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Death masks displayed at identification convention. Sept. 29. Mrs. Clark Schilder, wife of the Chief of the Division of Identification, Federal Bureau of Investigation, inspects a death mask of a trapped criminal at the Annual Convention of the International Association Identification which opened here today. Death masks of criminals are now being generally used by police bureaus throughout the country for identification purposes

Death masks displayed at identification convention. Sept. 29. Mrs. Cla...

A woman in a hat is holding a piece of bread. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man with masks] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
[Masked clowns entertaining crowd at the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Masked clowns entertaining crowd at the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok,...

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Delegates wearing Jimmy Carter smile masks at the Democratic National Convention, New York City]

[Delegates wearing Jimmy Carter smile masks at the Democratic National...

Contact sheet folder caption: Democratic Convention in N.Y.C. ... Jimmy Carter masks .... WKL. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing masks to prevent themselves from breathing in fabric particles.

Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing mas...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Yamauba, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain  drawing

Yamauba, Hokkei Totoya - Public domain drawing

Print shows two actors wearing masks as mountain women. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Nō jōgoban : 18 Noh plays. ... More

Masks, showing different stages in the work done by Mrs. Coleman Ladd of the American Red Cross, for soldiers whose faces have been mutilated in the war ...

Masks, showing different stages in the work done by Mrs. Coleman Ladd ...

Photograph shows casts taken from the soldiers' muitilated faces; the lower row shows the faces which Mrs. Ladd modelled on the foundation of the life mask with help of photographs taken before the wound was re... More

Bijin to otafuku, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Bijin to otafuku, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows two actors, one wearing an otafuku mask and drinking from a cup, head-and-shoulders portrait. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Edward S. Curtis - Hami--Koskimo

Edward S. Curtis - Hami--Koskimo

Koskimo person wearing full-body fur garment, oversized gloves and mask of Hami ("dangerous thing") during the numhlim ceremony. J197450 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3541. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis ... More

Somewhere in Central Africa. Modern science takes its place beside old time African fetishes, as the witch doctors rest between dances. The fish are typical examples of customary ju-ju that has come down through ages of the Dark Continent's history, and the American-built RAF (Royal Air Force) Consolidated Liberator is a sample of the head masks used by the dancers who have streamlined imagination and appreciate the white man's stronger ju-ju

Somewhere in Central Africa. Modern science takes its place beside old...

Public domain photograph of Africa, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clown dancer, ceremonial masked lama dances, Sikkim

Clown dancer, ceremonial masked lama dances, Sikkim

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Unidentified restaurant or nightclub interior. Mural of masks and dancing figures ("Wall treatment in foyer")] / Winold Reiss Studio.

[Unidentified restaurant or nightclub interior. Mural of masks and dan...

Public domain image of a banknote, paper money, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]--Navaho

Edward S. Curtis - Gaaskidi [i.e. Ganaskidi]--Navaho

Photo shows a Navajo man wearing mask of Ganaskidi, god of harvests, plenty, and of mists. H55592 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1070-04. On verso: Gaaskidi (i.e. Ganaskidi), the horn mask, God of harvest. ... More

Tsunukwalahl--Qagyuhl, Native Americans of British Columbia

Tsunukwalahl--Qagyuhl, Native Americans of British Columbia

Person wearing Mask of Tsunukwalahl, a mythical being, used during the Winter Dance.

Nuhlimkilaka--Koskimo, Native Americans of British Columbia

Nuhlimkilaka--Koskimo, Native Americans of British Columbia

Kwakiutl person wearing an oversize mask and hands representing a forest spirit, Nuhlimkilaka, ("bringer of confusion").

Edward S. Curtis - A Tluwulahu costume--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - A Tluwulahu costume--Qagyuhl

Woman wearing a fringed Chilkat blanket, a hamatsa neckring and mask representing deceased relative who had been a shaman. J197488 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3565. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collec... More

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Eskimo mask, western Alaska/ / Siegriest.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Eskimo mask.

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Safety goggles and masks are worn by workers on operations where their eyes might be endangered by metal fragments

Bell Aircraft Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York. Safety goggles and...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer--Cowichan

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer--Cowichan

Dancer wearing oversize mask, three rings of feathers in front of clothing, holding a rattle. J182513 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3434-12. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).... More

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - [Atlumhl-- Koskimo]

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - [Atlumhl-- Koskimo]

North American Indian man, in costume with ceremonial mask, on hands and knees. J197464 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3595. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. C... More

Masks showing different stages in the work done by Mrs. Anna Coleman Ladd of the A.R.C. for soldiers whose faces have been mutilated in the war. The upper row shows casts taken from the faces as they actually are, the lower row shows the faces which Mrs. Ladd has modelled on the foundation of the life mask with the help of photographs taken before the wound was received & on the table may be seen some of the final masks made for fit over the disfigured part of the face & colored as exactly as possible like life

Masks showing different stages in the work done by Mrs. Anna Coleman L...

Title from caption card for similar image: LC-A6199-3781. On negative or negative sleeve: Numero a employer de nouveau. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Coles. [Henr... More

M.W.T. [Benda presents show of masks]

M.W.T. [Benda presents show of masks]

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

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Chippewa picture writing, Seneca mask, Eastern woodlands / / Siegriest.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Chippewa picture writing and a Seneca Indian mask. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Libra... More

Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing masks to prevent themselves from breathing in fabric particles.

Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing mas...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Viola Allen as "Viola" in Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth night

Viola Allen as "Viola" in Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth night

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph of art nouveau artwork, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Haschebaad--Navaho

Edward S. Curtis - Haschebaad--Navaho

Barechested Navajo man wearing mask of Haschebaad, a benevolent female deity. H55586 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1068-04. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: T... More

Sisiutl--Qagyuhl, Native Americans of British Columbia

Sisiutl--Qagyuhl, Native Americans of British Columbia

Sisiutl, one of the main dancers in the Winter Dance ceremonies, wearing a double-headed serpent mask and shirt made of hemlock boughs.

Benda presents show of masks - Public domain portrait photograph

Benda presents show of masks - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Somewhere in Central Africa. Here, at length, is the witch doctor and his USA airplane, the P-40 or "steam-chicken" as the bushmen call it. Civilization advances into the inner sanctums of the medicine men, and penetrates the Dark Continent, which for hundreds of years held to tribal masks passed down from generation to generation. Supplanting it with the stronger ju-ju of the white man, the medicine men construct these planes, complete with antenna and the U.S. star, and descend on the tribe in flying echelon, as the evil spirits of the Nazis are driven out of the black man's territory

Somewhere in Central Africa. Here, at length, is the witch doctor and ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Guruda bird dancer performing at the New Year's dance, Sikkim]

[Guruda bird dancer performing at the New Year's dance, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 024 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Deity and skeleton masks, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Deity and skeleton masks, Gangtok, Sikkim]

Location from information on related slide: LC-KAN-0712. Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN-0090. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress,... More

[Masked dancer during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Masked dancer during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - [Haschezhini--Navaho]

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - [Haschezhini--Navaho]

Photo shows a Native American man, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing dark leather mask, fur ruff, nude torso painted with black and white splotches. Title from published source. Curtis no. X1076-04. F... More

The Duchess of Devonshire by Mrs. Charles A. Doremus.

The Duchess of Devonshire by Mrs. Charles A. Doremus.

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer, Cowichan. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancer, Cowichan. Book illustration from Lib...

J182514 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 3436-12. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, suppl., v. 9, pl. 326.

When Mrs. Ladd has completed the moulded resemblance a copper reporduction is made, which is first silvered and coated with enamel, and finally painted in flesh colors

When Mrs. Ladd has completed the moulded resemblance a copper reporduc...

Photograph Anna Coleman Ladd in her studio painting a mask worn by a French soldier who was disfigured in World War I. No. 5379. Forms part of the American Red Cross Collection (Library of Congress)

[Lama displaying brocaded robe and masks for the New Year's ceremony at the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple), Gangtok, Sikkim]
Toenmei, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Toenmei, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman sitting with a young girl and a young boy, the boy is wearing a mask of the devil. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Edward S. Curtis - Nuhlimahla--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Nuhlimahla--Qagyuhl

Person wearing ceremonial mask of the Nuhlimahla during the during the Winter Dance ceremony. These characters impersonated fools and were noted for their devotion to filth and disorder. J197426 U.S. Copyright... More

The Masked Kachinas (Hopi Indian "Rain-makers"), Village of Shonghopavi, Arizona

The Masked Kachinas (Hopi Indian "Rain-makers"), Village of Shonghopav...

H29834 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lady with mask, autochrome color photo

Lady with mask, autochrome color photo

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

Edward S. Curtis - A Tluwulahu mask--Tsawatenok, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Edward S. Curtis - A Tluwulahu mask--Tsawatenok, Head and Shoulders Po...

Kwakiutl man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing a mask depicting a loon on top of a man's head to facilitate the loon changing into the form of a man. J197490 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from... More

Edward S. Curtis - Maskette--Nunivak, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Edward S. Curtis - Maskette--Nunivak, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Eskimo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing headdress consisting of a protruding headband around the crown of his head, feathers, and a wooden bird head in front. J299968 U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part... More

The Masked Kachinas (Hopi Indian "Rain-makers"), Village of Shonghopavi, Arizona

The Masked Kachinas (Hopi Indian "Rain-makers"), Village of Shonghopav...

H29834 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanpoukazari to otafuku no men - Public domain scan / drawing

Sanpoukazari to otafuku no men - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows the mask of the joyful mythological figure Otafuku, a dish of incense, a bonsai tree, crayfish(?), knotted cord, and other articles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Thanksgiving : a study in proportion / Keppler.

Thanksgiving : a study in proportion / Keppler.

Illustration shows a pile of oversized items that are used to fill leisure time, such as golf clubs, a shotgun, a football, a riding crop, a theater mask, and a horn, also a large turkey, celery, cranberries, a... More

Edward S. Curtis - Mask of the octopus hunter--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Mask of the octopus hunter--Qagyuhl

Ceremonial mask worn by a dancer portraying the hunter in Bella Bella mythology who killed the giant man-eating octopus. The dance was performed during Tluwulahu, a four day ceremony prior to the Winter Dance. ... More

Cavallier (side view) - Public domain portrait print

Cavallier (side view) - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows French soldier, whose face was disfigured in World War I, wearing a mask made by Anna Coleman Ladd. No. 2725. Forms part of the American Red Cross Collection (Library of Congress)

Edward S. Curtis - Ceremonial mask--Nunivak

Edward S. Curtis - Ceremonial mask--Nunivak

J299918 U.S. Copyright Office. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 20, p. 80.

Sikkimese boy painting a mask - Public domain scan of drawing

Sikkimese boy painting a mask - Public domain scan of drawing

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Breathe - Drawing. Public domain image.

Breathe - Drawing. Public domain image.

Photograph shows man wearing dust mask. Exit Art exhibit no. 1862. Exit Art archive no. 508. Forms part of: Exit Art Gallery Reactions Collection: A Global Response to the 9/11 Attacks.

[Unidentified restaurant or nightclub interior. Mural of masks and dancing figures ("Wall treatment in foyer")] / Winold Reiss Studio.

[Unidentified restaurant or nightclub interior. Mural of masks and dan...

Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eskimo medicine man and sick boy, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Eskimo medicine man and sick boy, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collecti...

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

[Vignettes of western scenes]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

[Vignettes of western scenes]. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Includes two scenes of robbers with bird masks robbing stage coach and others, African American and mule, man filling bucket with water from stream, and man standing with umbrella. Created and "copyrighted A.S.... More

[Vignettes of western scenes] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Vignettes of western scenes] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Includes two scenes of robbers with bird masks robbing stage coach and others, African American and mule, man filling bucket with water from stream, and man standing with umbrella. Created and "copyrighted A.S.... More

[A clown wearing colorful costume and mask, with wild hair and hat with animal on top, and holding a rattle]

[A clown wearing colorful costume and mask, with wild hair and hat wit...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

An all-star cast presenting Shakepeare's sublime tragedy, Romeo & Juliet

An all-star cast presenting Shakepeare's sublime tragedy, Romeo & Juli...

"Kyrle Bellew as Romeo, Miss Eleanor Robson as Juliet ...." Created and "copyright 1903 by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati & New York." Liebler & Co., managers. N.Y. no. 10342. Forms part of: Theatrical po... More

Crow Indian maskers, gelatin silver print

Crow Indian maskers, gelatin silver print

Crow Indians on horseback with four of them wearing masks. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American, British, French, & German masks [gas]

American, British, French, & German masks [gas]

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Masks of different deities, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Masks of different deities, Gangtok, Sikkim]

Location from information on slide: LC-KAN-0712. Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN-0090. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 1... More

[Woman, seated with lyre, thespian's mask, and cupid]

[Woman, seated with lyre, thespian's mask, and cupid]

Created and "published by Ferd. Mayer, 96 & 98 Fulton St., N.Y." Signed: L.G. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Person with crossed eyes wearing corrective mask, head-and-shoulders view]

[Person with crossed eyes wearing corrective mask, head-and-shoulders ...

Illus. in: Ophthalmodouleia / George Bartisch. [Dresden : Gedruckt durch M. Stockwel], 1583, p. 15. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 147.

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - [Nayenezgani--Navaho]

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - [Nayenezgani--Navaho]

Indian, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing dark mask, fur ruff, paint on torso. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. X1066-04. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, W... More

Edward S. Curtis - Group of Winter Dancers--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Group of Winter Dancers--Qagyuhl

Ceremonial dancers, in a circle during the Winter Dance ceremony, wearing masks and garments of fur, feathers, and other materials. J197414 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis n... More

Selig presents hearts and masks Galloping Dick's waterloo, a sensational society drama taken from the famous novel by Harold MacGrath.

Selig presents hearts and masks Galloping Dick's waterloo, a sensation...

Motion picture poster for "Hearts and Masks" shows a man and woman in costumes, each holding a ten of hearts playing card. "A drama in three reels." Featuring Kathlyn Williams

Edward S. Curtis - Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Paqusilahl--Qagyuhl

Dancer representing Paqusilahl ("man of the ground embodiment"), wearing a mask and shirt covered with hemlock boughs, representing paqus, a wild man of the woods. J197489 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 356... More

Coming Robert Warwick and Doris Kenyon in "A girl's folly" / KD.

Coming Robert Warwick and Doris Kenyon in "A girl's folly" / KD.

Motion picture poster for "A Girl's Folly" showing a partially draped woman lying at the base of a large mask (tragedy?) which appears to be lamenting the girl's folly. Copyright by World Film Corp'n.

French mutilé  fitted with a mask by Mrs. Anna Coleman Ladd, of the American Red Cross, thus making him able to appear in public unnoticed

French mutilé fitted with a mask by Mrs. Anna Coleman Ladd, of the Am...

No. 8352. Written on mount: Print made for Look magazine 11-4-37. Forms part of the American Red Cross Collection (Library of Congress)

Workers on the hay-gathering and chopping machine taking time out for a cigarette. The goggles and masks are essential because of the severe dust. Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona

Workers on the hay-gathering and chopping machine taking time out for ...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Men who work on the hay chopping machine wear goggles and masks. Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona

Men who work on the hay chopping machine wear goggles and masks. Casa ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mardi Gras mask, New Orleans, Louisiana

Mardi Gras mask, New Orleans, Louisiana

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

Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing masks to prevent themselves from breathing in fabric particles.

Workers cut garment pieces with electric cutters; they are wearing mas...

Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at Garden State Cutting Company, a garment-cutting shop at 66 Gray Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 12, 1994.

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancers--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancers--Qagyuhl

During the winter ceremony, Kwakiutl dancers wearing masks and costumes, crouch in foreground with others behind them. The chief on the far left holds a speaker's staff. Three totem poles in background. J197470... More

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancers in canoes [B]--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Masked dancers in canoes [B]--Qagyuhl

During the winter ceremony, Kwakiutl dancers in masks and costumes representing (l to r) Wasp, Thunderbird, and Grizzly-bear, arrive in canoes. J197455 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indi... More

Carved masks and wooden chains, made by African Americans in Georgia

Carved masks and wooden chains, made by African Americans in Georgia

Photographs by Muriel and Malcolm Bell. Photograph taken for "Drums and shadows" in 1939 by Muriel and Malcolm Bell, Jr. Print made in 1991. Drums and shadows : survival studies among the Georgia coastal Negroe... More

Edward S. Curtis - Haschogan (House God) - The Yebichai Hunchback

Edward S. Curtis - Haschogan (House God) - The Yebichai Hunchback

Photograph shows a Navajo man, half-length, seated, facing front, wearing a ceremonial mask with feathers and with fir or spruce branches forming a wreath around the shoulders. Curtis no. x1064-04. Forms part ... More

Dance Danse deceptive - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Danse deceptive - Public domain musical sheets

Public domain scan, performing arts and dance - related book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dance Danse deceptive - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Danse deceptive - Public domain musical sheets

Public domain scan, performing arts and dance - related book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - [Zahadolzha--Navaho], Head and Shoulders Portrait

Edward S. Curtis - [Zahadolzha--Navaho], Head and Shoulders Portrait

Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing leather mask with basket cap, fur ruff, nude torso painted with white lines. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. X1069-04. Published in: The North ... More

Edward S. Curtis - Kwahwumhl--Koskimo

Edward S. Curtis - Kwahwumhl--Koskimo

Dancer wearing raven mask with coat of cormorant skins during the numhlin ceremony. J197463 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3596. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published i... More

The American Red Cross enlisted the valuable services of Mrs. Anna Coleman Ladd, who made masks for French mutiles, thus making it possible for them to appear in public unnoticed. This picture shows the mask in place

The American Red Cross enlisted the valuable services of Mrs. Anna Col...

Mutiles (Mrs. Ladd) Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Colin [Joseph A. Collin] Gift; American National Red Cross 19... More

Thomas Wilmer Dewing - Lady with mask

Thomas Wilmer Dewing - Lady with mask

Photograph of a painting. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 050258. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Masked ceremonial dancer, Sikkim]

[Masked ceremonial dancer, Sikkim]

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 009 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Eskimo medicine man and sick boy, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Eskimo medicine man and sick boy, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collecti...

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

Edward S. Curtis - Pgwis--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Pgwis--Qagyuhl

Kwakiutl person wearing mask of mythical creature Pgwis (man of the sea). J197418 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3494. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The Nor... More

Dance Danse deceptive - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Danse deceptive - Public domain musical sheets

Public domain scan, performing arts and dance - related book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Julia Arthur presents More than queen by Émile Bergerat : as produced all last season at the Theatre Porte St-Martin, Paris.

Julia Arthur presents More than queen by Émile Bergerat : as produced ...

Public domain scan of French poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Viola Allen as "Viola" in Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth night

Viola Allen as "Viola" in Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth night

William Shakespeare books and illustrations Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The collecting mania F. Opper, chromolithograph

The collecting mania F. Opper, chromolithograph

Illustration shows scenes of collectors, especially one with a large mask collection. Illus. in: Puck, v. 29, no. 736 (1891 April. 8), p. 125, back cover.

Edward S. Curtis - Hamasilahl--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - Hamasilahl--Qagyuhl

Ceremonial dancer, full-length portrait, standing, wearing mask and a fur garments during the Winter Dance ceremony. J197417 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis no. 3497. Forms ... More

A black and white photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a woman and a child. Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

Chloe and Zach Masaitis pose with masks in a display in ArtWorks at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama

Chloe and Zach Masaitis pose with masks in a display in ArtWorks at th...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

[Woman, seated with lyre, thespian's mask, and cupid]

[Woman, seated with lyre, thespian's mask, and cupid]

Created and "published by Ferd. Mayer, 96 & 98 Fulton St., N.Y." Signed: L.G. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Cutting with acetylene flame, using masks & blue glass to protect the eyes

Cutting with acetylene flame, using masks & blue glass to protect the ...

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

A black and white photo of a group of people working in a factory. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people working in a factory. Off...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Negative has a tape mask. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture D... More

[Masked ceremonial dancers entering the stage at the New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]

[Masked ceremonial dancers entering the stage at the New Year's ceremo...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 025 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

Julia Arthur presents More than queen by Émile Bergerat : as produced all last season at the Theatre Porte St-Martin, Paris.

Julia Arthur presents More than queen by Émile Bergerat : as produced ...

Public domain scan of French performing arts poster, burlesque, operetta, musical advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dance Danse deceptive - Public domain musical sheets

Dance Danse deceptive - Public domain musical sheets

Public domain scan, performing arts and dance - related book, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Qagyuhl village at Fort Rupert

Edward S. Curtis - Qagyuhl village at Fort Rupert

Totem pole commemorating a Tsimshian family towers over the village of Tsahes, Vancouver Island. J197483 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from: The North American Indian. Curtis no. 3576. Forms part of: Edward S. C... More

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