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Background imageConversation Collection: Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell at Academy Awards

Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell at Academy Awards
(Original Caption) 2/26/1942-Hollywood, CA-Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell are shown here attending the war crimped awards banquet of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Background imageConversation Collection: Lillian Hellman Talking with Dorothy Parker

Lillian Hellman Talking with Dorothy Parker
(Original Caption) Lillian Hellman, playwright, guest of honor at the dinner given at the Hotel Astor tonight, opening a $750, 000 Spanish refugee appeal campaign is shown with Dorothy Parker

Background imageConversation Collection: Two men are in an office, one sitting at a desk and the other on a chair

Two men are in an office, one sitting at a desk and the other on a chair
conversation, historical, artwork, attention, depiction, historic illustration, date, focused, attentiveness, historic, historical illustration, 11, 2 people, auf, jobs, contemporary, 1900s, focus

Background imageConversation Collection: Lobbyists During Grant Administration

Lobbyists During Grant Administration
Woodcut by Theo R. Davis showing lobbyists at the reception room at General Grant's headquarters in Washington, D.C

Background imageConversation Collection: Abraham Lincoln Sitting with General McClellan

Abraham Lincoln Sitting with General McClellan
(Original Caption) 10/4/1862-Antietam, Maryland: President Abraham Lincoln with General George Brinton McClellan talking in a tent at the Antietam battlefield. Undated photo by Mathew Brady

Background imageConversation Collection: Woman Talking On The Telephone Early

Woman Talking On The Telephone Early
(Original Caption) 1890-Victorian Life: Woman talking on the telephone

Background imageConversation Collection: Chuck Connors Talking with Friends in Saloon

Chuck Connors Talking with Friends in Saloon
During the 1890s, Chuck Connors (wearing bowler hat) acted as an urban tour guide, taking middle class New Yorkers to see the seedy and exotic side of Chintown

Background imageConversation Collection: Hellen Keller and Teacher Anne Sullivan

Hellen Keller and Teacher Anne Sullivan
Helen Keller (left), deaf and blind since age six, communicates by touch with her teacher Anne Sullivan

Background imageConversation Collection: Major John Wesley Powell, on horse, gett

Major John Wesley Powell, on horse, gett
(Original Caption) Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) inquiring for water pocket, Colorado Region. Ca. 1895

Background imageConversation Collection: Walter White, Mary Mcleod, & Dr.Channing

Walter White, Mary Mcleod, & Dr.Channing
(Original Caption) 1944; Left-Walter White. Center-Mary McLeod Bethune, Civil rights activist. Right-Doctor Channing Tobias

Background imageConversation Collection: Telephone Operator At Switchboard

Telephone Operator At Switchboard
(Original Caption) New York, NY-Telephone operators of the Hotel New Yorker, largest hostelry in New York City which opens next month, must at all times retain a sweet disposition

Background imageConversation Collection: Women Drinking at Bar in the Hotel Majestic

Women Drinking at Bar in the Hotel Majestic
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Women at bar in the Hotel Majestic. Old time photo. Undated

Background imageConversation Collection: Barnum Brown, Charles Lang/Dino Skeleton

Barnum Brown, Charles Lang/Dino Skeleton
(Original Caption) Dr. Barnum Brown, Associate Curator of fossil reptiles and Charles Lang discussing Triceratops skeleton (horned dinosaur from hell Creek, Montana, Cretaceous formation

Background imageConversation Collection: General In Car Talks With Men On Street

General In Car Talks With Men On Street
(Original Caption) "Monty" talks with front line sappers in Sicily

Background imageConversation Collection: Congressional Representative John F. Kennedy Addressing Congress

Congressional Representative John F. Kennedy Addressing Congress
(Original Caption) Rep

Background imageConversation Collection: Lady Wonder The 'Talking Horse'

Lady Wonder The "Talking Horse"
(Original Caption) Lady Wonder the "talking horse" of Richmond Virginia at her "typewriter". Police confirmed that the horse answers to questions leading them to missing children

Background imageConversation Collection: Johannes Kepler Talking with Rudolph II

Johannes Kepler Talking with Rudolph II
(Original Caption) Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer, is shown discussing his discoveries of planetary motion with his sponsor, Emperor Rudolph II

Background imageConversation Collection: Frederick the Great and Voltaire Print

Frederick the Great and Voltaire Print

Background imageConversation Collection: Painting of Vladimir Lenin Speaking to Peasants by V.A. Serov

Painting of Vladimir Lenin Speaking to Peasants by V.A. Serov

Background imageConversation Collection: Famed Cast Members Of The Mo

Famed Cast Members Of The Mo
(Original Caption) Hollywood, CA- George Stephens presents the cast of his production, "Giant, " to the Hollywood press at a luncheon at Warner Brothers Studio

Background imageConversation Collection: Humor/Young Man Talks To Deaf Old Farmer

Humor/Young Man Talks To Deaf Old Farmer
(Original Caption) TN: Humorous farm situation. Young man talks to old farmer, obviously hard of hearing. Photograph, ca. 1900. Tennessee

Background imageConversation Collection: Action Group Taking Direction On Stage

Action Group Taking Direction On Stage
(Original Caption) Picture shows an acting group taking instruction from their director. Left to right, standing; Peter Glenville, Akun Tameroff, Dean Homoeka, Michael Kanin

Background imageConversation Collection: R Mitchum King Boudouin & E Parker

R Mitchum King Boudouin & E Parker
(Original Caption) Hollywood, CA- King Baudouin of Belgium, showed a great deal of interest in Hollywood's movie notables and was engrossed in conversation with Eleanor Parker and Robert Mitchum

Background imageConversation Collection: Psychologist Talking To Hockey Team

Psychologist Talking To Hockey Team
(Original Caption) 11/15/1950-New York, NY- The New York Rangers hockey team, who have been unable to win a game at Madison Square Garden and who only won a single game-out-of-town this year, have

Background imageConversation Collection: Men Questioning Nannie Doss

Men Questioning Nannie Doss
(Original Caption) Mrs. Nannie Doss, confessed rat poison slayer of four of her five husbands. Tulsa, Oklahoma: Mrs

Background imageConversation Collection: Woman On Phone Has Corset Tightened

Woman On Phone Has Corset Tightened
(Original Caption) Photo shows a woman in her underwear on the telephone while another similarly clad woman behind her tightens her corset. Undated photograph

Background imageConversation Collection: Ethel Merman And Gypsy Rose Lee

Ethel Merman And Gypsy Rose Lee
(Original Caption) Gypsy Rose Lee and Ethel Merman during a rehersal break of "Gypsy" a musical based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee in which Ethel Merman starred

Background imageConversation Collection: Mao Tse-Tung Talking To Children

Mao Tse-Tung Talking To Children
(Original Caption) Mao Tse-Tung is shown talking to young fighters. Undated photograph

Background imageConversation Collection: Commodore E.C.Benedict Talking To Man

Commodore E.C.Benedict Talking To Man
(Original Caption) Commodore E.C. Benedict (second from right) is shown in civilian clothes speaking with an unidentified man. Undated INP photograph

Background imageConversation Collection: Wille Pep Greets Reporters In Locker Roo

Wille Pep Greets Reporters In Locker Roo
(Original Caption) After the fight: Willie Pep is shown greeting reporters in dressing room. Undated

Background imageConversation Collection: Henry Fonda Chats W/Joan Fontaine

Henry Fonda Chats W/Joan Fontaine
(Original Caption) Henry Fonda, better known to pals as "Hank, " chats with Joan Fontaine, now fully recovered from her three years bout with illness and back making films

Background imageConversation Collection: Natalie Wood Eats W/Warren Beatty

Natalie Wood Eats W/Warren Beatty
(Original Caption) That cozy couple, Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty can be found at all hours at Hollywood's intimate boites discussing love, or the new stage play they plan to do together

Background imageConversation Collection: Diahann Carroll in Julia

Diahann Carroll in Julia
(Original Caption) TV still from the series Julia (1968-1971), showing Diahann Carroll and another actor in a restaurant

Background imageConversation Collection: Amos And Andy Talking On The Phone

Amos And Andy Talking On The Phone
(Original Caption) Amos & Andy talking to someone on the telephone

Background imageConversation Collection: F.March, C.Colbert, C.Demille Ca.1931

F.March, C.Colbert, C.Demille Ca.1931
(Original Caption) Cecil B

Background imageConversation Collection: Dick Clark Talks W/Fabian & Bobby Darin

Dick Clark Talks W/Fabian & Bobby Darin
(Original Caption) If teen-age America could vote, anyone of these three would be President tomorrow

Background imageConversation Collection: Woman Whispering in Friend's Ear

Woman Whispering in Friend's Ear
(Original Caption) A woman reacts with astonishment as another woman whispers in her ear. Undated photograph

Background imageConversation Collection: Woman Whispering in Friend's Ear

Woman Whispering in Friend's Ear
(Original Caption) A woman reacts with interest and surprise as another woman whispers in her ear. Undated photograph

Background imageConversation Collection: Lewis Carroll Reading/Children/Painting

Lewis Carroll Reading/Children/Painting
(Original Caption) Lewis Carroll is shown telling stories to children. Undated painting

Background imageConversation Collection: Otto Matieson W/J. Barrymore In Costume

Otto Matieson W/J. Barrymore In Costume
(Original Caption) John Barrymore and Otto Matieson in make-up and medieval costume together in a still photograph from either a movie or a play

Background imageConversation Collection: L. Bacall, H. Bogart & M. Vickers On Set

L. Bacall, H. Bogart & M. Vickers On Set
(Original Caption) Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart visit on the set while Martha Vickers listens

Background imageConversation Collection: Eddie Cantor Talking Into A Microphone

Eddie Cantor Talking Into A Microphone
(Original Caption) Eddie Cantor, talking into NBC microphone. Undated photograph

Background imageConversation Collection: Father Flanagan Founder Of Boys'S Town

Father Flanagan Founder Of Boys'S Town
(Original Caption) Picture shows Father Edward Joseph Flanagan (1886-1948), founder of Boy's Town, seated with one of his boys. Undated photo

Background imageConversation Collection: Old Time American Grocery Store

Old Time American Grocery Store
(Original Caption) Grocery Store: Old time American grocery store. Merchant is seen packing up merchandise. At left: Crackerbarrel philosophers. Woodcut by Alexander Anderson, ca. 1835. BPA2# 3659

Background imageConversation Collection: Benjamin Franklin Offering Advice to Printers

Benjamin Franklin Offering Advice to Printers
(Original Caption) Benjamin Franklin offering advice on success in printing to the workers at Watt's print shop. Woodcut by B. West Clinedinst

Background imageConversation Collection: Sara Roosevelt Speaking with Eleanor Roosevelt

Sara Roosevelt Speaking with Eleanor Roosevelt
Mrs. Sara Roosevelt, mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, speaks with young Eleanor, her future daughter-in-law

Background imageConversation Collection: President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull

President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaks with Cordell Hull after Hull's return from the London Economic Conference. | Location: Hyde Park, New York, USA

Background imageConversation Collection: Refugee Albanians Chat Outside

Refugee Albanians Chat Outside
(Original Caption) 1912-Montenegro-A group of Albanians chatting over the effects of the war

Background imageConversation Collection: Nellie Bly Speaking with Austrian Officer

Nellie Bly Speaking with Austrian Officer
Prominent journalist Nellie Bly, representing the New York Evening Journal, speaks with an officer of the Austrian Army in Poland

Background imageConversation Collection: Boston Players Discuss Rules W/Umpire

Boston Players Discuss Rules W/Umpire
(Original Caption) 10/9/1914-Johnny Evers and Ira Thomas, captains of the Boston and Athletics respectively, discussing ground rules with umpires before game

Background imageConversation Collection: British Suffragette Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst

British Suffragette Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
(Original Caption) 2/1915-Paris, France- Mrs. E. Pankhurst(left), the British Militant Suffragette, is shown in Paris talking to one of the women street car conductors. Since the war, Mrs

Background imageConversation Collection: Labor Leaders Seated, Confer On Strike

Labor Leaders Seated, Confer On Strike
(Original Caption) 7/31/1915-Labor leaders of the New York Garment Workers confer on the advisability of calling a strike. From left to right: M. Israelson, A. Goldberg, M

Background imageConversation Collection: Officer Talking To Mexican Refugee

Officer Talking To Mexican Refugee
(Original Caption) 6/26/1916: U.S. Immigrant Officer talking to Mexican Refugees at American end of International Bridge at El Paso, TX

Background imageConversation Collection: Rube Marquard And 'Chief' Meyers Talk

Rube Marquard And "Chief" Meyers Talk
(Original Caption) 10/7/1916-Boston, MA: Original caption reads as follows: Left to right: Rube Marquard and "Chief" Meyers talking. This is the site of the Brooklyn Dodgers vs

Background imageConversation Collection: Managers And Umpires Discuss Series Rule

Managers And Umpires Discuss Series Rule
(Original Caption) 10/10/1916-New York, NY: Brooklyn. Managers and umpires arranging the ground rules for the third game of the 1916 World Series

Background imageConversation Collection: Tour guide showing children (8-9) around city

Tour guide showing children (8-9) around city
Immigrant children having New York skyline explained

Background imageConversation Collection: US Soldiers Talking To French Embroiderers

US Soldiers Talking To French Embroiderers

Background imageConversation Collection: Wounded African American Soldier Greeting Crowd at Parade

Wounded African American Soldier Greeting Crowd at Parade
A soldier who lost his leg in World War I shakes hands with the crowd at the Parade of the 36th Colored Infantry, 17th February 1919. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageConversation Collection: Lord Allenby & Egypt Prime Minister Talk

Lord Allenby & Egypt Prime Minister Talk
(Original Caption) 12/30/1919- Photo shows Lord Allenby, British Viceroy of Egypt, discussing the critical political situation with the Egyptian Prime Minister

Background imageConversation Collection: Union Men Talking In Train Yard

Union Men Talking In Train Yard
(Original Caption) 7/12/1922-Slater, MO- UNION MEN TALKING OVER THE STRIKE IN YARDS UNDER FEDERAL GUARD. Members of the Big Four Brotherhoods talking things over in the Slater, MO, yards

Background imageConversation Collection: FDR Making the Nomination Speech for Al Smith

FDR Making the Nomination Speech for Al Smith
Political Conventions: FDR making the nomination speech for Al Smith, 1924. In background banner of Woodrow Wilson

Background imageConversation Collection: Marguerite Harrison with Bakhtiari Men

Marguerite Harrison with Bakhtiari Men
Journalist and explorer Marguerite Harrison sits with Bakhtiari men during a meal

Background imageConversation Collection: Playwrights on Movie Studio Lot

Playwrights on Movie Studio Lot
(Original Caption) The authors of two of the most successful plays now running in New York meet on the Metro -Goldwyn-Mayer lot in California

Background imageConversation Collection: Movie Scene from The Scarlet Letter

Movie Scene from The Scarlet Letter
(Original Caption) 1926- Picture shows Lillian Gish sitting in stocks while Lars Hanson chats to her. Movie still from, THE SCARLET LETTER

Background imageConversation Collection: First Television Transmission

First Television Transmission
(Original Caption) 4/8/1927-Washington, DC- On April 7th, television was inaugurated as a successful achievement of scientific research

Background imageConversation Collection: Joe McCarthy and Bill Veeck

Joe McCarthy and Bill Veeck
Joe McCarthy, manager of the Chicago Cubs, shows Bill Veeck the proper technique for holding a baseball bat during the Cubs spring training

Background imageConversation Collection: George Bernard Shaw Delivering Speech

George Bernard Shaw Delivering Speech
(Original Caption) 1928-George Bernard Shaw delivering the first of a series of four lectures in aid of the building fund of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in the R.A.D.A. theatre, on Malet Street

Background imageConversation Collection: Al Smith Conversing with FDR

Al Smith Conversing with FDR
Former New York Governor Al Smith talks with the state's current governor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Background imageConversation Collection: Jake Ruppery with Rogers Hornsby

Jake Ruppery with Rogers Hornsby
(Original Caption) 3/27/1928- While watching the Braves and Athletics in action, Colonel Jake Ruppery, Yankee owner, had a litle chat across the netting with Rogers Hornsby, as shown here

Background imageConversation Collection: E.F.W. Alexanderson with TV Projector

E.F.W. Alexanderson with TV Projector
(Original Caption) 5/19/1928-Schenectady, NY - Dr. E.F.W. Alexanderson and his assistant R.D. Kell in their lab at the General Electric plant

Background imageConversation Collection: Eleanor Roosevelt at Desk on telephone

Eleanor Roosevelt at Desk on telephone
(Original Caption) 10/4/1928-New York, NY- Photo shows Mrs. F. D. (Eleanor) Roosevelt, wife of Democratic Gubenatorial candidate at her desk speaking on the phone. Mrs

Background imageConversation Collection: Louella Parsons Talking On Phone

Louella Parsons Talking On Phone
(Original Caption) 1929- Louella Parsons, Hollywood gossip columnist, seated at her typewriter, miming talking on the phone. Miss Parsons says talking movies are a stimulus to theater

Background imageConversation Collection: Customer Standing at Drug Store Counter

Customer Standing at Drug Store Counter
(Original Caption) This is a photo of the interior of a drug store. The druggist is discussing "Cherry Coltsfoot Cough Ease, " a medication, with the customer

Background imageConversation Collection: Observation Car of Train

Observation Car of Train
(Original Caption) Jersey Central - Interior of observation car. Photograph ca. 1930. BPA2# 4002

Background imageConversation Collection: Roosevelt and Voter Reuben Appel

Roosevelt and Voter Reuben Appel
Governor Franklin Roosevelt stands nose to nose with voter Rueben Appel on Election Day, 1930. Roosevelt would win reelection as Governor, and two years later would be President

Background imageConversation Collection: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Talking with Senator Joseph T. Robinson

President Franklin D. Roosevelt Talking with Senator Joseph T. Robinson
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (l) discusses his court packing strategy with Senator Joseph T. Robinson (r)

Background imageConversation Collection: James Cagney in Winner Take All

James Cagney in Winner Take All
(Original Caption) 1932- Picture shows a scene from the movie, "Winner Take All", where actor, James Cagney(left), is talking to a woman outside

Background imageConversation Collection: Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel

Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel
(Original Caption) Greta Garbo in "Grand Hotel", 1932 Movie still

Background imageConversation Collection: James Cagney in The Crowd Roars

James Cagney in The Crowd Roars
(Original Caption) 1932- Picture shows a film clip from "The Crowd Roars", staring James Cagney(left) and Joan Blondell. He is shown speaking to two women in a living room

Background imageConversation Collection: James Cagney and Virginia Bruce

James Cagney and Virginia Bruce
(Original Caption) 1932- Picture shows a scene from the movie, "Winner Take All", where Virginia Bruce(left) is shown Talking to James Cagney(right) after a Boxing match in his dresing room

Background imageConversation Collection: Babe Ruth Taking Picture of Lou Gehrig

Babe Ruth Taking Picture of Lou Gehrig
(Original Caption) 4/12/1932 - Philadelphia

Background imageConversation Collection: Lord and Lady Bessborough's Garden Party

Lord and Lady Bessborough's Garden Party
(Original Caption) 8/1/1932-Ottawa, Canada- Delegates to the British Imperial Trade Conference at Ottawa were guests recently at a brilliant garden party given by Lord Bessborough

Background imageConversation Collection: Claudette Colbert and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr

Claudette Colbert and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. stand together at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on December 19, 1932

Background imageConversation Collection: L.Howard, Z.Marx, C.Lombard, G.Cooper, Mrs.M

L.Howard, Z.Marx, C.Lombard, G.Cooper, Mrs.M
(Original Caption) 2/9/1933-L to r: Leslie Howard, Zeppo Marx, Carole Lombard, Gary Cooper and Mrs. Zeppo Marx



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