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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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Poster for "The Bachelor's Baby"

Date: 1909
Description: Color lithograph. Across the top the caption reads "The Colonial Theatre Company Presents" and below that in much larger letters is "Etienne Girardot" foll...
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Poster for "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"

Date: 1910
Description: Color lithograph poster on paper. Across the top reads "Klaw and Erlanger's production" followed by the title in larger letters. Below the title and on 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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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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Louise Homer and Children

Date: 1915
Description: Original caption from a newspaper clipping: "Mme. Louise Homer, Famous Contralto, and her four children. Mme. Homer, famous American prima donna, is also o...
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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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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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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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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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