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Rexall Drugstore

Date: 12 14 1977
Description: Man sweeping the walkway and entrance of the Rio Rexall Drugstore. The windows are decorated for the Christmas holiday.
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National Pharmacy Week Display

Date: 06 28 1942
Description: A window display at Hubbard Drug Company for National Pharmacy Week. The display extols the virtues of your pharmacist being able to craft medicines specif...
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Kids with Calculator

Date: 05 19 1989
Description: Two young boys in a grocery store figuring out prices of food with a calculator.
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Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
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Child at Candy Case

Date: 05 07 1964
Description: Americus Kates, 10, surveys the candy case before making his selections.
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Walter Long

Date: 1915
Description: A dramatic publicity still of Walter Long from the film Birth of a Nation. Long played Gus, a "renegrade negro," in blackface.
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Ellsworth Snyder

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Description: Pianist Ellsworth Snyder posing in front of posters advertising his concerts.
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Publicity Still from The Importance of Being Earnest

Date: 1952
Description: Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, and Michael Denison in The Importance of Being Earnest (British Film Makers, 1952). Beatrice Dawson designed the costum...
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Publicity Still of Valeska Suratt Wearing a Jeweled Headdress

Date: 1916
Description: Waist-up publicity still of Valeska Suratt wearing a jeweled headdress, c. 1916. A stamp on the back of the print reads: William Fox presents VALESKA S...
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 09 30 1918
Description: Quarter-length publicity photograph of Valeska Suratt in a dark velvet dress and hat. She holds a calla lilly and wears pearl rings. The print carries a...
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Valeska Surrat

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity photograph of Valeska Surrat. Valeska Surrat, standing beside a mirror, wears a crinoline dress decorated with artificial grapes. ...
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Publicity Portrait of Irene Castle

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Irene Castle posed in a studio in front of a painted backdrop. She looking over her shoulder at the camera and is wearing...
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W.C. Fields in "Poppy"

Date: 1923
Description: W.C. Fields in a publicity still from the Broadway show "Poppy". He is seated in an ornate chair and is wearing a top hat, checkered pants and spats.
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Ed Sullivan and Shari Lewis with Puppets

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Description: Ed Sullivan and Shari Lewis pose with puppets Topo Gigio and Lambchop.
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Young Orson Welles

Date: 1946
Description: A dramatic, glamorous portrait of a young Orson Welles holding a cigar.
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Autographed Orson Welles Portrait

Date: 
Description: Portrait of a young, handsome Orson Welles with an inscription.
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Young Orson Welles

Date: 09 23 1933
Description: Portrait of a young Orson Wells wearing a suit, heavily retouched to isolate him from the background.
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The Cast of "Happy Days"

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Description: The cast of the television show "Happy Days" pose in a telephone booth. From top to bottom are Ron Howard, Donny Most, Anson Williams, and Henry Winkler.
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Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis in "Hellcats of the Navy"

Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis, stars of Columbia Pictures' "Hellcats of the Navy."
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Lenore Ulric in "Her Own People"

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Leonore Ulric who played Alona in "Her Own People."

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