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Scene still from Sons of the Desert

Date: 1933
Description: Mae Busch and Oliver Hardy in Sons of the Desert (MGM 1933).
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

Date: 
Description: Undated publicity still of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy at the piano.
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Roscoe Arbuckle

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Description: Undated portrait of Roscoe Arbuckle, autographed as follows: Very Truly Yours, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle P.S. TO HELL WITH THE KAISER.
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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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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1920
Description: Publicity still of Louise Fazenda in her country girl costume holding a chicken, possibly for the 1920 Mack Sennett film Down on the Farm.
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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1920
Description: Publicity still of Louise Fazenda in her country girl costume holding a chicken, possibly for the 1920 Mack Sennett film Down on the Farm.
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Louise Fazenda, Keystone Comedies

Date: 1916
Description: Hand-colored composite publicity portrait of Louise Fazenda surrounded by four of her characters for the Keystone Comedies.
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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1923
Description: Mack Sennett Comedies star Louise Fazenda in a full length publicity still by James Abbe.
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Stanley Holloway and Alec Guiness in The Lavender Hill Mob

Date: 1951
Description: Publicity still of Stanley Holloway (playing Alfred Pendlebury) and Alec Guiness (Henry Holland) contemplating a souvenir Eiffel Tower paperweight in Charl...
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Block and Sully, Vaudeville Team

Date: 1940
Description: Promotional trick photograph of the husband and wife vaudeville team Block and Sully (Jesse Block and Eva Sully). She holds his severed head by the hair, a...
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Main Street View

Date: 06 01 1892
Description: View down Main Street featuring crowds of people near the Theatre Comique and other stores and offices.
Poster

Poster for Miss Billie Burke in "Jerry"

Date: 1914
Description: Color lithograph poster. The top banner reads "Charles Frohman presents." The image shows Burke in profile, underneath which runs the caption "Miss Billie ...
Poster

Poster for "A Social Session"

Date: 1890
Description: Color lithograph poster. Top caption reads "Social Session" with an insert to the right containing an image of "D. J. Sprague, Manager." The image shows me...
Photograph

Westmoreland Community League Dance

Date: 01 27 1956
Description: Mrs. William (Lois) Bjerk of 4110 Winnemac Avenue is co-chairman of a dance, with hats to depict the breadwinner's occupation, to be held at the Club Chant...
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Film Still from "Done in Oil"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still - exterior with a man standing near a high wall of plaster or cement, holding a large bag of props.
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Film Still from "The Girl and the Mummy"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still - interior - actress wrapped as a mummy.
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Billboard in front of J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Factory

Date: 
Description: Billboard in front of the J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Factory advertising "That funny old farmer Uncle Josh Spruceby Has made millions laugh. Opera Hous...
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Buchanan Comedy, Tonight

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Description: Crowd gathered on Main Street to see a poster and hear a band announcing the "Buchanan Comedy, Tonight."
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Keystone Comedy Production Still

Date: 1915
Description: Mack Sennett (in suit and derby) directs Chester Conklin (on his knees) as Ernest B. Schoedsack cranks a Moy & Bastie silent film camera for an unidentifie...

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