
James H. White
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James Henry White was a Canadian film pioneer, who worked as a director, producer, and cinematographer. He also appeared as an actor in several films. He was employed by the Edison Manufacturing Company, and directed over 500 short films, both fictional and documentary.
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Interrupted Lovers (1896)
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Lone Fisherman (1896)
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Watermelon Contest (1896)
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Rout of the Filipinos (1899)
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Parade of Marines, U.S. Cruiser, 'Brooklyn' (1898)
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Filipinos Retreat from Trenches (1899)
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Serpentine Dance - Annabelle (1897)
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Shooting Captured Insurgents (1898)
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Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene (1899)
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Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance (1896)
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East Side Drive, No. 1 (1896)
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Poker at Dawson City (1899)
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Buffalo Stockyards (1897)
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Capture of Trenches at Candaba (1899)
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Feeding the Doves (1896)
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Skirmish of Rough Riders (1899)
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Capsize of Lifeboat (1897)
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Turkish Dance, Ella Lola (1898)
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Seminary Girls (1897)
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Annabelle Butterfly Dance (1894)
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Shooting the Chutes (1896)
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Pillow Fight (1897)
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Buffalo Fire Department in Action (1897)
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Black Diamond Express (1896)
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2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade and Embarkation (1899)
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Falls of Minnehaha (1897)
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Launch of Life Boat (1897)
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Cock Fight (1896)
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Butterfly Dances (2007)
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Black Diamond Express, No. 1 (1897)
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A Morning Alarm (1896)
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Fifth Avenue, New York (1897)
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Rescue - Resuscitation (1897)
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Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9 (1897)
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Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago (1897)
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Paris exposition films (1900)
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The First Sleigh-Ride (1897)
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American Falls, from Incline R.R. (1896)
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His Mother's Thanksgiving (1910)
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Armour's Electric Trolley (1897)
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Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal. (1897)
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U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh' (1899)
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Starting for the Fire (1896)
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The Burning Stable (1896)
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Ella Lola, a la Trilby (1898)
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Leander Sisters (1897)
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A Morning Bath (1896)
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Southern Pacific Overland Mail (1897)
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Giant Coal Dumper (1897)
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Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade (1898)
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Naval Sham Battle at Newport (1900)
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S.S. 'Coptic' Sailing Away (1897)
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Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 2 (1899)
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Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade (1899)
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Statue of Liberty (1898)
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Hong Kong Wharf Scene (1900)
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New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 2 (1899)
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The Morning Alarm (1896)
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104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway (1899)
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Panorama of Eiffel Tower (1900)
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Victorious Squadron Firing Salute (1898)
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Esplanade des Invalides (1900)
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Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway (1897)
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Indian Day School (1898)
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Street Scene, San Diego (1898)
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The Sea Lions' Home (1897)
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Panoramic View of Newport (1900)
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Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2 (1898)
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Farmer Kissing the Lean Girl (1898)
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Fisherman's Wharf (1897)
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Cuban Ambush (1898)
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A Storm at Sea (1900)
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Native Daughters (1898)
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Why Jones Discharged His Clerks (1900)
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S.S. 'Queen' Leaving Dock (1897)
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Palace of Electricity (1900)
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Panorama of Place de l'Opéra (1900)
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Cattle Driven to Slaughter (1897)
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Fishing Smacks (1897)
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Wash Day in Mexico (1898)
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Discharging a Whitehead Torpedo (1900)
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Passaic Falls, New Jersey (1896)
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Advance of Kansas Volunteers at Caloocan (1899)
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Down the Old Potomac (1917)
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Sutro Baths, No. 2 (1897)
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Hotel Del Monte (1897)
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U.S. Infantry Supported by Rough Riders at El Caney (1899)
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S.S. "Coptic" Lying To (—)
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Going Through the Tunnel (1898)
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Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1 (1898)
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Troop Ships for the Philippines (1898)
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Champs Elysees (1900)
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Sutro Baths, No. 1 (1897)
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American Falls from Above, American Side (1896)
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Grandma and the Bad Boys (1900)
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Panoramic View of the Place de la Concorde (1900)
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Lassoing a Steer (1898)
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Dewey Parade, 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers (1899)
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Return of Lifeboat (1897)
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Ostriches Running, No. 1 (1898)
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Boers Bringing in British Prisoners (1900)
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Fast mail, Northern Pacific Railroad (1897)
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Eagle Dance, Pueblo Indians (1898)
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Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2 (1899)
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Coaches Arriving at Mammoth Hot Springs (1899)
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Troops Embarking at San Francisco (1898)
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Battle of Mafeking (1900)
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Herald Square (1896)
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Sunday Morning in Mexico (1898)
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A Wringing Good Joke (1899)
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Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards (1897)
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Canton River Scene (1900)
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Police Patrol Wagon (1897)
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Stanford University, California (1897)
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Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park (1897)
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Calf Branding (1898)
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California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R. (1898)
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Reviewing the 'Texas' at Grant's Tomb (1898)
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Arabian Gun Twirler (1899)
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Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison (1901)
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Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry. (1898)
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Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist (1896)
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English Lancers Charging (1900)
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Union Iron Works (1898)
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The Diving Horse (1899)
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Mounted Police Charge (1896)
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Cattle Leaving the Corral (1898)
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South Spring Street, Los Angeles, Cal. (1898)
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Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School (1900)
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Cupid and Psyche (1897)
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Feeding Sea Gulls (1898)
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Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park (1899)
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Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal. (1897)
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Tourists Starting for Canton (1900)
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Husking Bee (1897)
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Pilot Boats in New York Harbor (1899)
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Lurline Baths (1897)
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Troops at Evacuation of Havana (1899)
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Casey at the Bat (1899)
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U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' Leading Naval Parade (1899)
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Las Viga Canal, Mexico City (1898)
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Dogs Playing in the Surf (1898)
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Bull Fight, no. 3 (1898)
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Shoot the Chutes Series (1899)
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Fighting the Fire (1898)
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Boxing for Points (1897)
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Irish Way of Discussing Politics (1896)
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Fun in Camp (1899)
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Going to the Fire (1896)
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S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor (1897)
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Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower (1900)
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New Black Diamond Express (1900)
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Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running (1900)
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Train Hour in Durango, Mexico (1898)
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Love and War (1899)
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Observation Train Following Parade (1898)
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Panoramic View of the Champs Elysees (1900)
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U.S. Troops and Red Cross in the Trenches Before Caloocan (1899)
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Panorama of Gorge Railway (1900)
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The Astor Tramp (1899)
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Love in a Hammock (1901)
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Eiffel Tower from Trocadero Palace (1900)
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Battery K Siege Guns (1899)
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Sea Beach Scene (1896)
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Freight Train (1898)
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Mount Taw R.R., No. 3 (1898)
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Three Acrobats (1899)
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Swiss Village, No. 2 (1900)
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Mess Call (1896)
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Champs de Mars (1900)
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S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock (1897)
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First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, No. 8 (1897)
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Japanese Sampans (1898)
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Parade of Chinese (1898)
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Buffalo Police on Parade (1897)
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Colonel Funston Swimming the Bagbag River (1899)
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Tenderloin at Night (1899)
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Wand Dance, Pueblo Indians (1898)
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Mexican Rurales Charge (1898)
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Surf at Monterey (1897)
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Boat Wagon and Beach Cart (1897)
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Procession of Floats (1898)
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Morning Colors on U.S. Cruiser 'Raleigh' (1899)
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Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo (1900)
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Dewey Arch: Troops Passing Under Arch (1899)
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S.S. 'Queen' Loading (1897)
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Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory (1897)
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Red Cross Ambulance on Battlefield (1900)
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Launching, No. 2 (1898)
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Loading baggage for Klondike, no. 6 (1897)
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Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island (1896)
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Watermelon Contest (1900)
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S.S. "Coptic" Running Against the Storm (1898)
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Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. (1897)
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Panoramic View from the Moving Sidewalk at the Paris Exposition (1900)
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The Bad Boy and the Gardener (1896)
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Opening of the Pan-American Exposition Showing Vice President Roosevelt Leading the Procession (1901)
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McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O. (1896)
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Trick Bears (1899)
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Little Egypt (1896)
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After Launching (1898)
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Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition (1900)
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Landing Wharf at Canton (1898)
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Capture of Boer Battery by British (1900)
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S.S. 'Williamette' Leaving for Klondike (1897)
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President McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American Exposition (1901)
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Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce (1900)
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Naval Apprentices at Sail Drill on Historic Ship 'Constellation' (1900)
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The Fleet Steaming Up North River (1898)
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Shanghai Street Scene No. 2 (1900)
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Admiral Dewey Receiving the Washington and New York Committees (1899)
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Kanakas Diving for Money (Honolulu), No. 2 (1898)
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Charge of Boer Cavalry (1900)
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Chicken Thieves (1897)
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Panorama of the Moving Boardwalk (1900)
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Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar (1899)
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Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R. (1902)
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Gun Drill by Naval Cadets at Newport Training School (1900)
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Launch of Japanese Man-of-War 'Chitosa' (1898)
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New Brooklyn to New York via Brooklyn Bridge, No. 1 (1899)
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Strange Adventure of New York Drummer (1899)
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Panorama of the Paris Exposition, from the Seine (1900)
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Admiral Dewey Taking Leave of Washington Committee on the U.S. Cruiser 'Olympia' (1899)
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Breaking of the Crowd at Military Review at Longchamps (1900)
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Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park (1899)
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The Police Force of New York City (1910)
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