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Corben Christening

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: RKO motion picture actress Raquel Torres christening the new model airplane manufactured in Madison by Orland Corben. Corben had flown the airplane that br...
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Bloch, Crawford and Castle

Date: 08 07 1963
Description: Clipping from a movie magazine of Robert Bloch sitting at a reception table with Joan Crawford and William Castle. The text with the clipping reads "Joan C...
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Full-length Publicity Portrait of Vola Vale

Date: 1917
Description: Silent film actress Vola Vale wearing a polka dot dress and dark straw hat in a portrait by the Hartsook Studio. She inscribed it to the editor and publish...
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Publicity Portrait of Irene Castle

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Irene Castle posed in a studio in front of a painted backdrop. She looking over her shoulder at the camera and is wearing...
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Olive Thomas and Pekinese Dog

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Triangle films star Olive Thomas wearing a light-colored suit and holding a Pekinese dog under her arm.
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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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Huntley Gordon and Irene Castle in "The Invisible Bond"

Date: 1919
Description: Huntly Gordon (in character as Harleth Crossey) and Irene Castle (as Marcia Crossey) pose outdoors in a full-length publicity photograph for "The Invisible...
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Lillie Langtry

Date: 1905
Description: Half-length publicity portrait of Lillie Langtry wearing a dress decorated with a large bat at the neckline.
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George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Date: 1961
Description: George Peppard (playing Paul Varjak) leans over the back in which lies Audrey Hepburn (as Holly Golightly) in a publicity still for "Breakfast at Tiffany's...
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Cast of a Play

Date: 1941
Description: Female cast members of the play “How the Story Grew” performed during the Milwaukee Turners Winterfest.
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Full-length Pola Negri Publicity Still

Date: 1925
Description: Pola Negri stands in front of a shiny satin theater curtain and is dressed for the role of the Countess Elnora Natatorini in the 1925 Paramount production ...
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Barbara La Marr at Film Premiere

Date: 06 1924
Description: Lew Cody, Barbara La Marr, and Paul Bern attend the premiere of Norma Talmadge's film "Secrets" in Hollywood. The men are wearing tuxedos and Barbara wears...
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Actors on the Set of "The Cool World"

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Description: An actress and actor in the film "The Cool World" are standing on the sidewalk outside a restaurant. She is wearing a cocktail dress and a fur wrap. He is ...
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Shelley Winters

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Description: Shelley Winters sitting on top of a piano. She is wearing a long gown and long gloves, and a bracelet. She is smiling seductively at the camera.
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Still from "Three Weeks"

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Description: The Queen (Aileen Pringle) looks at Paul Verdayne (Conrad Nagel) as he kneels next to her chair in a scene from the 1924 film "Three Weeks". His head is be...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Prince Gabriel (Marc McDermott) kisses the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) as Dagmar (Wanda Hawley) kneels beside her and looks on in a scene from...
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Scene from "Graustark"

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Description: Grenfall Lorry (Eugene O'Brien) kisses and nuzzles the hand of Princess Yetive (Norma Talmadge) in a scene from the 1925 film "Graustark". The two are dres...
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Pearl White on the RMS Olympic

Date: 07 05 1913
Description: Actress Pearl White stands on the deck of the RMS Olympic with four other women and four men. All are dressed very nicely and two of the women hold large ...
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Pearl White and Virginia Chang

Date: 07 03 1936
Description: Pearl White welcomed to Shanghai by Virginia Chang, the daughter of the Chinese minster to Chile. Both women are dressed very nicely.
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Helen Ferguson holding feather fan

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Description: Full length photograph of actress Helen Ferguson. She stands in profile to the camera with one hand on her hip and the other holding a feather fan. Fergu...

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