theater

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Theater of Marcellus

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Psyché, a scene from the ballet

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Anatomisch theater van de Universiteit Leiden

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Le petit sabotier. âgé de cinq ans et demi, dansant l'entrée de Pierro...

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Paper Theater or Diorama of an Italianate Villa and Garden

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Lévesque, Marie Héloise Jacqueline

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Falcoz, ..., portrait - Public domain portrait print

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Adolf van der Laan - Schouwburg met toneeldecor: De Italiaansche Straa...

Toneelvoorstelling in de Amsterdamse Schouwburg op de Keizersgracht met het coulissendecor De Italiaansche Straat met scène uit: De Gewaande Advocaat. Het decor gedrukt van een aparte plaat binnen een passe-par... More

Feest in Den Haag ter ere van het bezoek van de prins en prinses van O...

Volksfeest op het Malieveld te Den Haag ter ere van de komst van de prins en prinses van Oranje naar Den Haag op 16 september 1816. Een grote menigte vermaakt zich met allerlei spellen en voorstellingen: koordd... More

Costumes de Melle. Taglioni, rôle de la sylphide, et de Mazillier, rôl...

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Louis Candide Boulanger - Quatre pages

Maquette de costume pour " Ruy blas " au théâtre de la Renaissance, en 1838 (Subtitle) Titre de l'oeuvre - Au recto, en haut, à droite : "4 pages" Inscription manuscrite - A droite, le long du bord, pointant di... More

The musical bouquet. Come away to the glen. Cavatina. Composed by F. L...

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collection of the most admired polkas by the most eminent European com...

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Costumes de Mlle. Sophie Dumilatre et de Mr. Hoguet. Le diable à quatr...

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Ballet: The polka., Art print depicting dance

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La redowatschka, rédowa-polka. dansée dans le ballet La vivandière par...

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Fanny Cerrito St. Léon. - Public domain portrait engraving

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Miss Chesney. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actress. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More

Emily Jordon. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actress. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More

Emma Livry. - Engraving, Public domain image

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Theater, Sint-Petersburg, Rusland (70. Am grossen Theater)

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Scène de l'Opera, La tarentelle (Étoile de Messine)

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Mademoiselle Fioretti de l'Opéra.

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New York Miniature Opera Company, "Silence be! It was the cat" "Goodne...

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Scene 3, from Jack and the Giant Killer, Scenes for a Toy Theater

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Vattentornet i Kalmar med Västerport framför. Kalmar teater och frimur...

Vattentornet i Kalmar med Västerport framför. Kalmar teater och frimurarhotellet till höger.

[Helena Modjeska, 1840-1909, three-quarters length portrait, seated, f...

48080 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI; Shelf. Actress.

Mr. G. Bernard Shaw - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Charles Frohman's $40,000 production, Hearts are trumps written by Cec...

D8535 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8928. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Hope Hampton, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows silent film actress and producer, and later opera singer, Hope Hampton (1897-1982). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. For... More

Knickerbocker theater: "Angel Face"

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Hope Hampton, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows silent film actress and producer, and later opera singer, Hope Hampton (1897-1982). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. For... More

Bessie Abbot, actress, Rentlinger Photo. / Rentling Photo.

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Mabel Normand, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Mabel Ethelreid Normand (1892-1930), an American silent-film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer.(Source:Flickr Commons project, 2019) Data provided by the Bain News Service on the e... More

The Crouching Silenus, Stage of Theatre of Dionysus, Athens, Greece

Statue on stage of Theatre of Dionysus, amphitheater, Athens, Greece. H11151 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4114.

Panoramic view from Colonial Theatre of Boston Common showing State Ho...

H38066 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. Chickering & Co.; November 13, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41972. On front: "Copyright by E. Chickering & Co., 1903, reproduction forbidden".

Wu-Ting-Fang in Chinese Theatre

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[Theatre meeting to demand the Susan B. Anthony amendment for the enfr...

Photograph shows several women seated on stage with one woman standing addressing the large audience; banner on stage reads "We demand the Susan B. Anthony amendment for the enfranchisement of women".

Les sylphides, Art print depicting dance

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Farrar as "Carmen" - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967), an American soprano opera singer and film actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of ... More

1848 - Drawing. Public domain image.

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F Showgirl - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Mrs. Street - Public domain portrait photograph

Summary: Unidentified actress in what appears to be a still photograph from a skit on woman's suffrage, featuring a woman wearing a wedding ring and a gingham dress and white apron seated at a table with mixing... More

untitled - Drawing. Public domain image.

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2 Babylonian Capt. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Gingham girl 1 - Drawing. Public domain image.

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"Chrysanthemum" girls 201 - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Magpie - Drawing. Public domain image.

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untitled - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Ballet-Asia-Girls SK4 - Public domain dedication image

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Van Dresser, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American soprano and actress Marcia Van Dresser (1877-1937) wearing an American flag and holding another American flag. The Red Cross flag is behind her. Photograph probably taken during World ... More

Yellow Boys - Public domain dedication image

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Larrimore holding fans, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph probably shows actress Francine Larrimore (1898-1975). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Co... More

Bon Echo's Little Theatre - circa 1920

Theatre was an important part of Merrill Denison's life and it extended to Bon Echo to entertain guests at the Inn.

Larrimore seated at piano - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph probably shows actress Francine Larrimore (1898-1975). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Co... More

Dance Dominos-Black Set - Public domain portrait painting

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Knickerbocker Theater disaster, [1/30/22]

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Knickerbocker Theater - Color separation negative, public domain

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Photograph of the Dance Theatre of Harlem in a reconstruction of Les B...

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Mrs. Edw. Browning, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American actress Peaches Browning (1910-1956), born Frances Belle Heenan, known for her marriage to New York businessman, Edward West "Daddy" Browning (1875-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons proje... More

Mrs. Edw. Browning - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows American actress Peaches Browning (1910-1956), born Frances Belle Heenan, known for her marriage to New York businessman, Edward West "Daddy" Browning (1875-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Norma Shearer in short dress - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows Canadian film actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. On negative: "Red & white spo... More

Scots Mission Hospital, Tiberias. The operating theatre. Patient, eye ...

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Visit of H.R.H. the Crown Prince of Sweden in December 1934. The Princ...

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The Federal Theatre presents "Up pops the devil" 3 act comedy by Alber...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Up pops the devil" at the Waterloo Theater, showing stylized ballerina. Stamped on verso: Works Progress Administration, Des Moines, Iowa. Official business. ... More

Jebel el-Druze & Hauran. Kanawat. The theatre from the south

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[Portrait of Barney Bigard, Ben Webster, Otto Toby Hardwick(e), Harry ...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/g... More

A black and white photo of a man holding a teddy bear, Texas, during G...

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Hayes office General Counsel protests Neely Bill to regulate movie sal...

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Theatre in workers' section at Holyoke, Massachusetts

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Beach Theatre, Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, Florida. Lobby detail

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Mr. Langston Hughes, Negro poet and playwright. Chicago, Illinois

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Scene from "Othello" with Paul Robeson and Margaret Webster [i.e. Uta ...

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Zarah Leander, film- musikal- och grammofonartist uppfödd i Karlstad, ...

Zarah Leander, film- musikal- och grammofonartist uppfödd i Karlstad, gästar teatern vid 50-årsjubileet 13 nov 1943.

Coronet Theatre, W. 49th St., New York City. Stage from center

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Carol M. Highsmith - Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency not held by the Library. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M.... More

Asia Minor. Ephesus. Marble street, ruins of theatre on right

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Ephesus. Marble street. Ruins of theater on left?

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Capitol Theater, 51st St. and Broadway, New York. From balcony, screen...

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Actress Dorothy Dandridge, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Copy of a color photograph. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the Rosa Parks Papers (Library of Congress).

Capitol Theatre. To screen, screen curtains drawn

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Teatervisning (forts.) den 27 februari 1965.I garderoben på Hjalmar Be...

Teatervisning (forts.) den 27 februari 1965.I garderoben på Hjalmar Bergmanteatern. Handfat med spegel.59.26585, 15.21948

Coat Abraham Lincoln was wearing the night be was shot by Booth at For...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

John Hinckley, leaning forward, chin cupped in right hand, listens to ...

Caption from Drawing Justice exhibit: President Ronald Reagan and John Hinckley After the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981, by John Hinckley, his lawyer Vince Fuller used ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- John F. Kennedy Jr., editor-in-chief of ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- John F. Kennedy Jr., editor-in-chief of George Magazine, greets invited guests at the Home Box Office (HBO) and Imagine Entertainment premiere of the 12-part miniseries "From the E... More

Soldiers take their seats in the Camp Hialeah movie theatre for an inp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Joel C. Miller Release Status... More

Emanuele Razza and Marcello Sultono, Italian construction workers, con...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Staci Clapper Release Status:... More

A US Navy (USN) P-3C Orion, Patrol Squadron One 6 (VP-16), War Eagles,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Souda Harbor State: Crete Country: Greece (GRC) Scene Camera Operator: Paul Farley, USN, CIV Release... More

Carver Theater Marquee in exhibit at the Birmingham Civil Rights Insti...

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute was dedicated in 1992.Today, the BCRI features exhibits showing human rights barriers during the Civil Rights era. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the p... More

Marquee of the Uptown Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas, along Texas Rou...

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Public domain stock image. Stage curtain curtain stage.

Public domain stock image. Vintage actress collage.

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A black and white photo of an actor and an actress. Humphrey bogart la...

And in the man from u. n. c. l. e / The man with the red hair / Public domain stock photo.

A theater with red seats and a red curtain. Cinema cinema seating movi...

The red curtain of the theatre. Public domain stock photographs related to music and performing arts.

Newspaper ad for Kiss and Tell (Columbia Pictures)

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Theater: Aufführung des Trauerspiels "Agamemnon."

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The burning of the theatre in Richmond, Virginia, on the night of the ...

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The Cradle Will Rock (25 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Federal Art Project (63 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

The Theatre

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