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| Date: | 08 21 1917 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "The above picture is the first that has been taken of Mrs. Vernon Castle and her soldier husband since he returned to this country aft... |
| Date: | 06 1919 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Now that the peace has been declared Mary MacLaren feels she can publicly pet dachshunds without being accused of treason." |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Pearl White stands in front of a painted studio background, sword in hand, wearing the female version of a U.S. Army cavalry uniform. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | William Clifford and Ethel Grandin in 1860s or 1870s period costume. They are apparently being guarded by two U.S. Army soldiers in this scene still for "A... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | In the left foreground Ethel Grandin is comforted by a U.S. Army cavalry officer. Behind them other officers and a woman standing by a Wells Fargo stagecoa... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Larry Young (played by Wallace Reid in the uniform of a sergeant in the Canadian army) embraces Elaine Debaux (Ann Little in a nurse's cape) in a scene sti... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Original caption: "Mary Pickford getting tobacco and cigarettes for the soldiers. In addition to supplying her own adopted contingents, Miss Pickford has s... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Essanay silent film star Bryant Washburn in U.S. Army sergeant's uniform sits on the grass with his little son Bryant Washburn, Jr., and his wife, the actr... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Dr. Dimitrius (played by Pedro de Cordoba) looks meaningfully at Diana May (Marion Davies) who clings to Commander Richard Cleeve (Forrest Stanley) in a sc... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in an aristocratic white military uniform) visits the opera singer Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar wearing... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Prince Michael Orbeliana (played by Lou Tellegen in a rough wool military coat) warmly embraces Marcia Warren (Geraldine Farrar) in this scene still from ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Iris Champneys (played by Dorothy Dalton) holds a revolver on Jock MacKeinney (Maurice "Lefty" Flynn) in a publicity still from "The Woman Who Walked Alone... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In a publicity still from "The Wonderman," Henri D'Alour (played by Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, aviator, and actor) stands grinning over the shou... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | In a scene still from "The Amazing Wife," U.S. Army Lieutenant John Ashton (played by Frank Mayo) clinches his fist and glares at his cousin Philip Ashton ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Edith Storey, in character as the female gunfighter Colonel Billy, aims her Remington revolver from the window of a log building in a publicity still for "... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Edith Storey, in character as the female gunfighter Colonel Billy, poses with her Remington revolver in the open door of a log building in a publicity stil... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Wearing men's western clothing Jem Mason (played by Agnes Vernon) looks doubtfully at Bare Fisted Gallagher (William Desmond). She holds a Winchester repea... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | In a dramatic scene still from the silent film "The Battle Cry of Peace," Charley Harrison (left, played by James Morrison) and John Harrison (right, playe... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Harrison (played by Mary Maurice) solemnly presents the family sword to her son John Harrison (Charles Richman, on the left) in a scene still for the ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | After the invasion of the United States, Americans are threatened by the enemy leader Mr. Emanon (played by L. Rodgers Lytton in profile at far right) and ... |
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