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...
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. 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.
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...
Created and "copyright 1903 by The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Eleanor Robson; Liebler & Co., managers. N.Y. no. 10771. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
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)
Alleyne Pickard - Public domain portrait print
Photo shows Broadway actress Alleyne Pickard. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Elsie de Wolfe, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows interior decorator and actress Elsie de Wolfe (1865?-1950) who was also known as Lady Mendl. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the... 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).
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
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
Patsy Ruth Miller - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows American film actress Patsy Ruth Miller (1904-1995). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
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
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
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
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
Mrs. Chas. Keen. 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
[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.
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
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
J.K. Hackett & Charlotte Walker, "The Crisis"
Photograph shows actor James Keteltas Hackett (1869-1926). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Flora Zabelle - Public domain portrait print
Photo shows Broadway actress Flora Zabelle Hitchcock (1880-1968) who married Raymond Hitchcock. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Mrs. Paul Cravath - Public domain image related to music prformance, p...
Photo shows actress and opera singer Agnes Huntington, wife of lawyer Paul Drennan Cravath. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Mrs. Chas Hopkins as "Columbine"
Photograph shows Mrs. Charles Hopkins (1886-1960), an English actress whose maiden name was Violet Vivian. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Farrar as "Carmen", George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967), an American soprano opera singer and film actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms ... More
Ina Claire, 1892-, George Grantham Bain Collection
Head and shoulders, facing left. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf; Ph. Ind. Sources che... More
T.F. Keane, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows English actor and playwright Henry Vernon Esmond (1869-1922) with his wife, actress Eva Moore (1870-1955). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News S... More
Marcia Van Dresser, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Marcia Van Dresser (1877-1937), an American operatic soprano, recitalist and actress, wearing an American flag and posed beside another American flag. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Tit... More
Mrs. Earl Carroll, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Marcelle Hontabat (1897-1936) who was the wife of theater producer and composer Carl Carroll (1893-1948). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain New... More
Marion Davies, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Marion Davies (1897-1961) in front of an American flag. (Source: Flickr Commons, May 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grant... More
Actress and model Audrey Munson posing in draped cloth Oscar H. Sholin...
Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Marie Dressler - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows stage and film actress Marie Dressler (1868-1934) at the Russian Bazaar, held at the 71st Regiment Armory, New York City, December 4-6, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Marie Dress... More
Symona Ferner Boniface, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American film actress Symona Farner Boniface (1894-1950). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: Georg... More
Rock & White - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows William "Billy" Rock (1872-1922), a dancer and singer and actress and singer Frances White (1896-1969) in a dressing room. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
Mary Alden, Jane & Kath. Lee - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows actresses Mary Maguire Alden (1883-1946), Jane Lee (1912-1957) and her sister Katherine Lee (1909-1968) appearing in a tableaux vivant at the Hotel des Artistes, New York City for a benefit for... More
between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920 - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows actress Helene Chadwick (1897-1940). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Li... More
Miller, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Marilyn Miller (Mary Ellen Reynolds) (1898-1936) who was a Broadway actress, singer and dancer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the n... More
Le Gallienne, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (L... More
Nita Naldi, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Nita Naldi (1894-1961) who was born Mary Nonna Dooley. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Gr... More
Priscilla Dean, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American silent film actress Priscilla Dean (1896-1987). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham... More
The Regent Showcase theater, an art deco former movie house on La Brea...
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
Mural at Amargosa 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
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
Charles Frohman's latest production, the new play Zaza adapted by Davi...
Caption: Mrs. Leslie Carter; "I've been dining with swells." Created by "The Metropolitan Print., 222 to 232 W. 26th St., New York." Same image with different coloration, text, and caption (purporting to be act... 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
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
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
Laura Le Clair. 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
Cook, Posa, Actress, Glass Negative, 1860s
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More
May Allison with movie camera, Helen Taft
Photograph shows actress May Allison (1890-1989) with Helen Taft and a motion picture camera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part... More
Beatrice Nichols, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Beatrice Nichols. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of C... More
Olga Nethersole, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows English actress and stage producer Olga Isabella Nethersole, (1869/1870-1951). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of... More
Mrs. Jas. Brown Potter - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows stage actress Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter (1857-1936). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Ba... More
Mrs. Chas Hopkins as "Columbine"
Photograph shows Mrs. Charles Hopkins (1886-1960), an English actress whose maiden name was Violet Vivian. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negativ... More
Marguerite Gale, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Marguerite Gale (1885-1948). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Li... More
Jane Cowl - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows actress and playwright Jane Cowl (1883-1950). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
T.F. Keane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows English actor and playwright Henry Vernon Esmond (1869-1922) with his wife, actress Eva Moore (1870-1955). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
[Billie Burke in "The Amazons"] / Charles Frohman
Photo shows actress Billie Burke (1884-1970) in "The Amazons." (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and similar Bain negative: LC-B2-2674-4)
Mrs. John Chas. Thomas - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photograph shows singer and child actress Ruby Rothnour who married baritone John Charles Thomas in 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
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
Sidone Espero, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Sidonie Espero. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Cong... More
Edith W. Matthison - Public domain monumental decor photograph
Photograph shows actress Edith Wynne Matthison (1875-1955). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Betty Nansen - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Danish actress and theater director Betty Nansen (1873-1943) who was born Betty Anna Maria Müller. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
Harriet Gustine, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Harriet Gustine (in usage, other spellings include Harriete and Gustin). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms ... More
A. Nazimova - Public domain photograph
Photograph shows actress Alla Nazimova on the set of "War Brides," directed by Herbert Brennan, 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Early automobiles - Claire Rochester
Photograph shows actress Claire Rochester driving a Golden Flyer for the "Wake up America drive" to raise funds for Liberty War Bonds in April 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Lou Tellegen & Farrar, 2716 - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows actor Lou Tellegen (1881-1934) with opera singer and actress, Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) getting their marriage license at New York City Hall in preparation for their wedding on Feb. 8, 191... More
Actresses work for soldiers relief, New York. Headquarters on Fifth Av...
Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Group Title: Work. Actresses. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about the American ... More
Mrs. J.S. Blackton - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Mrs. J. Stuart Blackton (formerly Paula Hilburn) at a fundraising benefit she organized at the Hotel des Artistes, New York City, for the Stage Women's War Relief, May 28, 1917. Mrs. Blackton, ... More
Miller, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Marilyn Miller (Mary Ellen Reynolds) (1898-1936) who was a Broadway actress, singer and dancer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the n... More
Phoebe Hunt, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph probably shows actress Phoebe Hunt who performed in the play The Grim Comedian in 1921. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms... More
Gloria Swanson, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Gloria May Josephine Swanson (1899-1983). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain C... More
Dorothy Arville, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Dorothy Arville (1880-1965). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (L... More
"Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks arriving at Southampton, exclusiv...
Photograph shows film actress Mary Pickford (1892-1979) with her husband, actor Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the ne... More
Katharine Cornell, 1893-1974. Photo by Bain News Service collection
Half lgth., facing right. Amer. actress. Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congre... More
Dorothy Sebastian, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows actress Dorothy Sebastian (1903-1957). (Source: Flickr Commmons project, 2019) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Clothing described on negative: "2-pie... 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
Geraldine Farrar by John H. Garo, 747 Boylston St., Boston
Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of opera singer and actress Geraldine Farrar, in oval, facing left, wearing hat. H109756 U.S. Copyright Office. On item: #2. Date and copyright number from: U.S. Co... More
Jackie and Delia Coy, Chicago, Illinois; Walter Lowe, Chicago, Illinoi...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-4, 8-9 Jackie Coy (light shirt) and Delia Coy, actress; 5-7, Delia ... More
Jackie and Delia Coy, Chicago, Illinois; Walter Lowe, Chicago, Illinoi...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-4, 8-9 Jackie Coy (light shirt) and Delia Coy, actress; 5-7, Delia ... More
Anna E. Dickinson Papers: Miscellany, 1863-1951; Newspaper clippings; ...
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.