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Rudolph Valentino with Voisin Car

Date: 1923
Description: Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova pose with their Voisin automobile.
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Antique Cars on Display

Date: 08 18 1987
Description: At a Hartford antique show, a man looks over a well-maintained Model T Ford. In the background other people inspect more vintage automobiles.
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Robert Warwick and a Stutz Bearcat Automobile

Date: 1916
Description: Silent film star Robert Warwick in heavy fur coat and hat leaning over the engine of a Stutz Bearcat roadster. Original caption: "D--n that carburetor....
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Robert Warwick and a Stutz Bearcat Automobile

Date: 1916
Description: Silent film star Robert Warwick in heavy fur coat and hat sits in the driver's seat of a Stutz Bearcat roadster for a publicity photograph. Original cap...
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Mack Sennett Bathing Beauties Posed on an Automobile

Date: 02 1919
Description: Six Mack Sennett bathing beauties wave as they sit on a Willys Six seven-seat touring car. Three of the actresses are tentatively identified as Marie Prevo...
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Niles Welch and a Hudson Automobile

Date: 1918
Description: Silent film actor Niles Welch is stepping up onto the running board of a 1918 Hudson Super Six touring limousine. He wears a casual suit with a belted coat...
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Scene Still for "Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated scene still for the film "Foreign Correspondent." Pedestrians are walking with umbrellas down the sidewalk in the rain. On the street people are r...
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Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
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The Absent-Minded Professor

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Description: Still photograph of Nancy Allen and Fred MacMurray riding through the clouds in his Flubber powered Model T.
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Man Washing his Suzuki Motorcycle

Date: 04 05 1984
Description: Corky Barker washing down his motorcycle in front of his home at 2734 South Superior Street.
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"Taxi" Scene Still

Date: 1919
Description: Night-time scene still from the Triangle silent film "Taxi," featuring Taylor Holmes (playing Robert Hervey Randolph) leaning on his taxi.
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"Los hipocritas" (The Hypocrites) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Argentine film poster. Photographic collage of different images from scenes in the film featuring various characters. Most of the men are wearing suits, an...
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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in "Casablanca"

Date: 1943
Description: Humphrey Bogart (playing Rick Blaine) faces Ingrid Bergman (as Ilsa Lund) in a scene still from "Casablanca" (Warner 1942). This tender moment is from the ...
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"Wuthering Heights" Outdoor Set

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Description: A long ramp on the side of hill on the outdoor set for the film "Wuthering Heights." The ramp leads to a rocky outcropping. Several cars and trucks are in ...
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"His Wedding Night"

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Description: Fatty Arbuckle siting on a car fender holding Alice Mann in a still from the short film "His Wedding Night." Al St. John is lying on the ground under the c...
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Clara Kimball Young, an Automobile, and a Chow Dog

Date: 1918
Description: The silent film actress Clara Kimball Young, dressed for a drive in a military-styled coat with patch pockets and a dark straw hat, stands beside a car wit...
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Group Photograph at Officer's Club

Date: 1942
Description: A young woman takes a photograph of Admiral Van Hook, Secretary Knox, and General Frank Andrews at Coco Solo Submarine Base Officer's Club.
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Automobile Club Members

Date: 10 10 1966
Description: Four auto club members work on a 1932 Ford Coupe. Rick Burkee (right, foreground) and Robin Friberg work on engine parts as Greg Beaster polishes the car h...
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Houdini in Chains

Date: 1922
Description: Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s...

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