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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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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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Huntley Gordon and Irene Castle in "The Invisible Bond"

Date: 1919
Description: Huntly Gordon (in character as Harleth Crossey) and Irene Castle (as Marcia Crossey) pose outdoors in a full-length publicity photograph for "The Invisible...
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Thomas Meighan and Hugh Cameron in "Cappy Ricks"

Date: 1921
Description: Two seamen, Matt Peasley (played by Thomas Meighan) and Murphy (Hugh Cameron), stand in a San Francisco street with their seabags at their feet in a public...
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Jackie Coogan in "Peck's Bad Boy"

Date: 1921
Description: Henry Peck, the "bad boy" played by Jackie Coogan, is caught with his hand in the apple barrel by a police officer in this scene still from the silent film...
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Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish

Date: 1921
Description: Lillian Gish, in costume as Henriette Girard, and Dorothy Gish, as Louise Girard, in a publicity photograph for D.W. Griffith's 1921 production "Orphans of...
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Lillian Gish and William Powell in "Romola"

Date: 1925
Description: Romola (played by Lillian Gish) and Tito Melema (William Powell) standing before the altar during their wedding in a scene still for Henry King's productio...
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Irene Castle in "French Heels"

Date: 1922
Description: Irene Castle in a complicated satin and tulle costume in her role as the cabaret dancer Palma May in the silent film "French Heels" (Holtre 1922).
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Irene Castle in "Patria"

Date: 1917
Description: Irene Castle in a gauzy tulle and satin dress in a full-length pose in a publicity photograph for the silent film "Patria" (International 1917).
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Irene Castle in "Patria"

Date: 1916
Description: Irene Castle in a gauzy tulle and satin dress poses full-length in an air-brushed publicity photograph. The caption printed on the back of the print reads:...
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Emil Jannings Exercising

Date: 1927
Description: The famous German actor Emil Jannings is on the roof of his California home posing on a rowing machine. The original caption stamped on the back of the pri...
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Emil Jannings Publicity Portrait

Date: 1927
Description: Paramount Pictures studio portrait of Emil Jannings in coat and tie with a cigar in his mouth.
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Emil Jannings Publicity Portrait

Date: 1927
Description: Close-up, low-key publicity portrait of Emil Jannings in shirt and tie holding a cigar to his mouth.
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Pola Negri Publicity Still

Date: 1925
Description: This glamorous half-length publicity still shows Pola Negri dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production "A Woma...
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Publicity Still of Marion Davies

Date: 1922
Description: Full face, quarter-length studio portrait of the actress Marion Davies used to promote the 1922 silent drama "Beauty's Worth." She wears several strands of...

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