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Florence Lawrence Demonstrates Emotions
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Series of eight head and shoulders portraits of Florence Lawrence using facial expressions to depict hilarity, piety, concentration, horror, determination, mirth, sadness, and coquetry. When placed in order, the caption below the photographs reads: "America's Foremost Moving Picture Actress Appears in 'Imp' Films Only!"
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Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait with hat
1908
Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence wearing a hat. She wears a cameo and looks directly at the camera.
Lotta and Florence Lawrence
Florence Lawrence and her mother Lotta are standing together outdoors wearing overcoats and holding their hats. They are both smiling, and Florence has one arm around her mother's neck.
Portrait of Lotta Lawrence
Photograph of Lotta Lawrence (aka Charlotte Bridgwood) who was an actress, mother of actress Florence Lawrence, and the inventor of automatic windshield wipers. Lawrence wears a hat with dark feat...
Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait
1908
Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence from about the time she joined the Mutoscope and Biograph Company in 1908. She looks up to the left, nearly in profile, and wears a white blo...
Actress Florence Lawrence with Tennis Racquet
1913
Florence Lawrence poses in an elaborate set in the studio of portrait photographer Frank C. Bangs in New York. She stands looking in an open window with a tennis racquet in her hands. A vase with r...
Florence Lawrence
1910
Silent film actress Florence Lawrence in costume as a gypsy.
