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Presenting Lily Mars
Presenting Lily Mars (1933) by Booth Tarkington ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Opening the book, this un-captioned illustration is a scene from the book, and I think it’s kind of cool that you don’t understand the weight of the picture until you read the book. My copy of this interesting book has a small stamp on the first title…
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Miriam Nesbitt
Miriam Nesbitt was born Miriam Schanke in Chicago, Illinois. She was born on September 14, 1873 and lived to the age of 81, dying on August 11, 1954 in Hollywood, California. Our girl of the moment went to Stanhope-Wheatcroft Dramatic School. Starting her career on the stage, she was already a well-known Broadway actress. On…
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Silent Photoplayer Word Find
I wonder how many of these our silent photoplay lovers can figure out? This is from February 1913 Motion Picture Story Magazine.
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Florence LaBadie
Florence LaBadie, lovingly nicknamed Fearless Flo, was born on April 27, 1888 to Marie Russ in New York. When she was three, her father died, and her mother was unable to take care of her, either because of mental instability or money, or both. No matter the reason, in 1891, Florence was adopted by the…
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‘Veda’ Bertram Photo
Behold! A lovely picture of Vedah Bertram from the June 1912 issue of Motion Picture Story Magazine. Note the misspelling of her name from Vedah to Veda. 🙂