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| Description: | Louie Vanderiff (played by Clarence Kolb at left) and Mike Amsterdammer (Max Dill) pose in street clothes in a scene still for the 1917 silent comedy "Belo... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | In this publicity still for "Betrayed," a 1917 Fox silent drama set in Mexico, the actors Monte Blue, Miriam Cooper, and Hobart Bosworth pose in costume ag... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | General George Washington, played by George MacQuarrie, looks on as Betsy Ross (Alice Brady) shows him the American flag she has been sewing. This is a sce... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | George Washington's aide Joseph Ashburn (played by John Bowers in Revolutionary War uniform) confronts Clarence Vernon (Frank Mayo) who has been hiding in ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | General George Washington (played by George McQuarrie) examines a document presented by Betsy Ross (Alice Brady). Over her left shoulder, in the role of Jo... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Betty Sherwin, played by Fannie Ward with her rock pick in hand, searches her inherited mine for gold in a scene still for the silent comedy "Betty to the ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid) and Stella Benton (Kathlyn Williams) share a romantic moment at the piano in a scene still for the silent drama "Big Tim... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | In the forest, Stella Benton (played by Kathlyn Williams in a striped skirt and white blouse) talks to Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid in outdoors clothe... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | In the depths of the forest, the lumberman Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid) and his wife Stella Barton (Kathlyn Williams) stand on a huge tree stump in a... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Lumberman Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid) is caught embracing Neemis, the Indian kitchen maid, by his wife Stella Barton (Kathlyn Williams) in the cookh... |
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| Description: | Lumberman Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid in corduroy at left) is interested in Stella Benton (Kathlyn Williams). She is the cook for her brother Charlie... |
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| Description: | At a social gathering, Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid in a tuxedo) glares at Walter Monahan (Joe King in white tie and tails) as Stella Barton (Kathlyn ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Actress Jackie Saunders plays with a white Russian wolfhound in a scene still for the silent drama "A Bit of Kindling." Saunders wears an interesting folk ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Alice's wealthy benefactor (played by Daniel Gilfether) is surprised to discover Alice (Jackie Saunders) kissing James Morgan (Arthur Shirley) on a garden ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Mary Pickford presenting Standard Bearer Wallace Reid of the Lasky Home Guard, with the regiment's colors." The man in uniform at right ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Silent film actress Lottie Briscoe in a studio publicity photograph posed sitting at a small table with a candlestick telephone, a vase with flowers, and s... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A schoolteacher sits behind her desk, on a raised platform, in a classroom. On her desk is a clock, inkwell, several books, hand bell and a hinged box. In ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Studio family wedding portrait in front of a painted background with a framed wreath in the center. The wreath is celebrating the wedding of the bride and ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View from across street towards a group of people, four men and a woman, posing in front of a storefront advertising moving pictures for ten cents. Poster... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Advertisement featuring a painting by artist Henry Mosler, dated 1915, titled "The Stars and Stripes Forever." In the painting a young man dressed in cut-o... |
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