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Curtain's up a revue in one act and three scenes for Julian Eltinge

Red hot Republicans on the Democratic gridiron. "The San Domingo war d...

An attack on several of the liberal Republicans who opposed the Grant administration's move to annex Santo Domingo. At left the devil (only his horns, tail, and cloven hoof can be seen) roasts six Republicans o... More

The woman in black by H. Grattan Donnelly.

Caption: Ruby the vaudeville queen rehearses her great London & New York success for Tony Jack. "Hi-tiddle-de-hi-ti!" Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati = New York." Jacob Litt,... More

Dance Dance of the fairies polonaise - Public domain musical sheets

For piano

Weber's Parisian widows up to the minute.

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Weber's Parisian widows up to the minute.

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Come join the festive dance; Waltz

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)

Modern dancing: in the light of Scripture and facts

The Beverly Hills Chapter of Hadassah invites you to attend our Annua...

Saturday, November 19, 1983 (date) Courtesy of Hadassah. The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. Hadassah (Copyright Notice)

Polite vaudeville show [with musical comedy duo, Gypsy scarf dance, et...

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Uncle Tom's cabin, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 ...

43309 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: On the levee. Created and "copyright 1899, Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 598. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The Ghost dance by the Ogallala [sic] Sioux at Pine Ridge Agency ... D...

Drawn by Frederic Remington from sketches taken on the spot. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1890 Dec. 6, p. 960-961.

Isadora Duncan dancing, lantern slide

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Dance of Death, 15th century - Public domain medieval manuscript

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[ Martha Graham and Dance Company, Brookyln Academy of Music, Feburary...

[Jemez Pueblo Indians in a ceremonial dance, New Mexico] / Simeon Schw...

Copyright by Simeon Schwemberger. No. 8. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Recueil de dances, 17th century

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Mexican girls, San Antonio, Texas, 1930 s

Handwritten on back: "Mex. Girls, San Antonio, Tex. May, [i.e. April] 1934." Forms part of: Lomax photographs depicting folk musicians in the Lomax Collection.

Chorégraphie, ou L'art de décrire la dance par caracteres, figures et ...

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The snow-shoe dance: to thank the great spirit for the first appearanc...

Artist: George Catlin. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5977

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

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

Al. G. Field Greater Minstrels oldest, biggest, best.

D16678 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Doc Quigley's latest creation the "Dancing professors." Created and "copyright 1900 by The Courier Company, Lith. Dpt., Buffalo." No. 3008. Piece missing from lower center ... More

Unique dancing call book - Dance instruction manual, Public domain

Cover title. Printed parallel with back. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. (additional physical form)

Unique dancing call book - Dance instruction manual, Public domain

Cover title. Printed parallel with back. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. (additional physical form)

The perfect art of modern dancing

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Indian fanfares: The Camanche revel, The Sioux gaillarde, The Manitou ...

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Deposits 1820-1860

The Metropolitan Opera Company presents Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet ...

[Portrait of Janet Collins, in dancing pose]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: V GG 8. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a... More

[Man and woman dancing close] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Imre Kiralfy's superb spectacle, Venice at Olympia

W41777 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre Kiralfy, 1891." Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York; (printed in America)." G-N.Y.4210. Small portrait of I. Kiralfy in upper left corner. F... More

Imre Kiralfy's superb spectacle, Venice at Olympia

W41777 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted by Imre Kiralfy, 1891." Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York; (printed in America)." G-N.Y.4210. Small portrait of I. Kiralfy in upper left corner. F... More

La frayeur de Gonnesse [i.e. Gonesse], contre-danse franc̜oise / mis a...

Contra-dance instruction manual with dance notation, a description of the dance figures, and music for bass and violin. Title page includes a picture of a man running or dancing near a flying balloon. Possibly ... More

Will want to dance - Public domain drawing

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The ballroom, - salute partners - stereocsopic card

Couples dancing in ballroom. H14911 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5486. Copyright by H.C. White Co.

The famous Rentz Santley Novelty and Burlesque Co. first time in Ameri...

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[Modern illustrated sheets with pictorial envelope]

Each illustration, including front of envelope, is signed with Japanese characters and chops. Japanese text appears in the left and right margins of the eight printed sheets. Gift; Oliver Wendell Holmes; 1935.... More

His revenge : time: any morning at 4:15 Mr. Diggs, having been kept up...

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life, 38:536-7 (Dec. 19, 1901).

National Park Seminary, Ballroom, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgome...

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National Park Seminary, Ballroom, Linden Lane, Silver Spring, Montgome...

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Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo,...

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Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo,...

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Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo,...

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Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo,...

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Glen Echo Park, Spanish Ballroom, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo,...

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Dance The Dance Repertory Theatre - Public domain musical sheets

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

Geschichte der Tanzkunst bei den cultivirten Völkern von den ersten An...

Traité de la danse seul guide complet renfermant 200 danses differente...

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An appeal to all Christians, especially the members of the Methodist ...

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Dancing

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Dancing

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The art of dancing its theory and practice

Iwai hanshirō no shirabyōshi - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Iwai Hanshirō, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of a shirabyōshi dancer (as a woman dressed as a man). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

The Christmas week - Drawing. Public domain image.

Card showing African Americans at Christmas party. No. 2, no. 58. Copyright by William A. Stephens. From: Album varieties no. 3; The slave in 1863. Philadelphia, 1863.

Ladies change - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Five African Americans, four women dancing and a man seated in a chair playing the accordian. Copyright by Alfred S. Campbell. No. 659.

Rice's production of the latest London novelty, The girl from Paris wr...

"Copyrighted 1897." Caption: Sit back hold tight, Mary's going to sing. Created by "The Metropolitan Print., 222 to 232 W. 26th St., New York." Starring Josephine Hall. Gift; Maxine Williams; 1973. Forms part... More

The Yellow Kid - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cover showing illustration of the Yellow Kid for a flip book which depicts, when flipped, the Yellow Kid in a dance routine. Copyright 1897 by H.H. Wills. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.

Poster - Hoyt's A stranger in New York - Public domain lithograph

Caption: A woman is always as old as she looks, but a man is as old as he feels. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York." Hoyt & McKee, proprietors. N.Y. no. 7921. Forms ... More

The gift of Bonaparte ... by Robert Shortz ...

Napoleon at dining table with dancer, dog and two men with weapons. Color lithograph by Archibald Gunn, 1863-1930. Copyrighted by A.C. Gunter New York, The Gillin Print Co., 1898. Promotional goal: U.S. K91. 18... More

One of the drummers for Eskimo dance - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Carrying the snakes. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Pueblo Indians at snake dance, New Mexico. D19810 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Adam Clark Vroman.

Mrs. Vernon Castle, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows ballroom dancer Irene (Foote) Castle (1893-1969) who taught and danced with her husband, Vernon Castle (1887-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain ... More

Mitzi and Rasch - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967) with dancer and singer Mitzi "Magdalena" Hajos (1889-1970). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Mitzi and Rasch - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967) with dancer and singer Mitzi "Magdalena" Hajos (1889-1970). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Adoree Villany in the Dance of Phryne

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

Miss Grace Walters, Dance for Bacchus Festival

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

Mitzi and Rasch - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967) with dancer and singer Mitzi "Magdalena" Hajos (1889-1970). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Snake dance at Oraibe, [New Mexico]

Photoprint copyrighted by Adam Clark Vroman. No. 727. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Martha Lorber - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Spanish dancers at the Pan-American Exposition /

The film was photographed from the area back of the midway of the Pan-American Exposition. The immediate background indicates the camera was in front of the living quarters of the gypsy dancing troupe. Several ... More

Frederic Remington - [An Indian dance] / Frederic Remington.

32009 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1890 by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.; Copley print copyright 1903 by Curtis & Cameron. Reproduction of painting.

[Two men and a woman dancing three hand reel] / D.A. Sigerist, fotogra...

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[May pole dance, Central Park, New York]

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Squaw dance Pine Ridge S.D. / photo made by S.D. Butcher & Son, Kearne...

Photograph shows a group of Sioux women, standing in the background, facing front, wearing headdresses, and a group of Sioux women sitting in the foreground turned away from the viewer; in the middle distance a... More

Before the Dance - A black and white photo of a man playing a flute

Male Indian standing in corner and playing a wind instrument. H118352 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Fred Harvey. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings:... More

Napierkowska - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows French actress, dancer, and silent film star Stacia Napierkowska (1891-1945). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Saharet - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Australian born dancer, Saharet (b. 1879) who also used the name Clarissa Campbell. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Saharet - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows Australian born dancer, Saharet (b. 1879) who also used the name Clarissa Campbell. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Mrs. Vernon Castle, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows ballroom dancer Irene (Foote) Castle (1893-1969) who taught and danced with her husband, Vernon Castle (1887-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain ... More

['E is a comic] - Public domain book illustration

(DLC/PP-1939:0098). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Pippin / Evelyn van Buren. New York : the Century Co., 1913, p.113.

Nijinski and wife - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) and his wife Romola de Pulszky (1891-1978) in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

[Seven "Canary Cottage" young women of the burlesque theater, posed, f...

J217420 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - actress, female portrait, 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dance in a mad house / George Bellows.

Signed on stone; autographed in pencil. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin, Jeanne Eagels

Photograph shows rehearsals for the silent film "National Red Cross Pageant" (1917) with dancer Bonnie Glass (Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin) and actress Jeanne Eagels (1890-1929). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) T... More

Vernon Castle's plane, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the plane in which ballroom dancer Vernon Castle (1887-1918) died. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: Georg... More

Near east relief lawn fete - Public domain portrait photograph

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: Scene at the garden fete for the benefit of the Near Ea... More

[Child dancing] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Dance] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Man in Pomo dance costume, half-length portrait, facing front]

J268403 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 4027. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 14, p. 70.

[Dance] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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"Beats the Arctic ice and snow" so said Mr. Polar Bear at the Washingt...

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

[Dancer?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Dance in the ballroom of the Willard Hotel, 1401-1409 Pennsylvania Av...

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Bars and dance halls are found among the squalid shacks of the Negro s...

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Music for square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama

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MOVIE FOLK LUNCHEON GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30...

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Alabama. Farmers during Great Depression. A black and white photo of a...

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[Soco Gap Junior Square Dance Team from Waynesville, N.C., dancing at ...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during the Asheville Mountain Music Festival. Typed on back: "Soco Gap Junior Square Dance Team from Waynes... More

[Soco Gap Square Dance Team dancing at the Mountain Music Festival, As...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during the Asheville Mountain Music Festival. Handwritten on back: "Soco Gap Team." Forms part of: Lomax co... More

Fais-do-do dance near Crowley, Louisiana

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