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Valda Valkyrien

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity portrait of Valda Valkyrien, known as "The Movie Star of Denmark."
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Raquel Torres at Bastick Beauty Shop

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Actress Raquel Torres has her hair dressed by Rose Bastick at Bastick Beauty Shop, 18 E. Mifflin Street.
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Mae Marsh Publicity Still for "The Birth of a Nation"

Date: 1915
Description: Publicity still from the silent film The Birth of a Nation of Mae Marsh with her hands held to her face.
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Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, John Noble, and George Hill on the set of Sunshine Alley

Date: 1917
Description: The actors, cameraman, and director discuss the script on location for the silent film "Sunshine Alley" (Goldwyn, 1917). On the right is a Bell & Howell mo...
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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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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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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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Agnes Moorehead as Endora

Date: 1968
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Agnes Moorehead as 'Endora' from the TV show "Bewitched." She is holding a cigarette holder up to her mouth and is smiling. The ...
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Louise Brooks

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Description: Louise Brooks posing for a publicity photograph. She is looking off to one side and is wearing a shiny metallic dress draped across the shoulder and arm ne...
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Clara Bow

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Description: Clara Bow standing in between some ropes or small poles on the schooner Diablo for a publicity photo. She is wearing a swimsuit with a belt.
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"The World of Sholom Aleichem"

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Description: Sarah Cunningham is standing behind Morris Carnovsky, who is sitting, in a scene from the play "The World of Sholom Aleichem." She is smiling down on him w...
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Julie Harris, Borlis Karloff and Kermit Bloomgarden

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Description: Julie Harris, Boris Karloff, Kermit Bloomgarden and his wife Virginia Kaye are standing near a table at the Thespian Theatre Club Award dinner. Harris and ...
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Ruth Draper

Date: 1947
Description: Actress Ruth Draper looking at the camera with a smile. She is wearing a flat hat with two pheasant feathers on it, along with a large checkered scarf and ...
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Faye Emerson and Eleanor Roosevelt

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Description: Faye Emerson sitting next to Eleanor Roosevelt. The two are both wearing nice, but casual dresses. Faye was married to Eleanor's son Elliott from 1944-1950...
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"Miss Lulu Bett"

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Description: Still from the 1922 film "Miss Lulu Bett". Lois Wilson and Theodore Roberts look at each other while Milton Sills looks suspiciously at Roberts. The three ...
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Myrna Loy in "Ham and Eggs at the Front"

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Description: Myrna Loy, who played the Sengalese spy Fifi in the 1927 film "Ham and Eggs at the Front", poses for a photograph. Loy is wearing a black curly wig and bla...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) and Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) embrace in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". Yetive wears a wedding dress and ve...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) kisses and nuzzles the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". The two are dres...
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Greta Garbo and Clarence Brown

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Description: Greta Garbo and director Clarence Brown sit at a table on the set of the 1930 film "Anna Christie". They both are looking up at a microphone.
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Aline MacMahon

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Description: Publicity photograph of actress Aline MacMahon. She sits with her shoulder to the camera and looks over her shoulder to the side. Her face and shoulder a...

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