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Star Wars

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Description: Still photo of Harrison Ford, as Han Solo, preparing to fire one of the Millenium Falcon's weapons in the film Star Wars.
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Chapelle in Military Uniform

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Description: Studio portrait of Dickey Chapelle in uniform with a "war correspondent" patch on her sleeve.
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Walter Wanger

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Description: Close-up of Walter Wanger when he was in the Army during World War I. He has a mustache and his hat is tilted on his head.
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Irene Castle in Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: The glamorous dancer Irene Castle wearing a World War I "Preparedness Uniform" of her own design. The dress was based on the uniform worn by her husband an...
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Spencer Tracy in Sailor Hat

Date: 1918
Description: Double head and shoulders shot of Spencer Tracy in a sailor hat, from when he was in the Navy in the last days of World War I.
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Hell's Angels Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Scene at Caddo Field during the filming of "Hell's Angels," Howard Hughes' extravagant World War I aviation film. In this scene, the large vintage Gotha b...
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Vietnamese Woman with Children Surrounded by Soldiers

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Description: A woman is placing a baby in a basket held by a little boy. Behind her, a man lies prone holding another child, while two soldiers walk towards a house in ...
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"Sky Devils" Props

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Description: Vintage World War airplanes used in the filming of "Sky Devils" (1932), a motion picture produced by Howard Hughes.
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Chapelle in Vietnam

Date: 1962
Description: Dickey Chapelle dressed in military clothing wading through a swamp in Vietnam.
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Motorcycle Police on Harley-Davidsons

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Description: World War II Harley-Davidson Army Models mounted by ever-alert Military Police, wearing uniforms and armed with guns.
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Syd Chaplin and "Prince"

Date: 1919
Description: Sydney Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin's brother) and a German shepherd dog.

Original title: "Syd Chaplin and 'Prince,' a war hero, cited three times for brave...

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"Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund"

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Mary Pickford getting tobacco and cigarettes for the soldiers. In addition to supplying her own adopted contingents, Miss Pickford has s...
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Edith Storey, Ambulance Driver

Date: 05 1919
Description: "For months Miss Storey has been driving a war ambulance in the streets of New York--a work no less valuable than handling one behind the Flanders lines. A...
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Vintage Airplanes

Date: 07 27 1988
Description: Vintage aircraft always attract attention. In 1988 on their way to the EAA convention, the national organization of owners of World War II trainers made a ...
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Aerial Combat Reenacted

Date: 1930
Description: An aerial combat scene from "Hell's Angel's," Howard Hughes' classic 1930 motion picture about the British Air Force during World War I. This film was dis...
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Mary MacLaren and Two Dachshunds

Date: 06 1919
Description: Original caption: "Now that the peace has been declared Mary MacLaren feels she can publicly pet dachshunds without being accused of treason."
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Dickey Chapelle on the USS "Boxer"

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Description: Dickey Chapelle is sitting on the USS "Boxer" with cameras around her neck and luggage at her side.
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General George Kenney

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Description: Portrait of United States Army Air Force General George C. Kenney. He is wearing a dress uniform and cap. The handwritten inscription reads: "To Ed Sulliva...
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Kerrigan Brothers as Children

Date: 1882
Description: A studio portrait of William Wallace Kerrigan, his older brother George Warren Kerrigan, and a small dog, probably taken in Indiana around 1882. George War...
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Platoon Publicity Still

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Description: Publicity still for the film Platoon. Tom Berenger is looling at Willem Dafoe who is looking down at the ground. Mark Moses is standing in the backg...

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