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Kitty Gordon and her Pekingese
1913
Seated portrait of Kitty Gordon holding a Pekingese dog in her lap and wearing a black straw hat. It was used as publicity for her April 1913 vaudeville appearance at Keith's Colonial in New York.
Laveria Charmion, the Parisian Sensation.
1897
Charmion (1875-1949, born Laverie Cooper in Sacramento) was a vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman who performed a trapeze striptease in 1897 that made her famous. Her performance was recorded...
Florence Lawrence in dressing room
1914
Actress Florence Lawrence seated at the vanity mirror in her dressing room wearing a white satin dressing gown and night cap.
Eleanor Woodruff and a Bulldog Puppy
1916
Vitagraph silent film star Eleanor Woodruff and a bulldog puppy in a White Studio portrait retouched for newspaper use.
Rosemary Holahan and Rose Tapley, an Actress
1913
American stage and silent film actress Rose Tapley and her daughter Rosemary Holahan in a studio portrait autographed by Tapley.