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Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, and an unknown actor in a scene still

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Buster Keaton hoists a Model T engine from a wrecked car as Virginia Fox flirts with an unidentified actor in a scene still for the 1922 comedy short "The Blacksmith."

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1922

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Date Created 1922

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Call Number TF The Blacksmith

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W013MHE
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WHi 105753

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