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First Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 20 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant, with large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Martha Washington Tableau

Date: 02 22 1932
Description: The John Bell Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution present a tableau of Martha Washington's life at the Hotel Loraine for the bicentennial o...
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Aunt Mary Gives a "Corn-top Bread" Lunch

Date: 11 22 1931
Description: Aunt Mary putting on a "Corn-top Bread" lunch in the Orpheum Theatre N.U.A. room. Seated left to right: Dave Genaro, Lizzy Wilson, Tom Harris, Annie Hart, ...
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Edgewood High School Christmas Play

Date: 12 07 1948
Description: Three high school students dressed as Joseph, Mary and the Angel Gabriel, rehearsing for a Christmas play to be presented at the Edgewood High School audit...
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Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore

Date: 1879
Description: Cabinet card photograph by Scholl of Philadelphia of the actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew who married in December 1879. Successful actors, their c...
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Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's Party

Date: 07 22 1953
Description: Portraying Diamond Jim Brady and Diamond Lil at the Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's party are Robert and Harriet Narowetz. They are being served a drink by...
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Film Still of "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
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...
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Film Still from "The Clodhopper"

Date: 1917
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.
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of two women, one extending her hand to a man, another man is standing by; a female servant in blackface is in the background.
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a wedding.
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of a wedding.
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of wedding group.
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John Gilbert and Greta Garbo

Date: 08 12 1933
Description: Actor John Gilbert and Greta Garbo shake hands and smile at one another their first day on the set of the movie "Queen Christina." She is wearing a fur coa...
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John Gilbert and Marlene Dietrich

Date: 1935
Description: Actor John Gilbert sits next to Marlene Dietrich at a party thrown by Clifton Webb. They are both in formal dress. There are empty dinner plates and a bask...
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Enid Markey, Fritz von Hardenberg, and George Walsh

Date: 1917
Description: Princess Alexia (played by Enid Markey in an elaborately decorated dress and wearing a crown) marches arm in arm with Dick Mason (George Walsh) in a scene ...
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Jack Holt, Katherine MacDonald, and Two Actresses in Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Lord Raa (played by Jack Holt wearing a monocle) sits beside Mary MacNeill (Katherine MacDonald in a white dress and hat) who is looking miserable in a sce...
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Wedding party scene still for "The Barricade"

Date: 1917
Description: A sombre wedding party is gathered before the minister at the altar in a scene still for the silent film "The Barricade." Hope Merrill, the bride played by...
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Edgewood High School Christmas Pageant

Date: 11 16 1959
Description: Edgewood High School pupils presenting their Christmas pageant, "The Promised One": Lou Ann Klein, Bernard Caputo, Marijo Lynaugh, and Sue Ann Klein.
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Warner Richmond, Owen Moore, Leonore Harris, and Dorothy Gish in a scene still

Date: 1916
Description: In this scene still for the silent drama "Betty of Graystone," David Lockwood (played by Owen Moore) weds Betty (Dorothy Gish) in a home ceremony with a pr...
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Wallace Reid and Dorothy Davenport in an automobile, publicity still

Date: 1913
Description: Publicity still from 1913 heavily retouched for the July 7, 1928, issue of Liberty (magazine). The original caption reads: "Wallace Reid and Dorothy Davenp...

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