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Lenore Ulric in "Her Own People"

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Leonore Ulric who played Alona in "Her Own People."
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Scene Still from "Foreign Correspondent"

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Description: Scene still from the 1940 film "Foreign Correspondent." Cars and people on bicycles pass a large crowd of people under umbrellas standing on the steps of a...
Poster

"Winter Wind" Film Poster

Date: 1970
Description: Grove Press International Film Festival film poster for the French-Hungarian film, "Sirokkó." Illustrated image of a group of people walking through woods....
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Long Voyage Home Marquee

Date: 1940
Description: View down sidewalk towards people standing in a line outside a movie theater showing the film The Long Voyage Home. Many people are holding umbrella...
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Civil Air Patrol Party

Date: 08 04 1965
Description: Elevated view of four couples dancing near airplanes, while several other people look on. One person is playing the accordion. Caption reads: "They moved t...
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Scene from "Bobbed Hair"

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Description: A scene from the 1925 film "Bobbed Hair" of people at a costume party. Marie Prevost, as Connemara Moore, is dressed as a nun and stands between Reed Howe...
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Cover of Brochure for "Salt of the Earth"

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Description: Cover of a brochure promoting the film "Salt of the Earth" showing Rosaura Revueltas, with the text, "At last-an honest movie about American working people...
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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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The Bump

Date: 07 20 1977
Description: Two women dancing "the bump," wearing tank tops and jean shorts. One of the women's shirt reads "Handle With Care." Other people are in the background.
Poster

Peoples Free Film Festival

Date: 07 01 1976
Description: Rainbow filmstrip poster for the 1ST Annual Peoples Free Film Festival. Text includes: "it's free but donations needed, Sheep Meadow, Central Park. Childre...
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Martin Johnson, Osa Johnson and an amphibious airplane

Date: 1937
Description: Osa Johnson, Martin Johnson, and Murut people pose with the Johnson's Sikorsky S-39 "The Spirit of Africa and Borneo" in a publicity still for the 1937 mot...
Poster

"Argentine Love" Lobby Card

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Description: Lobby card for the 1924 film "Argentine Love" starring Bebe Daniels and Ricardo Cortez. The woman in the center has a look of fear on her face as people ar...
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Production Still for "Sleep, My Love"

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Description: Unidentified actress having her gloves and veil adjusted by three other persons, on the set of "Sleep, My Love." One person is holding a fur stole.
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Drummers at Pow Wow

Date: 08 07 1967
Description: Harry Funmaker (left) of Wisconsin Dells, and Ray Tahawah of Lawton, Oklahoma, drumming. A crowd of young people is in the background.
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Plane Crash Scene Still for "Foreign Correspondent"

Date: 1940
Description: Six people crawl out of an airplane that is in the water. The scene is part of the film "Foreign Correspondent."
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A Scene from the Film "The Cool World"

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Description: An African American man making a speech in a scene from the film "The Cool World." He is standing slightly above a group of people. Someone is holding up a...
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"Helen of Troy" Film Still

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Description: A large group of men are pulling the wooden Trojan horse through a large gate, and into the city of Troy, as people cheer in a scene from the film Helen of...
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"The Crowd" Production Still

Date: 1928
Description: Production still from the 1928 film "The Crowd." Two cameramen are sitting on a wooden slide behind a small camera. People are sitting at the top of the sl...
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Unidentified Equipment in "Hamlet"

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Description: An unidentified person is standing and working with what is probably sound recording equipment on the set of the 1949 film "Hamlet." A boom mic is behind h...
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"Phantom of Chinatown"

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Description: A group of people are standing and looking down at Dr. John Benton who has collapsed and is laying on the floor in a scene from the 1940 film "Phantom of C...

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