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Spencer Tracy in Sailor Hat

Date: 1918
Description: Double head and shoulders shot of Spencer Tracy in a sailor hat, from when he was in the Navy in the last days of World War I.
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Vernon Castle

Date: 1918
Description: Captain Vernon Castle of the British Royal Flying Corps standing in uniform beside a Curtis Jenny with British markings. Castle flew over 150 missions at t...
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Sessue Hayakawa in "His Birthright."

Date: 1918
Description: Sessue Hayakawa sits in a chair with his fist raised in a publicity still for "His Birthright" (Haworth 1918).
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Sessue Hayakawa

Date: 1918
Description: Sessue Hayakawa in a studio portrait. The original caption reads: "Sessue Hayakawa. Star in Special productions. Produced by Haworth Picture Corporation....
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Anita Loos

Date: 1918
Description: The writer Anita Loos and the director John Emerson looking over a script on a film set. Emerson has a pince-nez on a cord and sits in a director's chair. ...
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D. W. Griffith

Date: 1918
Description: Studio portrait of director D. W. Griffith.
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Robert Harron and D.W. Griffith

Date: 1918
Description: Director D.W. Griffith appears to be adjusting actor Robert Harron's moustache.

Original caption: "Making up Bobbie."

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D. W. Griffith

Date: 1918
Description: Studio portrait of the director D. W. Griffith wearing an overcoat and homburg hat.
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D. W. Griffith Examining Film

Date: 1918
Description: Production still of D. W. Griffith in the editing room examining a piece of film. Original caption: "Mr. Griffith and his cutter at work on Hearts of ...
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Mack Sennett Comedy scene still

Date: 1918
Description: Scene still on the set of a Mack Sennett Comedy, probably Those Athletic Girls of 1918. Louise Fazenda does a Russian dance. To the left of her is P...
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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1918
Description: Publicity still of Louise Fazenda with broom and janitor's hat.
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Portrait of Billie Burke

Date: 1918
Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of Billie Burke distributed as publicity for the 1918 Famous Players-Lasky film comedy The Make Believe Wife. T...
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Publicity Portait of Louise Vale

Date: 1918
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Louise Vale holding roses, by the White Studio of New York. She was a silent film actress who died from the Spanish Flu in M...
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Irene Castle in Uniform

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Mrs. Vernon Castle In her 'preparedness suit.' This is made on strictly mannish lines, and has no trimming whatever. She is shown here...
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Publicity Photograph of Irene Castle

Date: 1918
Description: Publicity photograph of Irene Castle in a gauzy dress sitting on top of a column.
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Vernon Castle and Irene Castle

Date: 1918
Description: The celebrated dancing partners Vernon Castle and Irene Castle eating breakfast at home.
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Kitty Gordon and Two Dogs in Sunroom

Date: 1918
Description: Kitty Gordon and two dogs in a sunroom. The star of musical comedy, vaudeville, and silent films, Kitty Gordon, and two dogs, wolfhounds or deerhounds. ...
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Cullen Landis and a Bulldog

Date: 1918
Description: Cullen Landis, an actor in many Paramount and Goldwyn silent films, posed with a bulldog and a pipe.
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Francine Larrimore and her Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Francine Larrimore, Broadway star and briefly a silent film actress, with her dog, perhaps a miniature spitz.
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Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, and Natalie Talmadge with Bull Terrier, a Parakeet, and a Pomeranian

Date: 1918
Description: An ambitious studio portrait of the Talmadge sisters, Constance, Norma, and Natalie, posed with a parakeet, American Staffordshire bull terrier, and a Pome...

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