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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Albert E. Smith, one of the founders of the Vitagraph motion picture company, stands with a cigar in his mouth looking down at the silent film star Antonio... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of a movie poster. Shows a scene with two people in conflict: a man with a raised arm and a woman putting up her hands in defense |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of Interior bedroom with young woman in bed being comforted by a servant - a white actress in blackface. ("Black face" is written on the back of... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of group of well-dressed men at a table playing a game of cards; money and drinks are on the table. The men are all wearing top hats. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of two women, one extending her hand to a man, another man is standing by; a female servant in blackface is in the background. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Mary Pickford getting tobacco and cigarettes for the soldiers. In addition to supplying her own adopted contingents, Miss Pickford has s... |
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