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[Mary Pickford, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with motion picture camera, on beach] – Vintage Wall Art

[Mary Pickford, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with motion picture camera, on beach], c1916. — historic photograph
[Mary Pickford, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with motion picture camera, on beach], c1916.. Historic photograph from the Movies & Film collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Mary Pickford stands on a beach beside a motion picture camera, a pairing that points straight to the film work that made her one of the most recognized faces of the 1910s. Born in Toronto in 1892, she rose from child stage performer to leading screen actress, and by 1916 she was among the biggest box-office draws in American silent film. Publicity pictures like this one, registered with the U.S. Copyright Office as the record notes, helped promote her films and build the public image of "America's Sweetheart.

Created / publishedc1916.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ220039 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsPickford, Mary,--1892-1979. Actresses--1910-1920. Motion picture cameras--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,212 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-189480

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