hart who is in cowboy costume and has his horse nearby. A water tower is visible ...
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Dr. W.H. Perrigo Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist

Date: 1907
Description: A horse-drawn cart, marked B.C. Horsch, is waiting near Dr. W.H. Perrigo's veterinary and dental business in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood in Milwaukee....

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