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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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Fred MacMurray and Maleta Martin MacMurray

Date: 1911
Description: Studio portrait of future actor Fred MacMurray at age 3, posed with his mother Maleta Martin MacMurray.
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Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid.

Date: 1921
Description: The tramp (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the kid (Jackie Coogan) peer around a wall with the police officer (Tom Wilson) standing behind them, from The...
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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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Hobart Bosworth in "The Scarlet Sin"

Date: 1915
Description: The Reverend Eric Norton (played by Hobart Bosworth) entertains a baby with a teddy bear in a publicity still from "The Scarlet Sin" (Universal, 1915).
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"Sherlock Holmes" Scene Still

Date: 1922
Description: Billy the pageboy (played by Jerry Devine) talks to Sherlock Holmes (John Barrymore), who is stretched out on a sofa smoking a pipe in a scene still from t...
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Alan Hale and Family

Date: 1922
Description: Original caption: "Alan and Gretchen Hale and Alan Junior at the age of one year."
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Biondolillo Family

Date: 1916
Description: Studio portrait of Mr. Louis Biondolillo and his wife seated with their five children around them. From left to right the girls are Mary, Lena, Rose, Pauli...
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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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Conrad Nagel with his Wife and Baby

Date: 1920
Description: Silent film star Conrad Nagel sits on a porch swing with his infant daughter Ruth Margaret Nagel on his knee and his wife Ruth Helms by his side reading a ...
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Ramon Novarro and his Brother Eduardo Samaniego

Date: 1924
Description: Publicity still of the silent film star Ramon Novarro and his thirteen year old brother Eduardo Samaniego who played the young Novarro in the 1924 Metro-Go...
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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 and his Infant Son

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film star Wallace Reid with his infant son Wallace Reid, Jr., on his knee and a collie dog.
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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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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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Dorothy Sills and Milton Sills

Date: 1923
Description: Original caption: "Milton Sills, featured player in 'Adam's Rib,' Cecil B. De Mille's new Paramount picture, and his eleven year old daughter Dorothy."
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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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