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Letter to Dan Talbot

Date: 1974
Description: Letter to Dan Talbot from Emile de Antonio. The letter is on Manger Hay-Adams Hotel letterhead and concerns a possible retrospective of de Antonio's films.
Document

Joseph Aizer Letter

Date: 05 31 1949
Description: Letter from Joseph Aizer to H.W. Schroeder of United Artists concerning his brother and his efforts to protect United Artists' interests in Iran and Iraq. ...
Document

Letter to Albert Maltz from Frank Sinatra

Date: 08 31 1945
Description: Letter to Albert Maltz from Frank Sinatra dated August 31, 1945. Sinatra is telling Maltz how moved he was after seeing the film "The Pride of the Marines...
Document

Letter to Harry Tugend from Dalton Trumbo

Date: 02 02 1948
Description: Letter to Harry Tugend from Dalton Trumbo dated February 2, 1948. Trumbo is explaining to Tugend that because he has been blacklisted he does not have the ...
Manuscript

Letter from Dickey Chapelle

Date: 03 28 1945
Description: A page of a letter written by Dickey Chapelle to Daniel Mich describing arrival by air to an unspecified location for a mission.
Document

Letter to Howard Da Silva

Date: 10 20 1953
Description: Typewritten letter from Ring Lardner, Jr to Howard Da Silva after Lardner saw the play "The World of Sholom Aleichem." Lardner praises the production and t...
Manuscript

Letter to George Seaton from Milton Pickman

Date: 11 22 1968
Description: Letter dated November 22, 1968 from Milton Pickman to George Seaton. Pickman is trying to convince Seaton to cast his client Rita Hayworth in the role of I...
Photograph

Publicity Still of Kathlyn Williams

Date: 1914
Description: Kathlyn Williams grins and holds a letter in this three-quarter length publicity still for the 1914 Selig production "A Woman Laughs." She stands behind a ...
Photograph

Rudolph Valentino at the piano

Date: 1922
Description: Lord Hector Bracondale (played by Rudolph Valentino) sits in a reverie at a piano as a butler delivers a letter on a salver in a scene still for the silent...
Photograph

Winter Mail Delivery

Date: 02 15 1987
Description: A woman mail carrier pushes her cart with a full mailbag along a sidewalk edged by snowy lawns.
Poster

The Shaggy Dog lobby card

Date: 
Description: Title lobby card for the 1959 film "The Shaggy Dog" starring Fred MacMurray and Jean Hagen. The card has a drawing of Wilson Daniels (Fred MacMurray) face...
Photograph

Scene still with Margarita Fischer and two ruffians.

Date: 1918
Description: Ann Anderson (played by Margarita Fischer) is accosted by two ruffians in an outdoor scene still from the 1918 Mutual production "Ann's Finish." The man in...
Poster

Poster for "Happy Henry"

Date: 1907
Description: Color lithograph poster on paper. In one large banner set in a black field at top reads "A musical comedy farce Happy Henry *12* Big Song Hits *12*." The i...
Photograph

Ethel Barrymore scene still for "The Awakening of Helena Richie."

Date: 1916
Description: Ethel Barrymore, wearing a mid-19th century dress with basque waist and crinoline, stands by a window. She is costumed for the title role in the 1916 silen...
Photograph

Stuart and Frank Fargo

Date: 1916
Description: Stuart Fargo, left and his younger brother Frank Fargo Jr. pose for a three-quarter length portrait outdoors. Both men are wearing suits, and ties with lap...
Print

Pabst, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label cut in the shape of a parallelogram submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, Premier-Pabst Corp." T...
Photograph

Shirley Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie

Date: 
Description: Dizzy Gillespie looking at Shirley Clarke, sitting on the left with a contemplative look on her face, during a recording session for the film "The Cool Wor...
Photograph

Letterwinners Club

Date: 05 02 1989
Description: In the left foreground a woman is leaning on a fence while watching three people cleaning a half empty pool. Caption reads: "About 50 members of the Letter...
Photograph

Marshall Thompson in Death Valley Days

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Description: Two still photographs of actor Marshall Thompson from an episode of the TV show Death Valley Days. The photograph on the left shows Thompson nailin...
Book or Pamphlet

"The Vandals of 1936" Cartoon

Date: 05 1936
Description: A political cartoon from Foreign Service magazine depicting four young men disrespecting and vandalizing the Tomb of the Unknown Solider. One of the...

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