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Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait
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Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence from about the time she joined the Mutoscope and Biograph Company in 1908. She looks up to the left, nearly in profile, and wears a white blouse with embroidered oak leaves.
1908
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