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Scene Still from The Twins of Suffering Creek

Date: 1920
Description: Scene still from The Twins of Suffering Creek a western starring William Russell. He is posed with Malcolm Cripe and Helen Stone as the twins (Fox 1...
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William Farnum in "Last of the Duanes"

Date: 1919
Description: William Farnum and a little girl in a scene still from "Last of the Duanes," a silent film based upon a Zane Grey story (Fox, 1919).
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"The Poverty Of Riches" Scene Still

Date: 1921
Description: Tom Donaldson (played by John Bowers) is dressing with the help of his wife Grace (Louise Lovely) in a scene still from "The Poverty of Riches" (Goldwyn 19...
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Colleen Moore in "So Big"

Date: 1925
Description: A scene from the film "So Big" in which Jean Hersholt (left), Colleen Moore sitting on couch with a child laying his head in her lap, and Charlotte Merriam...
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"Bigger Than Life" Movie Still

Date: 1956
Description: Dramaic scene still from the Twentieth Century-Fox movie "Bigger Than Life," featuring Walter Matthau (playing Wally Gibbs), James Mason (playing Ed Avery)...
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Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Family

Date: 1916
Description: Billie Burke, her baby daughter Patricia Burke Ziegfeld, and her husband Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.
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Gish Sisters and their Mother

Date: 1900
Description: Mary Robinson McConnell carries her daughter Dorothy Gish and holds her older daughter Lillian Gish by the hand in front of theatrical scenery.
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Louise Huff and Mary-Louise Jones

Date: 1919
Description: Actress Louise Huff and her small daughter Mary-Louise whose father was the actor and film director Edgar Jones.
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Mollie King Alexander and her Son

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of the silent film actress Mollie King (Alexander) holding her infant son Kenneth Deedes Alexander Jr.
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James Kirkwood, Lila Lee, and their Son

Date: 1924
Description: Silent film director James Kirkwood, his wife the actress Lila Lee, and their infant son James Kirkwood, Jr.
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Margaret Lawrence and her Daughters Elizabeth Munn and Louisine Munn

Date: 1925
Description: Original caption: "Arrived on S.S. Majestic Mrs. Orson D. Munn (Margaret Lawrence) and her two children L-R Elizabeth and Louise." Item from Hedda Hoppe...
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Evelyn Nesbit in a Scene Still from "The Woman Who Gave"

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Evelyn Nesbit and her son Russell Thaw. Miss Nesbit is now a film star, and in her first production, 'The Woman Who Gave' which she made...
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Wallace Reid, Dorothy Davenport, and their Son

Date: 1920
Description: Dorothy Davenport Reid, Wallace Reid, Jr., and the silent film star Wallace Reid in bathing suits at the edge of a swimming pool.
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Dorothy Lillian Solomon and Lillian Russell

Date: 1886
Description: Half-length portrait of actress and singer Lillian Russell with her young daughter Dorothy Lillian Solomon, who later performed under the name Dorothy Russ...
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Joseph Santley, Joseph Santley, Jr., and Ivy Sawyer

Date: 1919
Description: Original caption: "Here's the real boss of the Santley Family. Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer, stars of the 'Music Box Revue', may have to obey the orders ...
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Marguerite Snow and Daughter

Date: 1916
Description: Silent film actress Marguerite Snow with her daughter Julie Jane Cruze on her knee. Behind them are theatrical scenery flats. The older man admiring the ch...
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Fred Stone and Family in Atlantic City

Date: 1928
Description: Original caption: "Fred Stone, America's Foremost Comedian and his happy family photographed recently on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Left to Right: Car...
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Marguerite Sylva

Date: 03 20 1918
Description: Original caption: "Marguerite Sylva who was once so popular on the operatic stage is seldom heard now. She sang Carmen in Boston recently but New York has ...
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Rosemary Holahan and Rose Tapley, an Actress

Date: 1913
Description: American stage and silent film actress Rose Tapley and her daughter Rosemary Holahan in a studio portrait autographed by Tapley.
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Constance Talmadge and James Talmadge Keaton

Date: 1923
Description: The silent film actress Constance Talmadge holds James Talmadge Keaton in her lap. James (also known as Joseph) was the first child born to Constance Talma...

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