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Flipping Pancakes

Date: 06 11 1989
Description: Man flipping pancakes at "farm breakfast" as part of "June is Dairy Month" promotion in Washington County.
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The Big Parade Marquee

Date: 1927
Description: A crowd is gathered around MGM's "trackless train" outside the Astor Theater where "The Big Parade" is showing. Also visible is a gigantic advertisement fo...
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Banner design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 10 15 1940
Description: Photograph of a banner promoting Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator."
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Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: Poster promoting Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator." Chaplin costumed as the dictator Hynkel contemplates a globe in the upper right. In the lower left...
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Banner design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this banner design for Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," Chaplin as Hynkel the dictator gives a salute and casts a large shadow.
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"The Great Dictator" poster design.

Date: 1940
Description: In this nearly square poster design for Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," Chaplin as the dictator Hynkel in uniform and black boots gives a salute. A...
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Cartoon for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this Al Hirschfeld cartoon promoting Charlie Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator," Hynkel, played by Chaplin, dances with Madame Napaloni, played by Grac...
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Drawing of poster design element for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: In this drawing, intended as a poster element, Chaplin as the dictator Hynkel contemplates a globe on the left while on the right is a small silhouette of ...
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Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This photographic element of a poster design shows Charlie Chaplin's Hynkel character from the waist up in a military uniform. He is making a Nazi salute, ...
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Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This photographic element of a poster design shows Charlie Chaplin's Hynkel character full length in a military uniform including jodhpurs. He is making a ...
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Poster design for "The Great Dictator."

Date: 1940
Description: This element of a poster design shows Charlie Chaplin's Jewish barber character standing on the shoulder of his Hynkel character as though to give him a ha...
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Faye Emerson with Magazine Cover

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Description: Faye Emerson standing next to an enlarged cover for the June 20, 1950 edition of the magazine People Today. She is featured on the cover. Faye is al...
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Cake for Faye Emerson

Date: 
Description: Circular cake which reads: "Welcome Faye" on the side. The top of the cake is decorated with a woman's shoulder and bust. A crown with "TV" on it is placed...
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Country Store

Date: 1977
Description: A teenage girl is walking up cement steps to a sidewalk in front of a country store and Post Office. An American flag is flying from a column in the foregr...
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"I Led 3 Lives" Advertisement

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Description: Photograph of a newspaper or magazine advertisement for the Ziv-TV show "I Led 3 Lives" which was based on the career of FBI undercover agent Herbert Philb...

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