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Pearl White and George Vaux Bacon

Date: 1915
Description: Silent film star Pearl White behind the wheel of a 1915 Stutz Bearcat roadster with journalist George Vaux Bacon sitting beside her. The photograph was mad...
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Niles Welch Working on a Hudson Automobile

Date: 09 1918
Description: Silent film actor Niles Welch on the ground underneath the front of a 1918 Hudson Super Six touring limousine. Apparently he is using a carpenter's brace d...
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Niles Welch Sawing a Hudson Automobile

Date: 09 1918
Description: Silent film actor Niles Welch is apparently using a wood saw on the engine of a 1918 Hudson Super Six touring limousine. Other carpenter's tools--a plane a...
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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1922
Description: Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s...
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David Lee Roth

Date: 08 20 1979
Description: David Lee Roth, lead singer for the band Van Halen, getting into a limousine after visiting the Lake Street Station record store on State Street. The band ...

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