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Edna Ferber, Writing

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Description: Portrait of Edna Ferber seated and writing with a pen.
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Madge Kennedy at a Writing Desk

Date: 1917
Description: In this scene still for the 1917 Goldwyn production "Baby Mine," Zoie (played by Madge Kennedy) sits at a writing desk and gazes at a photograph of her hus...
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Richard Barthelmess Writing

Date: 1917
Description: A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some...
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Adam Davis

Date: 06 28 1967
Description: View across desk towards a man talking on a telephone and writing in a notebook. Caption reads: "Adam Davis, who is an insurance salesman, represents the g...
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Flight Nurse with Patient in Anoxic Chamber

Date: 1945
Description: A flight nurse in an anoxic faint chamber, used to simulate high altitude flying with little oxygen, placing an oxygen mask over a male patient's face. He ...
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Fidel Castro and Celia Sanchez, Oriente Province

Date: 1958
Description: Informal meeting in the woods in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro is reclining on a hammock talking to a crouching man in the for...
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Fidel Castro and Celia Sanchez, Oriente Province

Date: 1958
Description: Informal meeting in the woods in Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. An unidentified man is crouching in the foreground, Fidel Castro reclines on...
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Commandos L Meeting and Lecture

Date: 1963
Description: A meeting of the anti-Castro group Commandos L. A man is standing at the front of the room writing on a chalkboard and other members are sitting and listen...
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Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber

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Description: Samuel Goldwyn and Edna Ferber pose together wearing fashionable attire.
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Anita Loos

Date: 1916
Description: Portrait of screenwriter Anita Loos with braided hair by Apeda Studio of New York.
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Cornelia Otis Skinner and Otis Skinner

Date: 1922
Description: Original caption: "Otis Skinner and Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner arriving home after a vacation in Spain."
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Joe McCarthy Takes Notes

Date: 04 22 1954
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy writes in a note pad during the testimony of General Miles Reber, the first witness during the Army-McCarthy hearings, what the ...
Document

Marc Blitzstein Document

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Description: Page two of five typed pages containing "notes on the Work of the Composers Collective of NY" from the Marc Blitzstein papers.
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Electric Company Strike Negotiations

Date: 12 30 1966
Description: Three men are sitting together at a table. The man in the middle appears to be writing on a document, while the man on his right is talking to him. Caption...
Manuscript

"Twelve Angry Men" Script Page

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Description: Page 21 from the script for the CBS Studio One production of "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose. The page includes handwritten revisions done in pencil.
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Two Boys Writing with Quill Pens

Date: 05 29 1963
Description: Caption with photograph: "Quill pens with a modern touch are being used by Richard Rice, 12, (left front) and Russell Guth, 10; and behind them is Daniel N...
Document

Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page one of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."
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Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page three of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."
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Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page four of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."
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Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page five of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."

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