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"Sirens of the Sea" Scene Still

Date: 1917
Description: Jack Mulhall and Louise Lovely meet on a beach surrounded by young women wearing bathing costumes composed mostly of seaweed in "Sirens of the Sea" (Univer...
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Band Playing at Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Twelve piece brass band playing at a railroad station during the "Union Pacific Preparedness Special Campaign."
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Assembly Presbyterian Church

Date: 1917
Description: Interior of the Assembly Presbyterian Church on the 50th anniversary of Dr. T.S. Johnson as pastor.
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Irene Castle in Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: The glamorous dancer Irene Castle wearing a World War I "Preparedness Uniform" of her own design. The dress was based on the uniform worn by her husband an...
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Production Still from The Immigrant

Date: 1917
Description: The huge waiter (played by Eric Campbell) glowers at the immigrant (Charlie Chaplin). To the right are Edna Purviance playing another immigrant and Henry B...
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International Harvester Agricultural Extension Lecture

Date: 1917
Description: A group of men and boys attending an Agricultural Extension lecture in an opera house. The onstage lecturer is pointing to a sign reading: "Agricultural Le...
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Horse-Power Cartoon

Date: 1917
Description: Cartoon illustrating "the layman's idea of how horse-power is determined." The cartoon shows an automobile in a "tug-of-war" with a large number of horses.
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Bijou Theater

Date: 1917
Description: Theater with many signs, one of which is advertising a matinee. Several other buildings are visible to the left of the building. A large crowd of people ...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. View from Bascom Hill includes the Lincoln Monument in front of...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1917
Description: Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall) from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in front of the entrance...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1917
Description: Bascom Hall with dome (formerly Main Hall) from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in front of the entrance...
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Angus Lookaround Holding Tuba

Date: 1917
Description: Candid portrait of three men in white t-shirts. Angus Lookaround, in a white hat, is seated, holding a tuba. The men appear to be aboard a ship, possibly t...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1917
Description: Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is on Bascom Hill in front of the main entrance.
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Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1917
Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing contemporary dark skirts and light blouses. Id...
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Theda Bara as Cleopatra

Date: 1917
Description: Theda Bara, stands and rests an arm against a pillar with one hand on the back of a chair, in a production still from the 1917 Fox production of Cleopat...
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Art Acord in Cleopatra

Date: 1917
Description: Art Acord as the Egyptian Kephren from the 1917 Fox production of Cleopatra.
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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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Sirens of the Sea Scene Still

Date: 1917
Description: Lorelei (played by Louise Lovely) playfully threatens Julie (Carmel Meyers) with a handful of seaweed as a group of sirens look on in the 1917 Universal pr...
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Richard Barthelmess Publicity Still

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait photograph of Richard Barthelmess. On the back is stamped: Marguerite Clark in "Bab's Burglar" a Parmount Picture. Barthelmess appeared in tha...
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Richard Barthelmess Writing

Date: 1917
Description: A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some...

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