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Giovanni in London or Plucking chickens before they are full feathered...

Print shows opera singer, actress, and theater producer Madame Vestris, also known as Lucia Elizabeth Mathews or Lucia Elizabetta Bartolozzi, dressed in breeches, seated between two lascivious young men in a ca... More

Louise Meyers. 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

Mrs. Clara Walters. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War peri...

[Lotta Crabtree half-length portrait, facing right]

Photo copyrighted by J. Gurney & Son. Public domain photograph - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lotta Crabtree, full-length portrait in costume for a theatrical role...

Full length, standing, smoking cigar, facing right. Date and photographer based on close similarity to other photos in the BIOG FILE.

Mrs. Fiske, "Love finds the way" / Zaida Ben Yusuf.

Photograph shows actress Minnie Madden Fiske, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front. Gift; Estate of Minnie Maddern Fiske; 1961.

Mrs. Fiske, "Love finds the way" / Zaida Ben Yusuf.

Photograph shows actress Minnie Madden Fiske, full-length portrait, seated, facing front. Gift; Estate of Minnie Maddern Fiske; 1961.

Mrs. Fiske, "Tess of the D'Ubervilles" / Sarony, New York.

Minnie Maddern Fiske, full-length portrait, reclining, facing slightly right. Public domain photograph - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mathews & Bulger presenting rag time opera, By the sad sea waves

Public domain photograph - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A.Q. Scammon's The sleeping city

"Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: Maggie LeClair. Created and "copyright 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin, U.S.A." No. 3571. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Mamie Sheridan Wolford, American vaudeville and popular entertainment ...

19350 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co, Cin. U.S.A." No. 3658. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Blanche Walsh and Melbourne MacDowell

Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2778. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Miss F. Sackville West - Public domain portrait print

An old photo of a woman in a belly dance pose. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dorothy Sebastian - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bebe Daniels - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gloria Swanson & husband - Public domain photograph

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Viola Allen in the "Daughter of Heaven"

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Corinne Griffith, Ziegfield performer]

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

Madeline Northrup - Public domain portrait print

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

Edmund Breese in "The Scarecrow"

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bori "Allegna", George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

May Scheider as Queen in "Huguenots"

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Pickford in "Little Annie Rooney"

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Priscilla Dean (wearing mole skin coat)

Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miss Stanley Edwards as "Bimbie"

A black and white photo of a woman with a gun. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lillian Grenville in "Natoma" - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marie Provost wearing coat of silk & wool

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

Anita Stewart, Lallie Charles / Lallie Charles

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farrar - Public domain portrait photograph

A woman kneeling down with a bunny in her lap. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film... More

Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a garden, gardening, agriculture, plants, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19t... More

Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries,... More

Farrar - Public domain portrait photograph

A group of people standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent ... More

Farrar - Public domain portrait photograph

A woman wearing a fur coat and a hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress ... More

Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Farrar in "Navarrani" - Public domain portrait painting

Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and early 20th ... More

Farrar - "Suor Angelica" - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph, 1910s-1920s portrait, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th... More

Farrar - "Fiamette" - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a long dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent... More

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

Merely Mary Ann Garden Theatre, New York, every evening & Saturday mat...

[Bertha Kalich as Miriam Friedlander in The Kreutzer Sonata, performed...

Photograph shows Bertha Kalich burning a piece of paper in a flame from a candle.

Mrs. Chalivat, in western dress

An old black and white photo of a woman in a cowboy outfit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Julie Opp as "Marianne", Byron, N.Y. / Byron

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ethel Barrymore, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows actress Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959). Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013. Neg. is broken. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the Ge... More

Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Mr. Lyn Harding

Photo shows English actress Phyllis Neilson Terry (1892-1977) with Welsh actor Lyn Harding (1867-1952). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. ... More

Winifred Bryson, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American actress Winifred Bryson (1892-1987) (born Winifred Brison). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: Geo... More

Edna Wallace Hopper - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows American stage and silent film actress Edna Wallace Hopper (1872-1959).(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

May Scheider as Zerbinetta in "Ariadne auf Naxos"

Alleyne Pickard - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows Broadway actress Alleyne Pickard. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Hiram Abrams, Mary Pickford - Doug Fairbanks - Mrs. Pickford

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Edith Wynne Matthison, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Edith Wynne Matthison (1875-1955), an Anglo-American actress who specialized in Shakespearean and classic drama. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News... More

Erotic photography - Kay Laurell

Photograph shows American actress Kay Laurell (1894-1927). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Wanda Hawley, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Wanda Hawley (1895-1963), an American actress of the silent film era. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: Ge... More

Mrs. John Chas. Thomas - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows singer and child actress Ruby Rothnour who married baritone John Charles Thomas in 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Ocean liners: Elsie De Wolfe - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Photo shows interior decorator and actress Elsie de Wolfe (1865?-1950)probably on board the French liner Lafayette which arrived in New York from Bordeaux, December 1915 (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013 a... More

Olive Thomas, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American silent film actress and model Olive Thomas (1894-1920). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George ... More

[Motion picture set: actors and actresses; Lillian Gish? 2nd from righ...

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

Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. Aug. Belmont

Photograph shows English actress Eleanor Robson Belmont (1879-1979). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014).

[Mary Pickford, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, ...

Public domain photograph - actress, female portrait, 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Geraldine Farrar, full-length portrait, seated on porch banister, fac...

J217738 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Hartsood Photo., S.F.-L.A. Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was born in Melrose, Massa... More

Early automobiles - Mrs. Jas. Kidder

Photograph shows Mrs. James H. Kidder and her family riding in a Cunningham at the automobile fashion show held at Sheepshead Bay Speedway, New York City, June 23, 1917. The event was a fundraiser on behalf of... More

Margaret Mower, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American actress Margaret Mower in bed. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date from similar Bain negative: LC-B2-4832-2. ... More

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

Larrimore holding fan, George Grantham Bain Collection

Patsy Ruth Miller - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows American film actress Patsy Ruth Miller (1904-1995). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Pola Negri in "Gypsy Blood" - Drawing. Public domain image.

Motion picture scene showing 2 men and a woman; film version of "Carmen." J247820 U.S. Copyright Office Positive paper print from lantern slide, copyrighted by First National Pictures. This record contains unve... More

In screenland death only comes to the aged

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Happy Endings," Life, 79:5 (Jan. 19, 1922).

Portrait photo of Ada Williams, "Miss Florida," 1927

Photograph shows Ada Williams in photographer's studio, holding trophy cup and wearing bathing suit and Miss Florida sash, posing with four other trophy cups and flowers. Copyright 1927 by Van Dyke Studio. No. 45.

Mary Pickford and the Coquette contest winners

A film featuring the 25 "Coquette girls", winners of a contest conducted as a sales promotion for Mary Pickford's first sound film, Coquette. Newspapers such as the Washington evening star, the New Haven regist... More

WOMEN LEADERS MEET WITH FIRST LADY TO OPEN FIGHT ON INFANTILE PARALYSI...

A group of people sitting around a table with microphones. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Katherine Dunham in Tropical Revue (1943), at New York's Martin Beck T...

New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection. Library of Congress (venue) Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Staples-Smith, 222 E. 46th St., New York City. Victorian group

Public domain photograph of the 1940s-1950s New York City interiors, commerce, advertising, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen and Danny Kaye - from "Whi...

Production photograph from the film "White Christmas." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use ... More

Mural at Amargos Opera House, a remarkable image from what is largely ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The community, once a dusty mining, railroad, and mill town, was known as Amargosa, after the desert valley that surrounds it. A recreation hall at the no... More

Scene from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the Univer...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson and actress Helen Hayes founded the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982 to protect and pr... More

Letter, Elizabeth Blackwell to Baroness Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron c...

Reproduction number: A11 (color slide; pages 1 and 4); A12 (color slide; pages 2 and 3) I do not wish to give [women] a first place, still less a second one--but the most complete freedom, to take their true pl... More

Chonita (8 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

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

Macbeth (82 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935...

Circus (254 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935...

[Portrait of Anna May Wong] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXIII I 9. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Marion Davies Estate, Fence & Bulkhead, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, San...

Significance: The Marion Davies Estate was constructed in 1929 from the designs of renowned architect Julia Morgan. The original development, then called Ocean House, was built by William Randolph Hearst and h... More

[Portrait of Doris Day and Kitty Kallen, Central Park, New York, N.Y.,...

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 Miss K - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows half-length portrait of actress Florence Kahn, seated, looking front. On verso: A portrait of Miss Florence Kahn by Miss Ben-Yusuf reproduced Photo.Times Oct. 1900 frontispiece. FBJ label no. ... More

Public School No. 3, Hamilton Avenue between Ludlow & Morris Streets, ...

Significance: Public School Number Three (P.S. #3) on Hamilton Ave. in Yonkers is the earliest remaining school complex in the city. Constructed in five major portions that were designed by architects of local ... More

At his canter they kept chuckling

Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "In Lighter Vein," Century.

Julia Arthur [as] Juliet - Public domain portrait painting

Created and "copyright 1899, The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8609. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

May Irwin, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 7979. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Stage women's war relief / James Montgomery Flagg ; American Lithograp...

Poster showing a woman on stage, throwing off a scarlet, fur-trimmed cloak to reveal her white volunteer's uniform. Copyright Stage Women's War Relief, New York City.

Then You'll Remember Me - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congre...

Music cover showing beautiful woman seated in chair, holding a piece of jewelry. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Fi... More

Emiline [wedding gown] - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a full-length portrait of a young woman a wedding gown.

Jean Margaret Davenport, three-quarter length studio portrait, facing ...

Inscribed or printed on photo on upper left corner: 39. Inscribed in pencil on mount: Portrait of a woman (Davenport?). Image is a copy of a daguerreotype held by the Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Libra... More

Mrs. Chas. Keen. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

[Charlotte Cushman, half-length vignetted portrait, facing right]

Photograph shows the American stage actor Charlotte Saunders Cushman, who was known as one of the greatest actresses of her day. Case: plain leather case with push button and dark red velvet pad with an urn emb... More

Geistinger, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows Austrian actress/singer Marie Geistinger, head-and-shoulders portrait, in costume, facing left. No. 1395. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

"Humpty Dumpty" 1868 Pantomine, Ada Harland

No. 112. Public domain photograph - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sara Bernhardt / Sarony, N.Y., Cabinet photograph

Sarah Bernhardt reclining with her hand on head of seated woman. 8306W U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7.

Marie Tempest in the "Fencing master" / Sarony, 37 Union Sqr., N.Y.

Full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in fencing stance. 36051X U.S. Copyright Office. No.5.

Mrs. James Brown Potter, 1859-1936

American actress; full lgth., seated, facing left, in ornate dress & plumed hat. Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. No. 26. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Actor... More

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: Half length, facing front; hands on top of ...

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

Mrs. Fiske / Zaida Ben Yusuf. - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows actress Minnie Madden Fiske, three-quarter length portrait, wearing coat and hat, facing front. Gift; Estate of Minnie Maddern Fiske; 1961. Exhibited in: "The life and portrait photography of ... More

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