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Raquel Torres Holding a Dog

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Portrait of Raquel Torres, actress and RKO star, holding a small dog.
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity photograph by Gerald Carpenter of Los Angeles. Valeska Suratt lounges in a dressing gown and net undergarments and holds a hand mirror as she sit...
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Valeska Suratt Publicity Photograph

Date: 1916
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Suratt wearing a white fur suit as she sits on a black bear rug.
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Irene Castle and Rastus

Date: 1915
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Irene Castle holding her pet monkey Rastus.
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Kitty Gordon and Two Dogs in Sunroom

Date: 1918
Description: Kitty Gordon and two dogs in a sunroom. The star of musical comedy, vaudeville, and silent films, Kitty Gordon, and two dogs, wolfhounds or deerhounds. ...
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Kitty Gordon and her Pekingese

Date: 1913
Description: Seated portrait of Kitty Gordon holding a Pekingese dog in her lap and wearing a black straw hat. It was used as publicity for her April 1913 vaudeville ap...
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Francine Larrimore and her Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Francine Larrimore, Broadway star and briefly a silent film actress, with her dog, perhaps a miniature spitz.
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Ruth Stonehouse and her Cat, Leo

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "Ruth Stonehouse, one of the featured players in the all star cast of The Hope, the latest in Metro's series of pictures founded ...
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A Small Boy, an English bulldog, and Blanche Sweet on a Bench

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "It's Blanche Sweet's own dog, but a neighbor's child."
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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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Margaret Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, and her Pomeranian Dog

Date: 1918
Description: The actress Norma Talmadge is posed outdoors in an athletic outfit, black bloomers with white tassels, holding her Pomeranian dog "Dinky." Next to her is h...
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Norma Talmadge in a Tree with her Pomeranian Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Norma Talmadge sits on a branch of an oak tree with her Pomeranian "Dinky." Talmadge wears black bloomers with white tassels and a black head scarf.
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Norma Talmadge holding her Pomeranian Dog

Date: 07 1917
Description: Norma Talmadge stands on a screened porch holding her Pomeranian dog and looking reflective. She wears a light-colored dress, a heavy knit sweater, and a f...
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Lillian Walker holding a French Bulldog

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film actress Lillian Walker, in an elaborate ruffled dress, sits at a window holding a black French bulldog.
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Pearl White and a White Duck

Date: 1919
Description: Silent film star Pearl White holding a white duck. Original caption: "William Fox presents Pearl White in Photo Plays Supreme released through Fox Film...
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Claire Whitney, a Marmoset, and a White Toy Poodle

Date: 1916
Description: Silent film star Claire Whitney in a seated pose with a marmoset and a white poodle. Original caption: "Miss Claire Whitney's pet marmoset and French p...
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Kathlyn Williams and a White Toy Poodle

Date: 1919
Description: Kathlyn Williams wears a white accordion pleated skirt under a black velvet tunic cut into three large triangular sections at the hem. She has a white fur ...
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses seated in front of a painted forest backdrop. She wears wings and is wrapped in a diaphanous material. On the left on the ground is a s...
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Ray Myers and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains"

Date: 1912
Description: Ray Myers courts Ethel Grandin as they sit on a boulder in a scene still from "Across the Plains," also known as "War on the Plains." Behind them is a smal...
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Gish Sisters and their Mother

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Mrs. Gish & her two talented girls. Dorothy is entertaining the parrot with a comb solo while Lillian does something to Poll."

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