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HELENA SMITH DAYTON EARLY FILM MAKER FIGURES 1915

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GEORGES MELIES: (1861 â€“ 1938) Pioneering French film director and filmmaker, best known for early films such as 'A Trip to the Moon' and 'The Impossible Voyage'. Manuscript D.S. 'G. Melies', 2pp. 4to., Paris,

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[CIVIL WAR]. EARLY, Jubal A. (1816-1894). Two post-war autographed letters signed ("JA Early") to: [CIVIL WAR]. EARLY, Jubal A. (1816-1894). Two post-war autographed letters signed ("JA Early") to Reverend James Powell Smith. Lynchburg, VA, 2 and 16 May 1887. Each 2 pages, 8vo, on Morris blin

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Civil War State of New York Belt Plate: American Civil War period State of New York (SNY) small sized m1839 oval waist belt plate with single arrow hook (Kerksis, figure 121). Reverse of plate maker stamped in solder "MADE BY J.I. PITTMAN.

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DANIEL SMITH DONELSON: (1801 - 1863) Confederate major general. The historic river-port of Fort Donelson was named for him as a brigadier in the Tennessee militia, early in the Civil War. He led the initial assault at Perry

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Original 1917 Uncle Sam Recruiting Poster By James Montgomery Flagg, I WANT YOU Color Poster 30 x 40: Historic Americana World War I: Uncle Sam Recruiting Poster By James Montgomery Flagg with the Iconic Text: "I Want You/ For U.S. Army/ Nearest Recruiting Station." the 1917 Original World War I (1917

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18th Century Hand-Forged Iron Slave Shackle Set: Black History Rare Type c. 1750 Colonial Hand-Forged Slave Shackle Set c. 1750 18th Century Colonial Era, Hand-Forged Set of Iron Slave Shackles, Very Fine. This original Hand-forged Set of Slave Trad

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HELENA SMITH DAYTON EARLY FILM MAKER FIGURES 1915

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A PAIR OF RARE POLYCHROME CAST PLASTER “MUD-FOLK” FIGURES BY HELENA SMITH DAYTON, 1870-1960. Modeled as a flower seller and a gentleman with straw hat and cane, each with Helen Smith date and stamped signature and 1915 copyright. Height 7.25 inches (18.5 cm).Helena Smith Dayton (1879-1960) was an American film maker, painter and sculptor working on the East Coast who used fledgling stop motion and clay animation techniques in the 1910s and 1920s, one of the first female animators to do so. Her work contributed to the release of one of the first stop motion films in 1917, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. She was also a journalist while living in Connecticut, and spent World War I in Paris working with the YMCA-(Wiki)