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Edna Ferber with Pearls

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edna Ferber looking to her right, wearing a string of pearls.
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Edna Ferber, Writing

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Description: Portrait of Edna Ferber seated and writing with a pen.
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Publicity Portrait of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1906
Description: An early full-length publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt posed in the "Egyptian" style. She wears an intricate dress decorated with metallic ribbons and a...
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Nita Naldi Publicity Still

Date: 1922
Description: Seated three-quarter length portrait of Nita Naldi by Donald Biddle Keyes, 1922. Naldi has 12 silver Spanish combs in her hair that are brightly backlit. ...
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Nita Naldi Publicity Still

Date: 1922
Description: Full-length portrait of Nita Naldi wearing a long pearl necklace and beaded dress. The photograph was probably made by Donald Biddle Keyes as publicity for...
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Nita Naldi Publicity Still

Date: 1922
Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Nita Naldi wearing pearls around her neck and in her hair. The photograph was made by Donald Biddle Keyes, most probably for th...
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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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Dorothy Jardon in "The Merry-Go-Round"

Date: 1908
Description: Dorothy Jardon in a White Studio publicity photograph for her first Broadway appearance, the musical comedy "The Merry-Go-Round," which opened at the Circl...
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"Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" Movie Still

Date: 1969
Description: Color scene still from the Columbia film "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," featuring Elliott Gould (playing Ted Henderson), Natalie Wood (playing Carol Sanders)...
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The Four Wives of John Gilbert

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: Composite of four head and shoulders portraits of the three former wives and the fiancée of actor John Gilbert: Olivia Burwell (top left), Leatrice Joy (to...
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John Gilbert and Marlene Dietrich

Date: 1935
Description: Actor John Gilbert sits next to Marlene Dietrich at a party thrown by Clifton Webb. They are both in formal dress. There are empty dinner plates and a bask...
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Elsa Lanchester Publicity Still

Date: 1943
Description: Publicity still of actress Elsa Lanchester.
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Margaret Hamilton Publicity Still

Date: 1939
Description: Publicity still of actress Margaret Hamilton, posing with a hat and handbag.
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Billie Burke Publicity Still

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Description: Publicity still of actress Billie Burke, with a black bow in her hair. Caption reads: The charm that is Billie Burke continues to captivate screen audience...
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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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Lou Tellegen and Geraldine Farrar

Date: 1919
Description: Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in an aristocratic white military uniform) visits the opera singer Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar wearing...
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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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Bebe Daniels and Wallace Reid

Date: 1921
Description: In this scene still from Cecil B. DeMille's 1921 production "The Affairs of Anatol," Satan Synne (the wickedest woman in New York, played by Bebe Daniels) ...

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