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| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Billie Burke wearing fashionable sportswear (a matching set of bloomers, leggings, and cap) points a Kodak roll film camera at the photographer. She stands... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Snapshot of J. Searle Dawley, Walter Hiers, and Billie Burke riding on top of a New York bus. Dawley is on the far left. Hiers sits next to Burke. An unkno... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Irene Castle holding one of her small Belgian Griffon dogs. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Taliaferro sits in an overstuffed chair and holds her pets still for the photographer. Original caption: "Mabel Taliaferro, Metro Star, in the library ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Mabel Trunnelle, player in Edison Company silent films from 1909, is dressed in a white sailor's suit and straw hat and holds a young goat. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of actor, interior kitchen of the farmhouse. Background includes a Hoosier cabinet. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still exterior of a group of people at a picnic. A man is holding a bear with a chain in the center of the image. Booths can be seen in background, on... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of a group outdoors at a Fourth of July picnic. A man is chasing a small pig in the center of a group of people. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of two men standing outdoors looking at a newspaper. A horse is tethered behind them. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of a man seated at a roll-top desk in his office. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of a male actor in a stage musical surrounded by actresses in matching costumes. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of a picnic in "The Clod Hopper". Spectators are at a mule-riding attraction. There is a man on a mule in a enclosure, while a second man in a c... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A man and woman look out of a window at people picking cotton in a field. The two are well-dressed. |
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