Todd Light collection on Lillian Gish

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Lillian Gish and Dorothy Cumming in "The Wind," 1928

Photograph of (left to right) Lillian Gish and Dorothy Cumming in costume from the 1928 film "The Wind."

Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, D.W. Griffith, and an unknown man outside of the White House, 1922

Photograph taken at the White House after a screening of "Orphans of The Storm" held for President Warren Harding in 1922. Standing left to right: unkown man, Dorothy Gish, Lillian Gish, D.W. Griffith.

Lillian Gish and Joseph Striker in "Annie Laurie," 1927

Photograph of Lillian Gish and Joseph Striker in costume from the 1927 film "Annie Laurie."

Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson in "The Wind," 1928

Photograph of Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson in costume from the 1928 film "The Wind."

Lillian Gish and an unknown woman, 1973

Photograph of Lillian Gish and an unknown woman at a press conference and author's luncheon for her book "Dorothy and Lillian Gish" at G.W. Fox Department Store, Hartford, Connecticut, 1973.

Lillian Gish in "The Scarlet Letter," 1926

Photograph of Lillian Gish in costume from the 1926 film "The Scarlet Letter."

Lillian Gish in "Orders To Kill," 1958

Photograph of Lillian Gish in costume from the 1958 film "Orders To Kill."

Lillian Gish and Roland Young in "His Double Life," 1933

Photograph of Roland Young and Lillian Gish in costume from the 1933 film "His Double Life."

Lillian Gish, Richard Dix, Anne Gwynne, Donald O'Connor, and Peggy Ryan in "Top Man," 1943

Photograph of (front row) Lillian Gish, Richard Dix, (back row left to right) Anne Gwynne, Donald O'Connor, and Peggy Ryan in costume for the 1943 film "Top Man."

Lillian Gish and Audrey Hepburn in "The Unforgiven," 1960

Photograph of (left to right) Audrey Hepburn and Lillian Gish in costume from the 1960 film "The Unforgiven."

Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, George Fawcett, Tom Wilson, Ralph Graves, and Eugenie Besserer in "The Greatest Question," 1919

Photograph of (left to right) Robert Harron, Lillian Gish, George Fawcett, Tom Wilson, Ralph Graves, and Eugenie Besserer in "The Greatest Question," 1919.

Lillian Gish and Norman Kerry in "Annie Laurie," 1927

Photograph of Lillian Gish and Norman Kerry in costume from the 1927 film "Annie Laurie."

This collection features digital reproductions of items from the Todd Light collection on Lillian Gish, a subset of the Gish Film Theater collection at the BGSU Center for Archival Collections (CAC). The Todd Light collection contains over 500 pieces of memorabilia related to the career of actor Lillian Gish, including photographs, publicity pieces, Playbills, clippings, and other items dating from 1914 to 1995. This digital collection focuses particularly on the photographs featured in the Todd Light collection.

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All photographs featured in this digital collection, along with the entirety of the Todd Light collection and its parent collection, the Gish Film Theater collection, are also available to view onsite at the CAC. For more information on the Gish Film Theater collection and its sub-collections, see the full collection finding aid.

This digital collection was created by Cecilia Seibert, CAC graduate assistant from the BGSU Department of History, during the 2024 fall semester and 2025 spring semester.