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
Settled out of court a comedy sketch
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Settled out of court a comedy sketch
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Settled out of court a comedy sketch
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Wanted glad rags comedy sketch - Public domain theatrical script
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Seven boarders, Yiddish-American song sheet music
Comic ballad about the problems with various boarders taken in to the household for the extra rent money: big eater; talkative writer; tailor with his sewing machine; fighting man and wife; gambling card player... More
Our Patrick is an actor - Public domain American sheet music, 1880
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)
Yosem lied and Dos glick kumt nor ain mohl in leben
"Produced originally bt he famous actor Jules Adler at the Liberty Theatre East New York" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General) From the musical "In shtrom fun leben" (General)
A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vaudeville book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vaudeville book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A happy home a comedy sketch in one scene
Picryl description: Public domain photo of vaudeville book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Ballet girl and the bill poster a vaudeville sketch
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A vaudeville pousse cafe a monologue
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A vaudeville pousse cafe a monologue
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A vaudeville pousse cafe a monologue
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A vaudeville pousse cafe a monologue
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Shakespeare the second comedy 4 acts
William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph - actress, 1920s female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
H. Jack Geiger oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in New...
Dr. Jack Geiger discusses his early life experiences and how he came to be a leading figure in the Medical Committee for Human Rights. He describes his childhood in New York City, where he found a mentor in act... More
H. Jack Geiger oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in New...
Dr. Jack Geiger discusses his early life experiences and how he came to be a leading figure in the Medical Committee for Human Rights. He describes his childhood in New York City, where he found a mentor in act... More
H. Jack Geiger oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in New...
Dr. Jack Geiger discusses his early life experiences and how he came to be a leading figure in the Medical Committee for Human Rights. He describes his childhood in New York City, where he found a mentor in act... More
H. Jack Geiger oral history interview conducted by John Dittmer in New...
Dr. Jack Geiger discusses his early life experiences and how he came to be a leading figure in the Medical Committee for Human Rights. He describes his childhood in New York City, where he found a mentor in act... More
Actors have hearts what e'er they say
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)
Actors have hearts what e'er they say
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)
![[Thomas Sowerby Hamblin, head-and shoulders portrait, slightly to the left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvdGhvbWFzLXNvd2VyYnktaGFtYmxpbi1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtc2xpZ2h0bHktdG8tdGhlLWxlZnQtOGU0MWU5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Thomas Sowerby Hamblin, head-and shoulders portrait, slightly to the left]")
[Thomas Sowerby Hamblin, head-and shoulders portrait, slightly to the ...
Shakespearean actor; manager of the Bowery theater, and of other New York theaters. Identification from an identified engraving published in Odell's Annals of the New York Stage, v. 6, p. 222. Scratched on face... More
Dance Her new partner comedy sketch - Public domain musical sheets
Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Soga no taimen, Utagawa Kunisada, Japan
Print showing a man sitting on a raised platform, with a warrior sitting on the left and a warrior standing on the right. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print spec... More
A strenuous proposal an original sketch in one act
Public domain photograph - actress, female portrait, 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Where is the girl I left behind
words and music by George M. Cohan. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)
Dance The belle of Jay Town - Public domain musical sheets
Picryl description: Public domain poetry book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Love in the mountains comedy in 4 acts
Public domain photograph - actress, 1920s female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Love in the mountains comedy in 4 acts
Public domain photograph - actress, 1920s female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Love in the mountains comedy in 4 acts
Public domain photograph - actress, 1920s female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Love in the mountains comedy in 4 acts
Public domain photograph - actress, 1920s female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Love in the mountains comedy in 4 acts
Public domain photograph - actress, 1920s female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
DCM 1284: Clinton & Co. Flute in C
DCM ledger: "Compare this flute with No. 109; the two are identical in keys and adjustments, even in the shapes of straps, levers, etc., except this has closed G# action carried to the inner side of the tube wi... More
Senjō no sarumawashi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print
Print shows two women or actors on a boat in a river.
Nakamura utaemon no fukuoka mitsugi - Ukiyo e print
Print shows the actor Nakamura Utaemon, full-length portrait, standing at the seashore, facing left, holding a piece of paper. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print... More
Utagawa Toyokuni - Seki sanjūrō no izumi no saburō
Print shows the actor Seki Sanjūrō, full-length portrait, standing, holding a rifle. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably ... More
J.P. Kemble Esq. painted by T. Lawrence, Esqr., R.A. ; engraved by W. ...
Print shows full-length portrait of J.P. Kemble seated, leg crossed with arm turned in akward position on armrest. Publication date based on date on item. Printed below image on left in italic script: "[....] ... More
Yamatoya baiga mutsumeisho tidori no tamagawa
Print shows Yamatoya Baiga, an actor, full-length, facing right, wearing flowing kimono and geta, standing, holding a fan in right hand; in the background, a landscape with birds in a field and flying above a r... More
John Wallack. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, in pencil: Lester Wollack. Actor; brother of Lester Wollock. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, ... More
Brougham, John, actor, Glass Negative, 1860s
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 4876, 797. Annotation from negative, glass side: 797, 2146 [crossed out]. Credit line: Brady-Handy photog... More
Silver, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Monroe Silver (1875-1947), actor, singer, and comedian. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham ... More
Silver, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Monroe Silver (1875-1947), actor, singer, and comedian. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham ... More
I want to be an actor lady - gramophone disc, record label
Male vocal solo, with piano Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
J.K. Hackett and wife - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows actor James Keteltas Hackett (1869-1926) with his second wife, actress Beatrice Mary Beckley (b. 1885). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service ... More
George Mooser - DeWolf Hopper - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows actor, singer and comedian William DeWolf Hopper (1858-1935) with producer and theatrical director George Mooser. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain New... More
George Cohan at TITANIC Game - Public domain portrait photograph
Photo shows George M. Cohan at baseball game to raise funds for survivors of the RMS Titanic disaster, Polo Grounds, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008) Title from unverified data provided by ... More
William A. Brady, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows William Aloysius Brady (1863-1950), American theater actor, producer, and boxing promoter. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the ne... More
Lt. S.J. Short, Lt. O. Locklear, Lt. Milton Elliott
Photograph shows stunt pilot and film actor Ormer Leslie Locklear (1891-1920), pilot Shirley J. Short (1895-1931), and stunt pilot and film actor Milton "Skeets" Elliott (1894-1920). (Source: Flickr Commons pro... More
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, 2017) Title from data provided by ... More
Francis Byrne, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actor Francis Byrne (1876-1923). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Librar... More
Sir H.B. Tree & Miss Tree - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917), an English actor and theater manager with his daughter. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service ... More
F.R. Benson, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Shakespearian actor and theater manager, Sir Francis Robert Benson (1858-1939), who was knighted on May 3, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News... More
Southern & Marlowe, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actor Edward Hugh Sothern (1859 -1933) and Julia Marlowe (born Sarah Frances Frost; 1865-1950), an English-American actor and suffragist. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title f... More
Doug. Fairbanks & Mary Pickford
Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More
Southern & Marlowe, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actor Edward Hugh Sothern (1859 -1933) and Julia Marlowe (born Sarah Frances Frost; 1865-1950), an English-American actor and suffragist. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title f... More
Ambassador Jusserand, from France, left, with Mrs. Jas. K. Hackett, wi...
Three men and a woman standing on the steps of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Ge... More
Wash. D.C. Helping thespians. Hallie Flannagan, in charge of the Drama...
A group of people sitting around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. On sleeve: Please credit Harris & Ewing photos. Gift... More
Three Thirds of a Nation. Phil Dorn, film and radio actor, takes the m...
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More
Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Helen Coates, March 26, 1955
excerpt: "Opening program prefer Schumin [sic] overture Serenale [sic] with Stern Foss Song of Songs with Tourel Copland Lincoln Portrait with big name Hollywood actor..." From: Correspondence Series
Humble cabin where Elvis Presley was born in 1935
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The cabin was relocated to the Presley birthplace site in Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis Aaron Presley was an American musician and actor ... More
A storage building at "Sunridge," the last home of Hollywood actor Den...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For sale at the time of this image in 2015 and described as "eco-friendly" by the realty agency, Sunridge was designed for Weaver, the... More
One facade of "Sunridge," the last home of Hollywood actor Dennis Weav...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For sale at the time of this image in 2015 and described as "eco-friendly" by the realty agency, Sunridge was designed for Weaver, the... More
Menzikoff. Libretto. French Opera. Performance: Paris.
paroles de M. Lamartel[i]ère ; musique de M. Champein. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. "Représ[e]nté, pour la première fois, sur le théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, par les Comédiens ordina... More
Éva. Libretto. French Opera. Public domain libretto, Library of Congre...
par MM. Montjoie et Raymond Deslandes ; musique nouvelle de M. Montaubry ; représentée pour la première fois, à Paris, sur le Théâtre du vaudeville, le 3 novembre 1854. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM L... More
Sing for Your Supper: Uncle Sam Backstage. Doorman, Propman, Electric...
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 program created in 1935 as part of the ... More
Ester d'Engaddi. Libretto. Italian
poesia di Francesco Guidi ; musica del maestro Cav. Giovanni Pacini ; da rappresentarsi nell'I. e R. teatro de' Sigg. Accademici Immobili in via della Pergola il carnevale 1850-51 ; sotto la protezione di S.A.I... More
Ottavia. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano
di G. Peruzzini ; da rappresentarsi nel carnevale 1853-54 nell'I.R. teatro alla Scala ; con musica del maestro Gualtiero Sanelli. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. "Avvertimento" by the ... More
Circassienne. Libretto. French Opera. Performance: Paris.
paroles de M. E. Scribe ; musique de M. Auber ; représenté pour la première fois, sur le Théâtre impérial de l'Opéra-Comique, le 2 fevrier 1861. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Cover t... More
Divertimento campestre (ballo mezzo carattere). 1804
dell'abate Giulio Artusi ; da rappresentarsi in Genova il carnovale dell'anno 1804. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; "Argomento"--p. 3; "Mutazioni di scene"--p. 6. At head of ... More
Sotterraneo (ballo tragico). Scenario. Scenario. Italian. 1812
U.S. RISM Libretto Project. "Argomento"--p. 3. "La poesia è del Sig. avvoc. Sograffi veneziano"--p. 5. "La musica è del Sig. maestro Niccola Zingarelli"--p. 5. "Le scene son disegnate e dipinte, cioè quelle del... More
Circassienne. Libretto. French Opera. Performance: Paris.
paroles de M. E. Scribe ; musique de M. Auber ; représenté pour la première fois, sur le Théâtre impérial de l'Opéra-Comique, le 2 fevrier 1861. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Cover t... More
Our great actors; portraits of celebrated actors in their most disting...
Also available in digital form.
Ich bin an actor, Yiddish-American song
From "Zubrochene Fiedele" (General) Contains violin part (General)
Freeman, Charles K. (3 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
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
Anacreonte in Samo. Libretto. Italian. Performance: Napoli
U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts. "La poesia è del Sig. Schmidt, poeta de' Reali teatri di Napoli. Il soggetto è tratto in parte da un originale francese del Sig. Guy"--p. 3. "La musica è del signor Mercada... More
Menzikoff. Libretto. French Opera. Performance: Paris.
paroles de M. Lamartel[i]ère ; musique de M. Champein. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. "Représ[e]nté, pour la première fois, sur le théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, par les Comédiens ordina... More
Sotterraneo (ballo tragico). Scenario. Scenario. Italian. 1812
U.S. RISM Libretto Project. "Argomento"--p. 3. "La poesia è del Sig. avvoc. Sograffi veneziano"--p. 5. "La musica è del Sig. maestro Niccola Zingarelli"--p. 5. "Le scene son disegnate e dipinte, cioè quelle del... More
Gianni di Calais. Libretto. Public domain libretto, Library of Congres...
"Musica del Sig. maestro Gaetano Donizzetti"--p. 7. "Poesia del Sig. Domenico Gilardoni"--p. 7. No actor named for the role of ERMANNO.
Marchesino. Libretto. Italian Opera - Performance: Milano
poesia di Tommaso Stecchi ; posta in musica dal maestro Giuseppe Borani ; da rappresentarsi al teatro Carcano il carnevale 1855-56. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. "Avvertenza"--p. 2. ... More
Circassienne. Libretto. French Opera. Performance: Paris.
paroles de M. E. Scribe ; musique de M. Auber ; représenté pour la première fois, sur le Théâtre impérial de l'Opéra-Comique, le 2 fevrier 1861. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Cover t... More