Toyonobu Ishikawa - Onoe kikugorō [to] nakamura kiyosaburō
Print shows actors Onoe Kikugorō and Nakamura Kiyosaburō, wearing geta, portraying street musicians. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. A... More
Kiyohiro Torii - Ichikawa danjūrō no sukeroku
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Nakamura matsue no kyōmachi no oman to sawamura tanosuke no tsunewakam...
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fumi o kaku onoe tamizō, Shunsh Katsukawa
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a set of Hosoban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Nakamura tomijurō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakamura Tomijurō portraying a woman performing a Noh dance. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one of a se... More
Godaime ichikawa danjūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō V, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with large hat and carrying a paper lantern. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo ... More
Nidaime sawamura yodogorō (no kawatsura hōgen to) bandō zenji (no oni ...
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms p... More
Sandaime ichikawa yaozō - Public domain portrait print
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Yaozō III, bust portrait, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. ... More
Shigenoi kowakare, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print
Print showing a woman holding a tray of rice cakes?, standing over a man sitting on the floor next to a gameboard. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More
Shichidaime ichikawa danjūrō - Public domain portrait painting
Print shows the actor Ichikawa Danjūrō VII, full-length portrait, standing, facing right.
Fujimusume no harukoma, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print
Print shows an actor, possibly wearing a mask, in the role of a maiden with a hobby horse hand puppet. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-200... More
Nakamura shikan no hyakusho yasaku - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakamura Shikan portraying Yasaku, a farmer holding a rifle outside farm buildings. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More
E. Lamb. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: Lamb. Actor. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More
[Frank S. Chanfrau, actor, full-length portrait in costume, facing fro...
Written on mount: Chanfrau. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Possart, portrait, three quarter length portrait
Photograph shows German actor Ernst von Possart, in costume, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. No. 1583. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
Jefferson, Joe (Actor), Glass negative portrait, 1870s
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Edwin Booth as Iago in Othello, "let us be conjunct"]
Photo copyrighted by J. Gurney. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Two kinds of fool Americans / F.M. Hutchins.
Print shows Puck standing between two views of Americans depicted on large sheets of paper; on the left are "The Jingoes" identified as "Reid, Frye, Hoar, [and] Lodge" among others, Reid carries a flag that sta... More
Backs plan for Federal Department of Art, Science, and Literature. Was...
A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Barney Gilmore in the great comedy drama, Kidnapped in New York by How...
D7709 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Scene - 3rd Act, The kidnappers den; Dooley and his friend the actor make a rough house. Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print., Cinci... More
Actors parade - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tour of Mr. Charles B. Hanford - Public domain portrait print
G xxc 3464 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Mr. Charles B. Harford as Petruchio. Created and "copyright 1902 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 6304. Forms part of: Thea... More
As to the many theatrical failures, business will pick up when-- / Ehr...
Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, the construction of mannequin models as stand-ins for actors, surrounded by scenes of price gouging, poorly attended performances, the use of wooden actors... More
J.J. Coleman presents "that odd fellow" Mr. Harry Beresford in Our new...
Caption: I may suggest the Wild West, but my dearest enemy could not accuse me of being woolly. Created and "copyright 1904 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 7947. Fo... More
J.J. Coleman presents "that odd fellow" Mr. Harry Beresford in Our new...
Caption: Strange so few varieties of cabbage and so many brands of cigars. Created and "copyright 1904 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 7946. Forms part of: Theatric... More
Sidney R. Ellis presents golden voiced singer, Al. H. Wilson in his ne...
Caption: The lullaby yodel. Created and "copyright 1906 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 9978. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Actors Benefit [for Crippled Children], Lew Dockstader as Roosevelt
A group of men standing on top of a baseball field. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
J.S. Murphy, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920
Created by "The Courier Lith. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." Newspaper clipping encased in mylar. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
The moving picture cowboy Tom Mix doing stunts. The way he told the st...
Motion picture poster for "The moving picture cowboy" shows Tom Mix being bucked off a horse and an inset showing Mix with posssibly the director and fellow actor, and photographer in the background. Color lit... More
Harry Fox & McGraw - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows actor and comedian Harry Fox (1882-1959) with baseball player John Joseph McGraw (1873-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Burr McIntosh - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph probably shows William Burr McIntosh (1862-1942) who was a movie studio owner, silent film actor, photographer and a pioneer in the early film and radio business. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Lou Tellegen & Farrar, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) with her husband, actor and screenwriter Lou Tellegen (1881-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by ... More
Lou Tellegen & Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows American soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) with her husband, actor and screenwriter Lou Tellegen (1881-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Geraldine Farrar, an Americ... More
Rudolph De Cordova & wife - A man and a woman sitting at a table
Photograph shows screenwriter and actor Rudolph de Cordova (1860-1941) with his wife Alicia Ramsey (born Alice Joanna Royston) (1864-1933). Ramsey was also a writer and playwright. (Source: Flickr commons project, 2014)
Sir H.B. Tree & Elsa MacKay - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917), an English actor and theater manager with actress Elsie Mackay who was to perform in Tree's production of Henry VIII in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons proj... More
Farrar & Lou Tellegen, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) with her husband, actor and screenwriter Lou Tellegen (1881-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by ... More
Charlie Chaplin and Sousa - movie film screenshot
Public domain photograph of an actor, movie film scene, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Byron, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actor Arthur Byron (1872-1943) with his family including his wife, Kathryn Keys Byron, older daughter Kate Byron, younger daugher Eileen Byron and son Arthur "Buddy" Byron Jr., on a boat. (Sour... More
Electric Institute of Washington, Potomac Electric Power Co. Building....
Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shakespearean players. Costumed man at piano III
Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wash. D.C. Helping thespians. Hallie Flannagan, in charge of the Drama...
A group of people sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Movie star before senate committee. Washington, D.C., April 3. The S.R...
A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Time of Your Life. American Theatre Guild production, 1939-1940 with E...
Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Charles Buckney, a childhood friend of singing legend Elvis Presley, e...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Elvis Aaron Presley was an American musician and actor in the 1960s and '70s. Gift; Ben May Charitable Trust; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:059).... More
[Actors in the roles of a grandmother and another woman in the Peking ...
Digital file provided by donor. Gift; Jean E. Norwood; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:207).
Theatre Marquee, Fargo, North Dakota
On Monday, March 15, 1926, the Fargo Theatre opened to the public. The opening was big news, and The Forum ran a 12-page supplement detailing the elegant structure. The entertainment bill that first day feature... More
Moss-draped squares and elegant southern mansions are tourist attratio...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded in 1919, Leopold's is owned by movie producer, director, and actor Stratton Leopold. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography,... More
Country singer-songwriting legend Willie Nelson, age 80 at the time of...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Flight (38 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-...
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
It Can't Happen Here (157 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
Muddy Waters, Jr., Chicago; Delia Coy and Douglas Mann, actors, Chicag...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-2, Muddy Waters, Jr., 4333 S. Berkley, Chicago; 3-15, Muddy Waters,... More
D'Army Bailey oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Me...
D'Army Bailey describes growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the influence of the Crump political machine in city politics, and his involvement with the Memphis NAACP at an early age. He talks about his participat... More
Hakata kojorō kezori kuemon komatsuya sōshichi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Print shows three actors portraying a woman and two men on board a ship; one of the men holds a large ax. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (426a), center (426b), right (426c). Title and other descriptive inf... More
Iga goe norikake kappa - Public domain scenic drawing
Print shows several actors in a battle scene with one warrior defending himself against several attackers during an assault on a fortress, with bridge in the background. Title and other descriptive information ... More
Dedication on May 30, 1985 of the USO headquarters building as the "Bo...
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
Bert K. Miura, clothing designer / photograph by Ansel Adams.
Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print, where the surname was misnoted as "Namura." Correct spelling based on other photos of Mr. Miura by Adams. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-42. Gift; A... More
Ivanhoe - concert / theatrical poster, Movie Poster
Motion picture poster for "Ivanhoe" shows actor King Baggot as Ivanhoe. Caption: The great "IMP" feature film. Produced by Herbert Brenon at Chepstow Castle. Three reels. Stamped on back: Nederlands Filmmuseum... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Nakamura karoku ichikawa yaozō
Print shows two actors, Nakamura Karoku and Ichikawa Yaozo, one sitting on the back of a giant toad. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. D... More
Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, ...
Significance: Piper's Opera House is one of the birthplaces of American stage in the west. The first large Virginia City theatre was Topliffe's on C Street, built in 1862. Tom Maguire's D Street Theatre follow... More
[Mr. and Mrs. Bill Robinson ] - Public domain portrait print
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: I C 7. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a ... More
[Mr. and Mrs. Bill Robinson ] - Public domain print
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: I C 7. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a ... More
Saitō go Kunitake Tada no kurando Yukitsuna : Naruto no mae : Akugenta...
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Portrait of Bill Robinson] - Public domain portrait print
Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: I C 2. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a ... More
Sandaime sawamura sojūrō, Shunk Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
[Edwin Forrest, head-and-shoulders portrait, nearly in profile to the ...
Actor. Copy of DAG no. 55, reversed and slightly enlarged. Scratched on face of plate: 48. In pencil on back of plate: 42. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype col... More
Sawamura sōjūrō no honda - Public domain portrait drawing
Print shows the actor Sawamura Sōjūrō, full-length portrait, standing, front view with head turned to the right, holding sword, in the role of Honda. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More
Sawamura sōjūrō no honda - Public domain drawing
Print shows the actor Sawamura Sōjūrō, full-length portrait, standing, front view with head turned to the right, holding sword, in the role of Honda. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More
Akugenta yoshihira, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan - Ukiyo e print
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (L... More
Tamashima ittō tenjiku tokubei tsukimoto inabanosuke, Kuniyoshi Utagaw...
Print shows three actors portraying the roles of Tamashima Itto, possibly from the popular play known as Benten Kozō, Tenjuku Tokubei, perhaps the adventurer/magician, and Tsukimoto Inabanosuke. Title and other... More
Miss Mary Taylor & Mr. F.S. Chanfrau - in the new piece called "A glan...
Print shows Miss Taylor and Mr. Chanfrau standing next to each other outside a building; he is wearing an apron, has his right arm on her shoulders, and is holding her left hand. She is gazing up at him.
Taira no munemori mikazuki osen ebizako no jū
Print shows three actors in a line, the one in the middle is wearing oversized garments, which are being pulled to the right and left by the other two actors. Title and other descriptive information compiled by... More
Ich bin an actor, Yiddish-American song
From "Zubrochene Fiedele" (General)
Montpelier, 13480 South Montpelier Road, Montpelier Station, Orange Co...
Significance: Montpelier is situated on land granted by patent in 1723 to Ambrose Madison and his brother-in-law Thomas Chew. The patent was divided in 1732 at the death of Ambrose. The Madison family progeny... More
Montpelier, 13480 South Montpelier Road, Montpelier Station, Orange Co...
Significance: Montpelier is situated on land granted by patent in 1723 to Ambrose Madison and his brother-in-law Thomas Chew. The patent was divided in 1732 at the death of Ambrose. The Madison family progeny... More
Yondaime ichimura takenojō no hanauri - Ukiyo e print
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Urushie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Nakamura shikan segawaki kunojō nakamura karoku
Print shows the actors Nakamura Shikan, Segawa Kikunojō, and Nakamura Karoku as samurai, one disguised(?) as a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print speciali... More
Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...
Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More
Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...
Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More
Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...
Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More
Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...
Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More
Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington Avenue (corrected from original addre...
Sometimes architecturally referred to as "Mississippi Steamboat" style. Significance: Completed in 1874, the Mark Twain house was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and Alfred H. Thorp for noted American autho... More
Sekiguchi yatarō yoshioka kanefusa miyamoto musashi
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie triptych. Attributed to: Enryosai Shigemitsu. Triptych matted in 3 sect... More
Clay Clement, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920
"Odeon Theatre, Monday, Oct. 25." Created by "The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." Management, Jno. Henry Martin. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Clay Clement, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920
"Odeon Theatre, Monday, Oct. 25." Created by "The Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." Management, Jno. Henry Martin. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Chotto hitokuchi hauta no ateburi - Ukiyo e print
Print shows several actors in various costume, posture, and roles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left... More
Sawamura sōjūrō no soga no jūrō to ichimura takenojō no soga no gorō
Two actors, Sawamura Sojurō I (1689-1756) in a kneeling position and Ichimura Takenojō (standing), dancing with a tsuzumi. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spe... More
Narutonomae; taira no munemori kyō; akugenta yoshihira
Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Benjamin Johnson, English actor, head-and-shoulders portrait facing s...
Signed and dated on plate. Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nakamura nakazō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Nishikie. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Purchase; H. Irving Olds; 1938. Forms part of... More
Onoe matsusuke no odamakihime to ōtani hiroji no okabe no ro
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hosoban Benizuri-e. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part of: Japanese... More
Iwai hanshirō, Shunsh Katsukawa - Ukiyo e print
Print shows Iwai Hanshirō, full-length portrait, standing beneath umbrella, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: one... More
Segawa Kikunojō. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows the actor Segawa Kikunojō III, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a geisha. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More
Komekitte o motsu nakamura nakazō, Shunk Katsukawa
Print shows the actor Nakamura Nakazō, full-length, standing on the shore, facing slightly left, holding a rice coupon. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specia... More
Shodai arashi ryūzō (no yakko ukiyo matabei to) sandaime ōtani hiroji...
Print shows actors Arashi Ryuzo I and Otani Hiroji III. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Adachi modern ... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Ichikawa danzō dō danzaburō
Print shows two actors, full-length portrait, one as a woman holding branches with blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: v... More
Sandanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows a woman (possibly Okaru), a little man (possibly Moronô's servant Bannai), and another man (possibly Honzo or Kampei). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More
Kira Yoshinaka - Shodan, print by Utamaro Kitagawa, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows actors in the roles of Moronō (Kira Yoshinaka) propositioning Lady Kaoyo, Enya's wife, and Wakasanosuke (a noble offended by Moronō's behavior). Title and other descriptive information compiled by N... More
[Kyōgen play with two characters]
Drawing shows an actor on the left with short sword and holding a fan, on the right is an actor wearing a hat and standing on a bundle with his arms spread, as though about to fly. Signature or inscription in ... More