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"Helen of Troy" Still

Date: 1956
Description: Still of Rossana Podesta as Helen and Jacques Sernas as Paris from the 1956 film "Helen of Troy." The two gaze into each others eyes as they stand opposite...
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Helen Ferguson portrait

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson looks straight at the camera in a publicity photograph. She is wearing a top or dress with a very large bow. A handwritten inscrip...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears

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Description: Helen Farnsworth Mears sitting on a ladder and resting her head against her hand.
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Helen Ferguson and her mother on porch

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson and her mother sit on the porch of their Hollywood home. The two are having something to eat and drink. Helen reads an issue of
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Helen Ferguson smiling at camera

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Description: Sepia toned photographer of actress Helen Ferguson. She looks over her shoulder and smiles at the camera. Her hands are up by her chin and she is wearing...
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Closeup portrait of Helen Ferguson

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Description: Closeup photograph of actress Helen Ferguson in costume for the stage play The Alarm Clock. She is wearing a pageboy cap and tattered coat.
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Helen Ferguson publicity photo

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Description: Portrait of actress Helen Ferguson for the 1923 film The Unknown Purple. Ferguson looks upwards and her face is in focus while her body is blurry. ...
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Full length photograph of Helen Ferguson

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Description: Full length photograph of actress Helen Ferguson. She wears a dark colored dress with a large scarf or shawl draped over her head and shoulders. There ar...
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Helen Ferguson in dark fur trimmed coat

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson sits and poses in a dark fur trimmed coat. She is also wearing a dark dress with lace at the bottom, dark shoes, and a string of pe...
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Helen Ferguson and David Butler

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson and actor David Butler appear in a still from the 1921 film Making the Grade. Ferguson sits next to a table and sews/mends a...
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Helen Ferguson in Never Say Die

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Description: Publicity photograph of actress Helen Ferguson in the 1924 film Never Say Die. Ferguson holds a walking stick with a carved animal at the top. She...
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Helen Ferguson in dark dress with cameo

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Description: Portrait photograph of actress Helen Ferguson. She sits and looks up and away from the camera. Her dress is dark in color with a small amount of lace tri...
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"Helen of Troy" Film Still

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Description: A large group of men are pulling the wooden Trojan horse through a large gate, and into the city of Troy, as people cheer in a scene from the film Helen of...
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Helen Ferguson on the telephone

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Description: Photograph of actress, now press agent, Helen Ferguson. She sits at a desk and has a telephone receiver to one ear. She holds a pencil in the other hand....
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Helen Ferguson portrait

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Description: Portrait of actress Helen Ferguson. Ferguson looks and smiles at the camera. She is wearing a sleeveless sheer dress and holds a long beaded necklace in ...
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Helen Ferguson and William Russell

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson sits with her husband actor William Russell for a photograph. She sits with her back to him. He looks at the camera while she look...
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Helen Ferguson publicity photograph

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Description: Publicity photograph for the 1923 film The Unknown Purple of actress Helen Ferguson. She stands with one foot against a wall and wears a long tunic...
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Helen Ferguson and mother outside their home

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson stands on the sidewalk next to a brick wall in front of her home in Hollywood. Her mother stands on the patio on the other side of ...
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Helen Ferguson publicity photograph

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson sits with one leg stretched out and has a stern look on her face. She wears a long tunic with pants underneath it. A blurry large ...
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Proposed Wisconsin State Capitol Dome Statue

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Description: Model of statue by Helen Farnsworth Mears that was rejected as "too heavy and bulky looking" for the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol.

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