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Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Painting of Vinnie Ream Hoxie, Wisconsin sculptor.
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"To Catch a Thief" 19

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a dark blue, plumed headress and jewelry created for Jess Royce Landis in "To Catch a Thief".
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Edna Ferber, Writing

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Description: Portrait of Edna Ferber seated and writing with a pen.
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Irene Castle

Date: 1915
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Irene Castle.
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Publicity Still of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity still of Valeska Suratt wearing a hat composed mostly of wires, c. 1916. A stamp on the back of the print reads: William Fox presents VALESKA...
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Publicity Still of Valeska Suratt Wearing a Jeweled Headdress

Date: 1916
Description: Waist-up publicity still of Valeska Suratt wearing a jeweled headdress, c. 1916. A stamp on the back of the print reads: William Fox presents VALESKA S...
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Publicity Photograph of Valeska Suratt

Date: 09 30 1918
Description: Quarter-length publicity photograph of Valeska Suratt in a dark velvet dress and hat. She holds a calla lilly and wears pearl rings. The print carries a...
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Publicity Portrait of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1906
Description: An early full-length publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt posed in the "Egyptian" style. She wears an intricate dress decorated with metallic ribbons and a...
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Nita Naldi Publicity Still

Date: 1922
Description: Seated three-quarter length portrait of Nita Naldi by Donald Biddle Keyes, 1922. Naldi has 12 silver Spanish combs in her hair that are brightly backlit. ...
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Nita Naldi Publicity Still

Date: 1922
Description: Full-length portrait of Nita Naldi wearing a long pearl necklace and beaded dress. The photograph was probably made by Donald Biddle Keyes as publicity for...
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Nita Naldi Publicity Still

Date: 1922
Description: Waist-up seated portrait of Nita Naldi wearing pearls around her neck and in her hair. The photograph was made by Donald Biddle Keyes, most probably for th...
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Edith Head Costume Design for "Pocketful of Miracles"

Date: 1961
Description: Costume design for "#8 Queenie rehearsal," from the 1961 film "Pocketful of Miracles," starring Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, and Hope Lange.
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Edith Head Costume Design for "Who's Got the Action"

Date: 1962
Description: Costume design for "Who's Got the Action," the 1962 film starring Dean Martin, Lana Turner, and Eddie Albert. The dress, worn by Lana Turner, has a black ...
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Mr. & Mrs. Houdini

Date: 1926
Description: Harry and Bess (Beatrice) Houdini in formal attire, the year of his death from acute appendicitis.
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Houdini on a Rope in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi...
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Costume Design for "Pocket Full of Miracles"

Date: 1961
Description: An Edith Head costume design for a red lame' open-back gown for the character Queenie (Hope Lange) in "Pocket Full of Miracles". This image includes a fabr...
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USS Franklin Crew at Show

Date: 03 1945
Description: Surviving crew members of the USS Franklin watching an amateur vaudeville on their hanger deck, seven says after their disaster. The USS Franklin...
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Lenore Ulric and Frank Colvin in "Her Own People" Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Leonore Ulric as the American Indian girl Alona, "the half-breed daughter of a wealthy white man" (Moving Picture World 8/19/1916, p. 1268). She is in the ...
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Lenore Ulric in "Her Own People"

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Leonore Ulric who played Alona in "Her Own People."
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Lenore Ulric in "The Road to Love"

Date: 1916
Description: In Algiers, Hafsa (played by Lenore Ulric) is on her knees in supplication to her father, Sidi Malik (Herschell Mayall). The caption typed on the back of t...

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