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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1922
Description: Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s...
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"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton) and Dan Priest (playing a bus driv...
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The Absent-Minded Professor

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Description: Still photograph of Nancy Allen and Fred MacMurray riding through the clouds in his Flubber powered Model T.
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"His Wedding Night"

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Description: Fatty Arbuckle siting on a car fender holding Alice Mann in a still from the short film "His Wedding Night." Al St. John is lying on the ground under the c...

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