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"Bill Henry" Scene Still
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Scene still from the Paramount silent film "Bill Henry," featuring Charles Ray (playing Bill Henry Jenkins) setting off on his bicycle to begin his new job as a traveling salesman. A copy of the book "The Knack of Selling" is in his pocket.
1919
Thos. H. Ince Corp.
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WHi 90296
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