[Portrait of unidentified woman, Wilmoth Houdini, Duke of Iron (Cecil ...
Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb The Renaissance Ballroom information was provided in the 2014 [Bear Family] publication Calypso Craze, 1956-1957 and Beyond (EAN: 53971021694... More
[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, right]
472_7351_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Musical Instruments - [ Vuillaume violin : right f-hole]
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Georg Fried: Haendel geb: 1684. Joh: Sebast: Bach geb; 1685. Joseph Ta...
Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: (beneath image) Georg Fried: Haendel geb: 1684. Joh: Sebast: Bach geb; 1685. Joseph Tartini geb: 1692. / Joh: Joach: Quanz geb: 1697. Christof Gluck geb: 1714. Nicolo Jomelli... More
Peintures antiques découvertes à Herculanum conservées dans le Musaeum...
after a drawing by Pierre Adrien Pâris, painter, architect, draughtsman, decorator, and engraver, 1745-1819; from a book compiled by Richard, or Jean-Claude Richard, abbé de Saint-Non, draughtsman, etcher, and ... More
DCM 0683: Anonymous, North American Indian Whistle Flute
DCM ledger: "California, Sacramento County." Instrument type: Whistle Flute Medium: Bone.; 11 mm. Key Holes System: Appears to have a fipple aperture and 2 fingerholes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E.... More
DCM 0114: Anonymous Kaval (End-blown Flute)
Instrument type: Kaval (End-blown Flute) Medium: Unidentified wood, possibly mahogany, bone ferrules. Bird's eye décor and some turned lines are black-filled; others are filled with brown paint or ink.; 84 cm.... More
DCM 1517: Rudall & Rose Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood(?), silver cap, keys, and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 66.4 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs over square plates for C#, C. Pin in block. M... More
DCM 1250: Anonymous Flute in C(?)
DCM ledger: "Replica of Transverse Flute, from measurements of the figure in Praetorius Syntagma II, plate IX, g." This instrument is rather crudely made and its dimensions may be suspect. Instrument type: Flut... More
DCM 0668: Jean-Francois Martin French Flageolet
Instrument type: French Flageolet Medium: Boxwood, animal horn ferrules and mouthpiece exterior.; 16.6 cm. Key Holes System: 2/4 holes. Mark Maximum: MARTIN / (2 flowers, lion rampant) Mark Additional: Mark on... More
DCM 1580: Anonymous Dvojnice (Double Vertical Whistle Flute)
Instrument type: Dvojnice (Double Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Wood.; 34.2 cm. Key Holes System: Right pipe: 0/4 holes; left pipe: 0/3 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Spofford Whiting, New York, 5... More
DCM 1341: Chabrier Peloubet Flute in C
Mark on foot; C. PELOUBET / NEW-YORK / FACTORY AT / BLOOMFIELD Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys. Metal-lined head joint.; 60.1 cm. Key Ho... More
DCM 0506: Buffet-Crampon Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, stained and enamelled dark, brass keys and ferrules.; 59.65 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm 1832 system, conical, foot to D. Dorus G#. Mark Maximum: (lyre) / BUFFET / C... More
Photo of DCM 0660: Piering Flute in C - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony(?), ivory head joint cap (including cork-setting mechanism) and ferrules, silver keys.; 61.9 cm., 62.7 cm., 63.4 cm. Key Holes System: 2 keys, square flat flaps (D#, G... More
Photo of DCM 0370c: Anonymous Panpipes - Public domain dedication
See DCM 366, Notes. See DCM 370a. Instrument type: Panpipes Medium: Bamboo.; 2.5 cm. x 24.5 cm. x 36.5 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Front of brace and one pipe cracked. Provenance: G. Meriggioli, Mila... More
DCM 1536: Firth Hall & Pond Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Wood, stained dark brown, silver keys, ivory ferrules.; 62.7 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: 4 keys, saltspoon, pin in block. Mark Maximum: 4088(?) / FIRTH HALL & POND / N-YOR... More
DCM 0030: Firth Hall & Pond Piccolo in E-flat (F)
Instrument type: Piccolo in E-flat (F) Medium: Boxwood, brass key, bone(?) cap and ferrules.; 28.15 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, round flat flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: FIRTH HALL & POND / FRANKLIN SQE / ... More
Photo of DCM 0567: Manzane Flute in C - Public domain dedication
Manzane may be counterfeit for Monzani. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ivory, silver keys, ferrules.; 65.8 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pewter plugs over square plates for C#, C. Upper C and l... More
DCM 0775: Anonymous, North American Indian (Yurok) Flute(?)
DCM ledger: "American Indian, Yurok, California." There are 3 roughly equally spaced holes made by cutting deep notches at each point, but neither end appears to facilitate the required sound-producing edge. If... More
DCM 0755: Anonymous, North American Indian (Pawnee) Vertical Whistle F...
DCM ledger: "Pawnee." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Unidentified bone (DCM ledger: "Turkey or eagle"), with loop of skin with brown fur attached, likely meant to be a neck strap.; 19.4 cm. Ke... More
DCM 1526: Anonymous, Chinese Di (Transverse Flute)
Instrument type: Di (Transverse Flute) Medium: Bamboo, decorated in 24 places with string winding and black lacquer. Bone ferrules, and blue tassel.; 64.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus membrane hole, 2 ... More
DCM 0600: Gerock & Wolf Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys, metal-lined head.; 66.5 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, foot to C. Saltspoon, except low C#, C, which hav... More
DCM 0166c: Anonymous, Mexican Indian(?) Whistle
Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Pottery bird with red, pink, black, and gold markings.; 8.3 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Broken in several pieces, portions have been glued back together. Provenance: ... More
DCM 0771: Theobald Boehm Flute in C
Both sockets have a decorative wide sheet metal ferrule, plus a secondary beaded ferrule which is applied with a threaded screw adjustment (tightening) mechansim to compensate for wood shrinkage. Instrument typ... More
Der reisende Virtuos und mein Pudel Fulcan (The traveling virtuoso an...
Austrian (artist nationality) history painter and etcher (artist role) Recto: left of center: (in dog's collar) Ber ; bottom center: Der reisende Virtuos und mein Pudel Fulcan. ; l. l.: 1807. ; l. r.: No 56. ; ... More
Public Domain Images - The Farmer's Boy
after a design by John Thurston, watercolorist and draughtsman, 1774-1822 (artist notes) British (artist nationality) wood engraver (artist role) Thurston, John, 1774-1822 (original artist) Recto: l. l.: Thurst... More
Baltimore Convention, Old Tippecanoe, a patriotic song
An illustrated sheet music cover for a "Patriotic Song. Written, to be sung at Baltimore during the Young Men's Whig Convention" of May 1840. The composer is identified as "a Pennsylvanian." The illustration, l... More
Columbia rules the sea - sheet music cover
An emblem of an eagle supported by two American flags, illustrates the sheet music cover for a song by Josiah D. Canning. The eagle's wings are spread and its mouth holds a streamer with the composer's sobrique... More
[ Portrait of Jean Louis Tulou, flutist, 1786-1865]
Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: l. l.: (signature, illegible) ; on mat board (beneath watercolor, in pencil, text copied from verso): REEVES Jan. 1931 AQUARELLE Tulou $20 (inscription) Watercolor and gouach... More
Band members wait out clearing of train wreck [en route from Portland ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Adrian Whittaker, Herbert Clarke (cornet soloist) and Simone Mantia in...
Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
[ Young Danny Kaye (David Kaminski) sitting on a pony, date unknown]
Box marked: DKA_VSBOX7 Folder marked: DK as child, DK's family (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to t... More
Sousa and Baseball Commisioner Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis
Public domain photograph related to baseball, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Serge Diaghilev, n.d.
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Photograph of Serge Diaghilev, n.d.
Public domain image of a male portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Photograph of Bronislava Nijinska, graduation picture, 1908
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Cover page, Boris Godounov, Paris, 1908
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Photograph of Léon Baskt, Serge Diaghilev, and unidentified others (19...
Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sousa on world tour - Egypt - Library of Congress performing arts ency...
Public domain photo of wedding, wedding photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Photograph of Vaslav Nijinsky applying makeup to an artist before a pe...
Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bernstein ca. 1922. Photographer unidentified. (Music Division)
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Poster of Ballets Russes, June 1922
Picryl description: Public domain book about theatrical performances, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Miss E. Wild - Public domain portrait photograph
Inscription: Recto: l. l.: (photographer's imprint embossed on cream-colored paper mount) Scotts Studios Ltd / 37. KING ST. / COVENT GARDEN.; Verso: u. r.: (in pencil) 523; upper center: (in blue pencil or cray... More
Mice Orchestra - Public domain animals drawing
Unknown (artist nationality) Verso: pencil drawing of a mouse or rat; l. l.: (in pencil) C567/2 (inscription) Pen and ink wash drawing. (medium) Good condition. Some surface dirt and wear from handling around a... More
Photograph of Le Train Blue (photo 2), 1924
Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
ASCAP meeting - the march king John Philip Sousa
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Aaron Copland with landlady and dog, Königstein, Germany, 1927
Copland's ink note on back reads "This is me with the hausfrau and the dog." Later he adds in pencil "Konigstein [no umlaut], 1927 Germany"
Vaudeville Frolic - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
Circus - theatrical playbill, public domain image
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Martha Graham in the leading dance characterization of "Le Sacre du Pr...
Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)
Photographic Negative from New York production of Macbeth (Lafayette T...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pirates of Penzance - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of...
Federal Theatre Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan Trinity ME Church Bay St City Island - Bronx, NY Ths Sept 16 8:30 35c 15c (Content)
Photographic Negative from New York production of Dr. Faustus. Finding...
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More
She Stoops to Conquer - Public domain poster, Music division, Library ...
Text on Poster: Federal Theatre Hallie Flanagan National Director George Kondolf Director for N.Y.C. Presents She Stoops to Conquer By Oliver Goldsmith (Content)
Swing Mikado - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Congre...
Starting June 15 Federal Theatre Treasure Island A Cast of 100 Swing Mikado Sensational Success Hot From New York Daily Performance 8pm except Monday Prices 25c-50c-75c plus tax The Big Hit of the Gold... More
The Merry Widow - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Con...
Savoy Theatre "The Merry Widow" by Franz Lehar November 11th 12th 13th 8:30pm Matinee November 12th 2:30pm Prices 25c 40c 75c San Diego Symphony Orchestra Ass'n and the Works Progress Administration ... More
Photographic Negative from production of Power (Cast Portraits --Stein...
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Photographic Negative from New York production of Macbeth (Lafayette T...
Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photographic Negative from production of Power (Cast Portraits --Stein...
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Caravan Theatre - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Con...
Text on Poster: The Federal Theatre The Caravan Theatre Presents Free Plays in Public Parks and fields Queens Tuesdays Highland Park Warwick St. & Jamaica Ave. Wednesdays Forest Park Myrtle, Ave. & Woodha... More
Federal Varieties - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of C...
Text on Poster: Warburton Yonkers 5 Days Aug. 5-6-7-8-9 On the Stage Federal Varieties 40 Stage Radio and Screen Stars 40 Comedy Galore – Novelties Dancing Girls – 20 Musicians Added Attraction Rural F... More
Photographic Negative from New York production of Macbeth (Lafayette T...
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More
Public domain art prints - Public domain print
Ilka Kolsky's woodblock print. (General) Public domain photograph of 20th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Corianolus - concert / theatrical poster
Text on Poster: Works Progress Administration Theatre of the Four Seasons Roslyn L.I. N.Y. Telephone Roslyn 1058 New York State Federal theatre Project Presenting an Autumn Festival of Plays Directed by... More
Trial By Jury - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
The Emperor's New Clothes - Public domain poster, Music division, Libr...
WPA Federal Theatre Presents The Emperors New Clothes By Charlotte Chorpenning Heckscher Theatre 5th Avenue and 105th Street December 25 to January 2 Matinees Only at 2:30 A Childrens Theatre Production (Content)
The Pirates of Penzance - Public domain poster, Music division, Librar...
Savoy Theatre The Pirates of Penzance Prices Evenings 25c 40c 75c Matinee 25c 40c Dec 7-8-9-10 8:15pm Matinee Dec 10 2:15 Sponsored by San Diego Symphony Association and WPA Federal Music Project (Content)
R.U.R, Art Deco Poster - Public domain poster, Music division, Library...
Federal Theatre Marionette Theatre presents RUR (Content) The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide ... More
Photographic Negative from New York production of Macbeth (Lafayette T...
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More
Pirates of Penzance: Eighth Pirate Aloysius. Brown shirt, puffy brown ...
Fabric swatches attached (Content) Public domain scan of 1930s theatrical costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal pro... More
Twelfth Night: Sir Andrew Aquecheer
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It Can't Happen Here - Public domain poster, Music division, Library o...
Text on Poster: Baker-Federal Theatre 1447 Lawrence KEstone 5832 “It Can’t Happen here” By Sinclair Lewis and J. C. Moffitt Opening October 27th WPA (Content)
[ Martha Graham, Young Men's Hebrew Association, January 5, 1936]
Program for a performance at the Theresa L. Kaufmann Theatre on January 5, 1936. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, ww... More
Broadway - concert / theatrical poster
Civic University Theatre Dec 10-11-12 also 17-18-19 Federal Players present The Dynamic Comdy Drama Broadway By Philip Dunning and George Abbott Popular Rates Eve 8:15 25-40-55c tax incl. Mat Sat 2:15 1... More
The Gift - theatrical playbill, public domain image
Eliza Poole School (venue) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other... More
See Naples and Die - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of ...
Text on Poster: Blackstone Theatre Phone har. 6609 The Federal Theatre Presents See Naples and Die By Elmer Rice A Sophisticated Comedy The Pazzia Starts at 8:30 Every Evening Except Monday Gala New Year... More
See How They Run - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Co...
Text on Poster: “See How They Run” Prize Play Dramatists Guide A Drama of Todays happenings Who’s Right By George Savage Starts Sept. 5th Federal theatre Project div of W.P.A. Alcazar (Content)
Varieties of 1938 - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
[Portrait of a vocalist with Justin Stone's ensemble, between 1938 and...
Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 308 (gottlieb assignment) 308 (assign... More
[Portrait of Cozy Cole, Ole South, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and ...
Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More
[Portrait of Marty Emerson in his home, Washington, D.C., between 1938...
Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More
[Portrait of John S. Wilson, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948]
Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 343 (gottlieb assignment) 343 (assign... More
Room Service - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Congre...
Text on Poster: “Room Service” A Comedy by John Murray & Allen Boretz Alcazar Nov. 28 Federal Theatre project A div. of W.P.A. (Content)
Black Empire - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Congre...
Text on Poster: Federal Theatre Rainier & Atlantic CA. 1522 The Black Magic of Haiti in the story of the only man Napoleon feared “Black Empire” By Christine Ames Prices 25c 40c plus tax Feb 15th to 19th... More
Porgy - concert / theatrical poster
WPA Federal Theatre negro company in Porgy by dorothy and dubose heyward at the Avery Memorial 3 days tu. Fri. sat. mar 17-18-19 (Content)
Pursuit of Happiness - Public domain poster, Music division, Library o...
Text on Poster: Detroit Federal Theatre presents On the Cinema Theatre Stage 56 E. Columbia WPA Pursuit of Happiness By Lawrence Langer & Armina Marshall Langer One Week beg. April 5 (Content)
Bay Region Federal Symphony Orchestra
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
[Portrait of Joe Marsala, Zutty Singleton, and Teddy Wilson, National ...
Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More
As You Like It - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Cong...
Text on Poster: Blackstone Theatre E. 7th St. at Michigan Beginning June 8th. Shakespeare’s “As You like It” Staged by Russell Spindler Nitely (Exc. Mon.) Mat. Sat. Federal Theatre W.P.A. (Content)
[ Ernie Williams (Danny Kaye) wrapped in a blanket escapes a Nazi offi...
A scene from the Dena-Capri film "On the Double." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for o... More
[ Lamentation] - Martha Graham Collection
Reproduced with permission of the Sunami family. (Copyright Notice) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Co... More
[ Erick Hawkins in Cave of the heart, No. 1]
Photo by Philippe Halsman / copyright Halsman Estate. (Copyright Notice) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org... More
Flute of Krishna, No. 4 - Martha Graham Collection
Photographer unknown. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)
[Portrait of Ahmet M. Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, and William P. Gottlieb...
Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More
[ Pearl Lang in Letter to the World, No. 3]
Photographer unknown. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)
Flute of Krishna, No. 2 - Martha Graham Collection
Photographer unknown. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)
[ Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine stand under umbrella on terrace with gard...
Box marked: DKA_VSBOX7 Folder marked: DK SFK (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other... More
[ Headshot of Diana Dors as Sergeant Bridget Stanhope]
From the Dena-Capri film "On the Double." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other pur... More
Aaron Copland at recording session, England
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[ Set of Cave of the heart] - Martha Graham Collection
Photographer unknown. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)