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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: 1919
Description: Harry Houdini in a scene from the silent motion picture, "The Grim Game."
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John Bowers and Leatrice Joy in "The Ace of Hearts"

Date: 1921
Description: Forrest (played by John Bowers) holds an axe as Lilith (Leatrice Joy) gazes into his face in this scene still from the silent film "The Ace of Hearts." The...
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Ethel Grandin and Francis Ford in "Across the Plains"

Date: 1912
Description: In the foreground Ethel Grandin and Francis Ford embrace at the foot of a grave. Behind them are three covered wagons, numerous men and women on horseback,...
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Movie Poster for "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: A man and woman look out of a window at people picking cotton in a field. The two are well-dressed.
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Keystone Oriental Set Production Still

Date: 1917
Description: Mack Sennett, in a dark suit, and two technicians stand by a Prestwich camera on the set of an unidentified Middle Eastern themed Keystone Comedy. A belly ...
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MGM Silent Film Crew

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Director Nick Grinde (in two-tone shoes) and 15 members of his film crew pose for a MGM production still. Present are a woman playing the harmonium (far le...
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Milton Sills and Dorothy Dalton

Date: 1922
Description: Iris Champneys (played by Dorothy Dalton) comes up behind Clement Gaunt (Milton Sills) apparently to sneak a small money bag into the pocket of his corduro...
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Scene Still for "Anna Ascends"

Date: 1922
Description: At least fifteen actors wearing formal evening wear pose in the drawing room of a mansion in this scene still for the silent film "Anna Ascends." In the fi...
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Thomas Meighan scene still for "Back Home and Broke"

Date: 1922
Description: Dressed in the clothes of a roughneck (chambray shirt, corduroy pants, high lace-up boots), Tom Redding (played by Thomas Meighan) works on an oil rig and ...
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William Desmond scene still for "Bare-Fisted Gallagher"

Date: 1919
Description: Bare-fisted Gallagher (played by William Desmond) stands in full Western costume (cowboy hat, plaid shirt, bandana neckerchief, charro chaps, leather wrist...
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Agnes Vernon and William Desmond in a scene still for "Bare-Fisted Gallagher"

Date: 1919
Description: Wearing men's western clothing Jem Mason (played by Agnes Vernon) looks doubtfully at Bare Fisted Gallagher (William Desmond). She holds a Winchester repea...
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Anna Luther in Production Still for "Bath Tub Perils"

Date: 1916
Description: Actress Anna Luther peeps over the top of a dressing screen at the back of a bathroom set at the Keystone Studios in a production still for the 1916 short ...
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Scene still with Anna Luther and George Walsh

Date: 1916
Description: Mildred Manning (played by Anna Luther) kisses ranch owner Del Burton (George Walsh) in a scene still for "The Beast" (Fox 1916).
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Publicity still of Charles Jones, also known as Buck Jones

Date: 1922
Description: Fox silent film star Charles Jones, later known as Buck Jones, poses outdoors in a cowboy hat in a publicity still for the 1922 silent western "Bells of Sa...
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Scene still with Dustin Farnum and Winifred Kingston

Date: 1916
Description: Ben Blair (played by Dustin Farnum in cowboy costume) has a picnic on the ground with Florence Winthrop (Winifred Kingston, wearing a corduroy riding suit)...
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Buster Keaton and Joe Roberts in a scene still

Date: 1922
Description: The blacksmith's assistant (played by Buster Keaton) files his nails as his employer (Joe Roberts) looms over him in a scene still from the 1922 silent com...

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