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Hats Off: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 5:30am.
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Another circa 1920 shot of the stage and film actress Grace Valentine and that Packard Twin Six roadster. Starting in 1916, Grace was one of the players in a Vitagraph film serial called The Scarlet Runner, about young Christopher Race and his "super car," the Scarlet Runner. (The final installment of the 12 two-reel episodes was "The Car and the Girl.") While unfortunately no prints of the film are known to survive, the story still exists on paper, having been serialized in newspapers of the day. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
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Submitted by Cole Kaulfelt; Richmond on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 5:35pm.
Ahhmazinggg. I'm so in love with the fashions and such in all of these photographs.
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