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Valda Valkyrien

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity portrait of Valda Valkyrien, known as "The Movie Star of Denmark."
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Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, and Natalie Talmadge with Bull Terrier, a Parakeet, and a Pomeranian

Date: 1918
Description: An ambitious studio portrait of the Talmadge sisters, Constance, Norma, and Natalie, posed with a parakeet, American Staffordshire bull terrier, and a Pome...
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Eleanor Woodruff and a White Bull Terrier

Date: 1922
Description: Broadway actress Eleanor Woodruff, wearing a dress with flared sleeves, a feathered hat, and pearls, posed with a white bull terrier. Original caption: ...
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Mr. & Mrs. Houdini

Date: 1926
Description: Harry and Bess (Beatrice) Houdini in formal attire, the year of his death from acute appendicitis.
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Lillie Langtry

Date: 1905
Description: Half-length publicity portrait of Lillie Langtry wearing a dress decorated with a large bat at the neckline.
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Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge with Pets

Date: 1918
Description: Studio portrait of the Talmadge sisters, Constance, Norma, and Natalie, posed with an American Staffordshire bull terrier and a Pomeranian. Constance and N...
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H.B. Warner, Joan Warner and Rita Stanwood Warner

Date: 1921
Description: Original caption: "Mr. Warner's spare moments are divided between cleansing his car and photographing his baby while Mrs Warner devoted herself to photogra...
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Bryant Washburn, Mabel Forrest and Bryant Washburn Jr.

Date: 1919
Description: The silent film star Bryant Washburn and his wife the actress Mabel Forrest watch as their little son Bryant Washburn, Jr., plays with a wind-up toy truck ...
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Claire Windsor and her Son David Willis Bowes Jr.

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film star Claire Windsor in a lacy summer dress and sun hat with her small son Billy outdoors.
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Claire Windsor and her Son David Willis Bowes Jr.

Date: 1922
Description: Silent film star Claire Windsor in a lacy summer dress and sun hat sits on the grass with her small son Billy.
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Scene Still from "Young Romance"

Date: 1915
Description: Surrounded by wealthy hotel guests dressed in formal evening wear, Nellie Nolan (played by Edith Taliaferro) learns that the person she is pretending to be...
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Laboratory Scene Still from "The Young Diana"

Date: 1922
Description: A scene still set in Doctor Demetrius's laboratory from the silent film "The Young Diana." Diana May (played by Marion Davies) has just been rejuvenated by...
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Scene Still with Wallace Reid and Lois Wilson

Date: 1922
Description: William Burroughs (played by Wallace Reid in formal evening wear and well-oiled hair) uses a flower to toy with Lady Elizabeth Galton (Lois Wilson) in a sc...
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Pola Negri Publicity Still

Date: 1925
Description: A glamorous head and shoulders publicity still of Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Wom...
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Pola Negri Publicity Still

Date: 1925
Description: This glamorous half-length publicity still shows Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Woma...
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Full-length Pola Negri Publicity Still

Date: 1925
Description: Pola Negri stands in front of a shiny satin theater curtain and is dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production ...
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Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall Publicity Still

Date: 1920
Description: In this publicity still for "All of a Sudden Peggy," Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall are talking outdoors in a rose garden. Both are dressed very fashion...
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Scene still with Elsie Ferguson and Warner Oland.

Date: 1919
Description: A card dealer watches as Nick Delano (played by Warner Oland) shows Helene (Elsie Ferguson) to the gambling table in a scene still from the 1919 Famous Pla...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche"

Date: 1919
Description: Seated on an antique chest, Elsie Ferguson models a light-colored gown, and beside her is a fur-trimmed watered-silk wrap. The French fashion house Callot ...
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Elsie Ferguson publicity still for "The Avalanche."

Date: 1919
Description: Seated on a stool with an elbow resting on a dresser, Elsie Ferguson models a white silk gown in a publicity still for "The Avalanche." The French fashion ...

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