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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 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 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 at typewriter

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Description: Actress, now press agent, Helen Ferguson sits at a small folding table and types. A small telephone is next to the typewriter. Ferguson sits on a nice ch...
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Helen Ferguson sitting in chair

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson sits in a large chair with one leg crossed. One hand is curled up against her chest while the other rests on the arm of the chair. ...
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Helen Ferguson at her desk

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Description: Actress, now press agent, Helen Ferguson sits at her desk and smiles while looking at the camera. She holds a telephone receiver to one ear and holds a pe...
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Helen Ferguson sitting in chair and smiling

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson sits in a high back chair and smiled towards the camera. She has one hand on her hip and the other resting on her knee. She wears ...
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Helen Ferguson in white dress with monkey fur

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson poses in a white dress trimmed with monkey fur and black hat with a large feather. She stands in front of a chair with her hands on...
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Helen Ferguson in Hungry Hearts

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Description: Helen Ferguson carries a large bundle of material on her back in a still for the 1922 film Hungry Hearts. She has her back to the camera and looks ...
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William Russell and Helen Ferguson in Shod with Fire

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Description: Helen Russell and William Russell appear in a still from the 1920 film Shod with Fire. Ferguson kneels next a man in a bed while Russell sits next ...
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Helen Ferguson in a black dress with monkey fur

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson poses against a wall win a black dress with white monkey fur. Her hat has a very large bow on the front. One hand rests on the top...
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"The Sign on the Door" still

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Description: Norma Talmadge, playing Ann Hunniwell Regan, descends a flight of stairs and sees Frank Devereaux, played by Lew Cody, holding on a to a young woman (possi...
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Scene from the 1922 film Hungry Hearts

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Description: Helen Ferguson grabs onto Bryant Washburn in a scene from the 1922 film Hungry Hearts. Washburn is next to a much larger man who is wearing a suit ...
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Cecily Weaver Teaching Bridge

Date: 11 22 1932
Description: Cecily Weaver teaching bridge and the use of the Fulton Shur-Win Bidder to a table of four women. Sitting left to right are: Esther Hermsen, Inger Emery, G...
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Coffee Break

Date: 1956
Description: Snow covered skis are lined up against the porch railing while their owners are taking a break in the ski lodge. Pine trees can barely be seen in the dista...
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Finding Recreation in the Kitchen

Date: 11 18 1971
Description: Two women are working in a large industrial kitchen. One woman is holding a tray and smiling, and the other woman is reaching for bowls while holding a spa...

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