[Portrait of Macbeth, Count of Monte Cristo, Lord Invader, and Wilmoth...
Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb The Renaissance Ballroom information was provided in the 2014 [Bear Family] publication Calypso Craze, 1956-1957 and Beyond (EAN: 53971021694... More
DCM 1598: Anonymous Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat)
Instrument type: Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat) Medium: Cocus(?), nickel silver key and ferrules.; 42 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, post and rod, direct mount. Mark Maximum: (crown) / London (cursive) / IMPROVED... More
Richard Low 17th century - Public domain engraving
after a painting possibly by John Hayls, portraitist, 1600?-1679; published by John Smith, painter, draughtsman, and engraver, 1652-1743 (artist notes) British (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (art... More
Tubicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qui praecedebant Victimam...
Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: top center: (in Latin) Tubicines, Liticines, Lÿricines, Cornicines, qui praecede- / bant Victimam et Hecatoniben. / Sacra enim sua nunquam / celebrabant antiqui sine musicis ... More
DCM 1429: Barlassina & Billoro Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Nickel silver.; 68 cm. Key Holes System: 15 keys, simple system (9 keys plus key plates for the 6 principal rank toneholes). Mark Maximum: BARLASSINA / & / BILLORO / MILANO ... More
Das Weisskunigs Erfahrung in Mummerei (Of the White King's Introducti...
German (artist nationality) painter and woodcut designer (artist role) Recto: l. c.: (initials in border of tablecloth) H B ; l. l.: (in pencil) H B Wm ; l. c.: (arrow, pointing upward) ; verso: (in pencil) l. ... More
DCM 0670: Claude Laurent Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside with fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl cap, silver keys, ferrules.; 67.3 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flat flaps on flanges bolted to body ... More
Photo of DCM 0367a: Anonymous Panpipes - Public domain dedication
See DCM 366, Notes. DCM ledger: "These instruments [367a-b] play the principal melody, not in unison, but in thirds. The two lower tones are often omitted in instruments for this part. The highest tones are dif... More
Photo of DCM 1673: Anonymous Flute Swab - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Flute Swab Medium: Public domain photo of museum object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contain... More
Musical Instruments - DCM 1618: Anonymous Transverse Flute
Instrument type: Transverse Flute Medium: Bamboo, partially painted black and green, with painted area scratched or carved away for natural bamboo color.; 38.1 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus 4 vent holes... More
DCM 0118: George Winfield Haynes Flute in Low F (Alto or Bass in F)
DCM ledger: "The tube is made of Mexican silver dollars, which cost 43 cents per dollar. Head joint is seamless, made of hollow ingot, bored, turned, and drawn on special hydraulic draw-bench. Tube has the firs... More
DCM 0717: Claude Laurent Flute in C
Safety lock at head joint. DCM ledger: "Seems to be identical with Victoria and Albert specimen, dated 1815." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside, fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl ca... More
DCM 0104: Wünnenberg Dual-Use Flute Head Joint
Head joint with nearly 180 degree U-bend followed by a nearly right angle bend for vertical holding (patent no. 49789). The basic curved unit terminates in a tenon which fits into either a standard metal cylind... More
DCM 0606: Noë frères Flute in C
The three body joint tenons have nickel silver strengthening ferrules both at the end and at the shoulder. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ivory ferrules and cork-setting mechanism. Cap ... More
DCM 0061: Boehm & Mendler Flute in D-flat
Instrument type: Flute in D-flat Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver ribs, and silver or silver-plated keys and ferrules.; 50.05 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#, post and rod. Mark Maximum: BOEHM & M... More
DCM 1437: Henry Pourcelle, tradename for Bruno, importer in New York C...
Instrument type: Clarinet in E-flat Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver.; 41.6 cm. Key Holes System: Simple system, right hand finger rings, sometimes called Albert System. See "Meyer-Albert Systematic Misnomers... More
Le Fluteur (The Flutist) - Public domain scenic engraving
after a painting by Alexis Grimou, painter, 1678-1733 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Grimou, Alexis, 1678-1733 (original artist) Recto: l. l.: (just beneath image) Peint par G... More
DCM 0179: Maino & Orsi Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebonite, nickel silver ferrules.; 53cm. Key Holes System: Giorgi system, to low D. See DCM 112. Mark Maximum: MAINO E ORSI / MILANO (inside oval shield) / DI / PROF. R. ORSI... More
DCM 0240: Boehm & Greve Flute in C
Each tenon strengthened with silver ferrule. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver head joint tuning slide components and silver ferrules.; 66.3 cm. Key Holes System: 9 keys, round flat flaps, post... More
DCM 1287: William Sherman Haynes Flute
DCM ledger: "Designed for lecture demonstrations, on harmonic tones, and complex quality due to overtones.... Only tones: C, C#, D." Instrument type: Flute Medium: Silver.; 67.7 cm. Key Holes System: 2 keys, f... More
DCM 0220: Ubaldo Luvoni Piccolo in C
Unusual, including a separate foot joint. Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Ebony(?), nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head and key blocks.; 31.2 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flat flaps,... More
DCM 1579: Anonymous Svirala (Vertical Whistle Flute)
Instrument type: Svirala (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Wood.; 30.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Spofford Whiting, New York, 5 Nov. 1954. The Dayton C. Miller collecti... More
American liberty - sheet music cover
An illustrated sheet music cover for a patriotic song by Freeman Scott. The title appears on a striped shield with laurel and oak branches below and a flag, liberty pole and cap, spears, and bundled fasces (sym... More
"Jeff wants to get away", Confederate States of America.
An illustrated sheet music cover for an anti-Confederate comic song. Confederate president Jefferson Davis stands on a bale of cotton and asks John C. Breckinridge, former U.S. Vice President and fellow secess... More
The conquered banner, Confederate States of America.
A sheet music cover for a postwar song lamenting the fall of the Confederacy. A ragged Confederate flag stands draped over an abandoned cannon, which sits in a landscape overgrown with grass and weeds. Almost h... More
Old Marine Band Hall, 8th and I Street, S.E.
Official U.S. Marine Corps photo Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Philip Sousa, jr., John Philip Sousa, III, Sousa
Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sousa in front of the Steel Pier
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Sousa at Interlochen, MI. With Marjorie Moody and Lillian Finegan
Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman - Library of Congress performing arts e...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Sousa - Library of Congress performing arts encyclopedia
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sousa on horse - the march king John Philip Sousa
Picryl description: Public domain artwork of horse, equestrian horse riding, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Sousa, Mr and Mrs Herbert L. Clarke and Carrie Jacobs Bond
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Painting of Sousa during US Marine Band era.
Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Professor John Esputa's music class, Sousa standing, back row on left
Picryl description: Public domain photograph group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Crowd at Sousa Band Concert, Willow Grove Park
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Tamara Karsavina, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Adolph Bolm in Le...
Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sousa talking to a woman, San Francisco Panama-Pacific International E...
Public domain photograph of a ship in San Francisco harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bansy (Bunsee - Bamboo Nose Flute), Dayton C. Miller Collection
Flemish (artist nationality) marine painter, etcher, and ethnographer (artist role) Recto: l. l.: 2.me Section. ; bottom center: BANSY. ; l. r.: Livraison. 24.me ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Paul Ritti / July 19... More
Library of Congress, Music Division. Coolidge Auditorium plaque commem...
Photograph shows a marble plaque with a head-and-shoulders portrait of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge commemorating her 1925 gift of the Coolidge Auditorium.
Alexandra Danilova and Léondine Massine, Le Pas d'Acier, 1927
Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photographic Slide from Boston production of Dr. Faustus. Finding Aid ...
Public domain photograph related to Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photographic Negative from New York production of Power (Muni Diamond ...
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More
DCM 0968: Anonymous Csakan(y) (Flageolet)
Instrument type: Csakan(y) (Flageolet) Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys, ferrules.; 34.85 cm. Key Holes System: 0/7 holes plus 6 keys, modern post and rod (pins not screws). Elevated fingerhole 7 incorpo... More
Photographic Negative from New York production of Macbeth (Lafayette T...
Public domain photograph of auditorium building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photographic Slide from Boston production of Dr. Faustus. Finding Aid ...
Public domain photograph related to Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Revue of Reviews - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Co...
Santa Barbara County Bowl End of Anapamu St and Milpas 8:15pm July 3 and 4 The 1937 Musical "Revue of Revues" A Feature of Santa Barbara's Famed Semana Nautica Annual Celebration Prices 25c to 83c tax in... More
The Show-off - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
Vaudeville - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
Free! - concert / theatrical poster
Text on Poster: Changed to Thursday Nights Free Free Free Federal Theatre Project Works Progress administration Invites you to attend The Alcazar Theatre Every Thursday night at 8:30 Present your I.D. ca... More
In Abraham's Bosom (1 Photograph)
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
Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas: Mikado; Pinafore; Trial by Jury; Pirat...
Scanned one of two A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details... More
The Show-off - theatrical playbill, public domain image
Box 1097 (matrix number) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other d... More
Circus - theatrical performance poster, circus poster
Text on Poster: Federal Theatre for New York City Presents The Worlds Greatest Circus All New Acts 50 Piece Band Stauch’s Arena Bowery & Stillwell Ave. Coney Island 3 Nights Feb. 11-12-13 8 P.M. 2 Mat... More
Tom Thumb Circus - Drawing. Public domain image.
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
Photographic Negative from New York production of Power. Finding Aid B...
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More
Public domain art prints - Public domain portrait print
Ilka Kolsky's woodblock print. (General) Public domain photograph of 20th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photographic Negative from New York production of Dr. Faustus. Finding...
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More
DCM 0979: Johann Gottlieb Freyer Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Figured boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, and ferrules, silver keys.; 62.3 cm. Key Holes System: 5 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block, the 5th key being a short... More
Public domain art prints - Public domain print
Ilka Kolsky's woodblock print. (General) Public domain photograph of 20th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photographic Negative from New York production of Dr. Faustus (devil s...
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More
Big Blow - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Congress
Great Northern Theatre 26 W Jackson Blvd Nitely (exc. Mon)8:30 Mat Sat 2:30 Opening Mar 21 Big Blow Drama of the Hurraine Country Directed by Victor Sutherland A Smash Hit Stage Play (Content)
[Portrait of Johnny Hodges and Lawrence Brown, Turkish Embassy, Washin...
Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: The Record Changer, v. 5, no. 12 (Feb. 47, 1947), p. 7. Forms part of: ... More
Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas: Trial by Jury; Pinafore
Majestic Theatre (venue) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other d... More
Three Pippins! - theatrical playbill, public domain image
Advertising: Pinocchio Sing for Your Supper Life and Death of An American (Content)
Photographic Negative from New York production of Macbeth (Lafayette T...
The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More
Jack and the Beanstalk 1 - Public domain poster, Music division, Libra...
Federal Theatre for NYC Jack and the Beanstalk by Charlotte Chorpenning (Content)
Aida - concert / theatrical poster
Pasadena Civic Auditroium May 2 8:15pm Sponsored by United Service Clubs of Pasadena WPA Federal Music Project (Content)
Circus - theatrical performance poster, circus poster
Federal theatres Circus The Big Show 25, 40c 200 Big Top performers 20 acts 1,000 thrills scores of clowns under canvas Barnstable community council and center Makepeace field hyannis 3 nights mat we... More
Circus - theatrical performance poster, circus poster
Federal theatres Circus The Big Show 25, 40c 200 Big Top performers 20 acts 1,000 thrills scores of clowns under canvas post no. 10 summer st. Grounds 3 nights Sat. Mat. Starting Thursday Sept 2 a... More
Mikado - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Congress
Text on Poster: Federal Theatre “Mikado” Gilbert & Sullivans Popular Opera All Star Cast of 80—Augmented Orchestra (Content)
Iolanthe - theatrical playbill, public domain image
Y.M.H.A (venue) A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details su... More
Pirates of Penzance: Tenth Pirate Pettigrew. Pink shirt, red kilt, ora...
Fabric swatches attached (Content) Back reads: "One of the 2 girls pirates" (Content) On the opposite side is a design from Taming of the Shrew CDE 145-12. Digital ID#200219338 (Content)
Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas: Trial by Jury; Pinafore
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
Noah - concert / theatrical poster
Text on Poster: Federal theatre presents Now Playing “Noah” From the French by Andre Obey Adapted by Carlton moss From the English Text of Arthur Wilmurt With Music by Jean Stor Lafayette Theatre 132 S... More
The Path of Flowers - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of...
The Path of Flowers a new farce comedy by Valentine Katayev experimental theatre (daly's) 63rd east of broadway evenings at 8:40 admission 25c to 55c WPA federal theatre project (Content)
Alice in Wonderland - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of...
Text on Poster: Federal Theatre Project Presents the Marionettes in “Alice in Wonderland” For Children Admission 25c 40c Every Saturday Matinee 2:30 Alcazar San Francisco A Federal Theatre Production D... More
Arms and the Man - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Co...
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw from which the Chocolate Soldier was adapted… Div WPA A Federal Theatre Attraction Savoy October 27, 28, 29, 30 (Content)
The Pursuit of Happiness - Public domain poster, Music division, Libra...
The Federal Theatre div of WPA presents The Pursuit of Happiness by Armina Marshall Langer and Lawrence Langer April 15-16-17-18 curtain 8:30 President Theatre Main Floor 55c (tax incl.)40c 25c First Ba... More
Night Must Fall - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Con...
Text on Poster: Mason Opera House 2 Weeks Starts May 3 Emlyn Williams’ Horror Drama (Content)
[Portrait of Jay Higginbotham, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 194...
Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 146 (gottlieb assignment) 146 (assign... More
This Modern Dance - Martha Graham Collection
Photograph of Ruth St. Denis dancing school, with Martha Graham. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.o... More
[Portrait of Larry Clinton, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948]
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 Nesuhi Ertegun, Adele Girard, Joe Marsala, Zutty Singleto...
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
The Night of January 16 - Public domain poster, Music division, Librar...
Text on Poster: Where Were You! What did you do It Happened on “The Night of Jan. 16” Two Years in New York One Year in Chicago Eighteen Weeks in Hollywood And The First Time in San Diego For This Terr... More
Alice in Wonderland - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of...
Seattle Children's Theatre presents U of W Puppeteers in Alice in Wonderland A Full Length Puppet Play with Music Saturday Matinees 2pm Beginning Apr 9 Federal Theatre Rainier and Atlantic CA 1522 Child... More
[Portrait of Ted Weems, WINX, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948]
Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 331 (gottlieb assignment) 331 (assign... More
Aaron Copland, Serge Koussevitzky, and Nadia Boulanger, ca. 1939
Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of composer or musician, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[ Every soul is a circus, No. 1]
photographer unknown (General) Reproduced with permission of Katherine Duke. (Copyright Notice)
Circus - Drawing. Public domain image.
Scanned one of two A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details... More
[ Martha Graham in Every soul is a circus]
The Library was unable to locate the rights holder for this photograph and has elected to make it available online as an exercise of fair use for strictly non-commercial educational uses. If any individuals or ... More
Architectural photograph, Italy
Picryl description: Public domain image of a palace, villa, or large historic building, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[ Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine during the European premiere tour of "The...
The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners... More
William Feeder [Rogers & Cowan, Inc.] to Danny Kaye, April 19, 1982
Regarding Danny Kaye winning a Peabody Award in 1981. (General) Courtesy of Rogers & Cowan (Copyright Notice) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes an... More
[ Robert Cohan in Dark meadow] - Martha Graham Collection
Photographer unknown. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)
[ Erick Hawkins, Ethel Butler, Jean Erdman, and Jane Dudley in Punch a...
Reproduced with permission of Janet Morgan/The Barbara Morgan Archive. For further information e-mail [email protected] (Copyright Notice) Reproduced with permission of Katherine Duke. (Copyright Notice)
[ Deaths and entrances] - Martha Graham Collection
Reproduced with permission of Janet Morgan/The Barbara Morgan Archive. For further information e-mail [email protected] (Copyright Notice) Reproduced with permission of Katherine Duke. (Copyright Notice)
[ Danny Kaye with children in the USSR during a goodwill trip]
1963 (date) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of the cop... More
[ Cave of the heart, No. 7] - Martha Graham Collection
Photographer unknown. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)
[ Lady Margaret (Dana Wynter), Lady Vivian (Margaret Rutherford) and E...
A scene from the Dena-Capri film "On the Double." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for o... More