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Pearl White Clamming
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Actress Pearl White stands on the beach with two small boys — Billie and Buddie — one of whom is her nephew. The three are digging for clams. White wears a hat and long wading boots and holds a clam fork; one of the boys stands next to a metal pail.
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Pearl White on the RMS Olympic
July 5, 1913
Actress Pearl White stands on the deck of the RMS Olympic with four other women and four men. All are dressed very nicely and two of the women hold large bouquets of flowers.
Pearl White on top of a building
Actress Pearl White looks up and toward the camera as she stands on some kind of scaffolding which obscures her body. The scaffold is high above other buildings and there are paint cans sitting be...
Pearl White and her Father
1920
Silent film actress Pearl White outdoors with her father Edgar White.
Billie Burke Publicity Still
Publicity still of actress Billie Burke, with a black bow in her hair. Caption reads: The charm that is Billie Burke continues to captivate screen audiences the world over. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
Full-Length Portrait of Billie Burke
1916
Portrait of Billie Burke distributed as publicity for the 1916 Kleine film Gloria's Romance. Her costume is a modified gaucho outfit, with hat, cape, and voluminous skirt.
Portrait of a young Billie Burke
1903
Head and shoulders publicity portrait of Billie Burke resting her cheek on her hand. She wears long white gloves and a large lacy white hat. Published as a Philco Co. postcard.
