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Card Players

Date: 03 20 1965
Description: Several men engaged in a serious card game at the Milwaukee Municipal Social Center, one of several centers devoted to social and recreational programs for...
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Bert Williams

Date: 1921
Description: White Studio portrait of vaudevillian Bert Williams.
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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Christmas Returns

Date: 12 26 1982
Description: A Target retail store is flooded with customers returning Christmas gifts.
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Hughes' Air Victory

Date: 07 14 1938
Description: Minutes after finishing their record-breaking flight around the world (in 7 hours and 28 minutes), Howard Hughes and the four aviators who flew with him we...
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Jim Doyle Sr. and Eleanor Roosevelt

Date: 1952
Description: James E. Doyle Sr., head of the Americans For Democratic Action (1953-1954), at an ADA meeting (perhaps 1954) with Eleanor Roosevelt. As chair of the Wisco...
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President Manuel Urrutia Lleó Shaking Hands

Date: 01 1959
Description: President Manuel Urrutia Lleó shaking hands with men in suits in Havana, Cuba during the celebration of the success of the Cuban Revolution.
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John Emerson — Anita Loos: Productions for Paramount

Date: 1918
Description: Full page display ad for the husband and wife filmmaking team of John Emerson and Anita Loos in the 1918 edition of Wid's Yearbook, a motion picture trade ...
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Forrest Stanley and Howard Davies in "The Heart of Paula"

Date: 1916
Description: Bruce McLean (played by Forrest Stanley) has been captured by the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Pacheco (Howard Davies) and his followers.
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Huntley Gordon and Irene Castle in "The Invisible Bond"

Date: 1919
Description: Huntly Gordon (in character as Harleth Crossey) and Irene Castle (as Marcia Crossey) pose outdoors in a full-length publicity photograph for "The Invisible...
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Agnes Ayres and Thomas Meighan in "Cappy Ricks"

Date: 1921
Description: Florrie Ricks (played by Agnes Ayres), the daughter of a shipowner, attends to Matt Peasley (Thomas Meighan), a seaman who lies unconscious in her lap in a...
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Thomas Meighan and Hugh Cameron in "Cappy Ricks"

Date: 1921
Description: Two seamen, Matt Peasley (played by Thomas Meighan) and Murphy (Hugh Cameron), stand in a San Francisco street with their seabags at their feet in a public...
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Charles Abbe, Thomas Meighan and Ivan Linow in "Cappy Ricks"

Date: 1921
Description: Shipowner Cappy Ricks (played by Charles Abbe) and seamen Matt Peasley (Thomas Meighan) and Ole Peterson (Ivan Linow) onboard a ship in a publicity still f...
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Owen Moore, Ogden Crane, and Mary Pickford in "Caprice"

Date: 1913
Description: The wealthy playboy Jack Henderson (played by Owen Moore) has accidentally shot Mercy Baxter (Mary Pickford) in the arm and has carried her to her home in ...
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Ogden Crane, Owen Moore, and Mary Pickford in "Caprice"

Date: 1913
Description: Pausing by the door of his mountain cabin, Jim Baxter (played by Ogden Crane) notices that his daughter Mercy (Mary Pickford) and the wealthy visitor from ...
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Florence Lawrence in "The Pawns of Destiny"

Date: 1914
Description: Florence Lawrence watches as a young man with bandaged hands and face is transferred by two orderlies from a gurney onto a hospital bed. Also visible in th...
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Irene Castle and William P. Carleton in "The Amateur Wife"

Date: 1920
Description: Justine Spotiswood (played by Irene Castle wearing a turban with feathers) and Cosmo Spotiswood (William P. Carleton) gaze into each others eyes in a scene...
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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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Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind"

Date: 1939
Description: Clark Gable (playing Rhett Butler) embraces Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara) who is dressed in mourning clothes in a publicity still from the Selznick produc...
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Century of the Reaper

Date: 1931
Description: Cover of the book "Century of the Reaper" by Cyrus McCormick III ("Cyrusie"). The cover includes a color illustration of the senior Cyrus McCormick testing...

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