2,982 Actors Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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

Chas. [Charlie] Chaplin - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robert Harron / Hartsook, Photo. S.F. and L.A.

Photograph shows portrait of silent film actor Robert Harron. J207030 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 103. Accession box no. PR 04 H5-H13, c22 (X size)

[Actors rehearsing at the Rosemary Open-Air Theatre, Huntington, Long ...

Numbers on image: 65046; 04396. No. 04396. Public domain photograph of a pond, trees in the park, reflection in the water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cavalieri & Muratore, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows French actor and opera singer Lucien Muratore (1876-1954) and his wife Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title and date from data provided ... More

Kriegsanleihetag der Österreichischen Bühnen / Th. Fasche.

Poster shows faces of Austrian actors. Text: Austrian Theater War Loan Day, May 31, 1917, We all subscribe to the War Loan.

Ernest Glendinning, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Ernest Glendinning (1884-1936), a popular actor who enlisted in the Marines in June 1918. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negativ... More

[D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin (seated) and Douglas Fa...

Also shows lawyers Albert Banzhaf (left) and Dennis F. O'Brien (right) standing in the background. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Byron, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows actor Arthur Byron (1872-1943). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library... More

Shakespearean players. Group on actors on stage II

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Good Sheperd Community Center. Two of the actors wi...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Out from tobaccoland U. S. A - movie film screenshot

Shows the growth and scope of the cigarette industry in the United States, its contributions to the U. S. economy through sales taxes and use of related industries, and its contribution to the pleasure of the p... More

Dale Clark poses as actor Johnny Depp, in character from the movie "Pi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

This old wagon looks like it's weathering in a field. But it's positio...

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

Here we go again - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cartoon shows the Democratic donkey and the GOP elephant as competing organ grinders, each with a monkey begging for "Votes." The organs are actually television sets, one showing the head of the Democratic pre... More

The Machine Age (33 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

Paintings by Winthrop Prevost, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: Paintings by Winthrop Prevost, discussed on Martha Norkunas' tape interview. Several have the Holy Land as a subject. 1-2, "Trawler," an oil from the 1940s. Horiz: about two feet; 3-4, "Portland (Ma... More

It Can't Happen Here (195 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

Lithuanian Americans. Paulina Barauskas, actress, Chicago, Illinois.

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-13, Mrs. Paulina Barauskas, actress, in living room, 732 W. 19th St... More

Hachimantarō Yoshiie Abe Sadatō : Sadatō Tsuma Sodehagi.

Ukiyo-e triptych showing night scene lit by a lantern from a Kabuki play. Left section: Actor Hachiman Tarō Yoshiie, standing holding a parasol, with an unidentified actor dressed as a lion. Center section: Act... 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

Hachidaime ichikawa danjūrō kaja yoshitaka - Ukiyo e print

Full-length portrait of the actor Ichikawa Danj-ro VIII in a scene from the play Raigō ajari kaisoden. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

A Company of Dancers & Actors and the Cleveland Orchestra

Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)

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

The new 8 bells the famous Brothers Byrne in the everlasting success :...

50793 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: John F., James, Andrew, Matthew. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin. & N.Y." No. 3871. Forms part of: Theatrical poster coll... 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

[Portraits of actors, often playing roles]

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print (Ukiyo-e), free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nagoya sanzaburō fuwa banzaemon katsuragi, Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Print shows the courtesan Katsuragi outside a sedan chair between two rival lovers and samurai, one is her husband Nagoya Sanza and the other is Fuwa Banzaemon. Triptych matted in 3 sections: left (422a), cente... More

[Portrait of George M. Cohan] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XI E 36. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

Hints to managers, actors and authors / G.M. Woodward, del., British C...

Printed on item: In Holland's Exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints. Admit.ce one Shillg. Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC). Most images available on microfi... More

Kurando Yukinaga Saitō go Kunitake onnagyōja : Osada no tarō Nagamune.

Four actors (right to left): Kurḡoda Ukinaga, Saitogo Kunitake and Onna Gyōja, and Nagata no Tarō Nagamune. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 200... More

Shohei, Kiyomasu Torii - Public domain book illustration drawing

Full-length view of the actor Sanjō Kantaro playing a woman's part as a peddler of love letters. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Title... More

Kō no moronao [to] kaoyo - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tyuushingura meimeiden : Various biographies of the major characters from Chushingura... More

Seki sanjūrō sakata hangorō - Public domain drawing

Print shows two actors, Seki Sanjūrō and Sakata Hangurō, one with a large sword and the other carrying a large anchor over his shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored... More

Dancing for eels A scene from the new play of New-York as it is, as pl...

Print shows Frank S. Chanfrau as the character "Mose", sitting on a barrel watching an African American man dance on a dock along the waterfront, with a crowd of spectators gathered aound. A poor boy, actor Joh... More

After rehearsal, gelatin silver print

View from above of Morris Carnovsky, actor, and Lee Strasberg, director, discussing the play, "The Case of Clyde Griffiths, a dramatization of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy," performed by the Group The... More

The head of the family - Public domain portrait print

Caption: Wm. H. Crane. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8315. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

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).

W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents "Sing for your supper" a topical music...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Sing for Your Supper" at the Adelphi Theatre, 54th Street east of 7th Ave., New York City, showing a chef with two dancers. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 193... 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

Satō norikiyo nyudō saigyo Yoshinaka., Kuniyoshi Utagawa

Japanese diptych print shows Saigyo surrounded by men trying to prevent him from leaving his house to become a priest. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print special... More