27,951 Theater Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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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

Polis theater front, [Washington, D.C.], 1920

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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

Sidney Lust Leader Theater, [Washington, D.C.]

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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

Irish Demonstration, 4120 - A group of women standing next to each oth...

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: WOMEN MARCH FOR FREE ERIN. Carrying banners urging the ... More

Earle Theater, Washington, D.C.

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Tel Aviv. Moghrabi theatre. Movie picture-house.

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Metropolitan Theater, Washington, D.C., at night

Theater playing "The Woman in His House"; crowd in front. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Performing Arts. National Photo Company Collection (Library... More

Byron, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows actor Arthur Byron (1872-1943) fishing off a boat. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain ... More

[Grandall's Apollo Theater, Washington, D.C.; showing Louise Glaum in ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Architecture in the Washington, D.C., region: Theater. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. F... More

[Thimble theatre]. Dad - just look at your feet - you track in all the...

Comic strip shows Olive Oyl castigating her father, Cole Oyl, for coming home with muddy feat. When her beau, Ham Gravy, comes to ask Olive's father for her hand in marriage, the result is the sound of blows. ... More

[H.H. Van Loan, a screen playwright, & Babe Ruth, New York AL (basebal...

An old photo of two men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Coolidge & Leona Baldwin at Tivoli Theater, 11/7/25

A group of women standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harry Kahne, mental marvel and daredevil from Keiths Theatre, amuses t...

No. 33882. National Photo Company Collection.

Lindbergh (church at Met. Theater), 6/12/27

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Ballet dancer. Ballet dancer at National Theater I

Public domain photograph of midcentury American ballet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Folger Library interiors. Stage of theater at Folger Library from cent...

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Custis-Lee Mansion. Rear view of Custis-Lee Mansion from old theater, ...

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Ballet dancer. Ballet dancer at National Theater I

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Polis Theater. Wrecking of Polis Theater I

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Folger Library interiors. Theater doorway at Folger Library at end of ...

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Folger Library copy work. Model of stage in theater

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Electric Institute of Washington. Cameo Theatre, Mt. Rainier lecture

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Mahnomen City Drive-In Movie Theater, U.S. Highway 59 at Minnesota Hig...

Survey number: HABS MN-121 Public domain photograph of movie theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

To the movies. Polish Ambassador Stanislaw Patek, accompanied by his p...

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

[Police officer in front of crowd of children and adults at Federal Th...

Photograph by Dick (Richard) Rose, head of the Federal Theatre Project's Photographic Division. Exhibited: "Circus and the City" at the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, ... More

"The sun rises in the west" written and produced by Southwest Theatre ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Sun Rises in the West" at the Mayan Theatre, showing a plow among weeds and a dilapidated farm building.

WPA Federal Theatre [presents] If ye break faith

Poster for WPA Federal Theatre Project presentation of "If Ye Break Faith" showing the Grim Reaper with scythe harvesting cross-shaped tombstones. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

WPA Federal Theatre Project 891 - presents "Horse eats hat" Maxine Ell...

Facsimile of poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Horse Eats Hat" at Maxine Elliott's Theatre, 109 West 39th St., showing a horse eating a hat. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Lib... More

Virginia True (in black) and Betty Gray, Roadside Theatre

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The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents "Ten minute alibi" [by] An...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Ten minute alibi" at the Waterloo Theater, showing stylized clock. Date stamped on verso: Jul 8 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library ... More

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Planter's Hotel, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, S...

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Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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"Excursion" WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane & Miro Sail in and s...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Excursion" at the WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane & Miro, Los Angeles, Calif., showing a ship "SS Happiness" sailing towards Coney Island. Work Projects... More

The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents "Help Yourself"

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Help Yourself" at the President Theatre, showing a confrontation between a man and a woman in silhouette. Date stamped on verso: Jul 8 1937. Work Projects Adm... More

Bus terminal and theatre under construction at Greenbelt, Maryland

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Ford's Theater. Exterior of Ford's Theater

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A black and white photo of a theatre, Movie theater. Romney, West Virg...

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Theatre in Greenbelt business center, Maryland

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Jebel el-Druze & Hauran. Basra Eski Sham. The castle surrounding the R...

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Lauber House, 107 Theatre St., Ironwork, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabam...

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A black and white photo of a movie theater, West Virginia. Farm Securi...

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Front of movie theatre, San Antonio, Texas

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Jonathan Kirkbride House, 104 Theatre St., Mobile, Mobile County, Alab...

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A black and white photo of a movie theater, West Virginia. Farm Securi...

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Theater, Cincinnati, Ohio. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Movie theater, Elkins, West Virginia. There are two movies in town, bo...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Jerash. Close up of pillars & capitals of southern theatre

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Jerash. Southern theatre & forum, etc.

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Movie theater on main street of Central City, California, Shasta Count...

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[ Scene outside the Imperial Theatre in New York City where 'Let's Fac...

Box marked: DKA_VSBOX7 Folder marked: Let's Face It (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use fo... More

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A group of people standing in front of a theater. Office of War Inform...

Mr. Langston Hughes, Negro poet and playwright. Chicago, Illinois

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Mrs. Roosevelt greeti...

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Washington, D.C. International youth assembly. A well-known Chinese ac...

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Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Indiana. Little theatre fr...

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Bantam, Connecticut. Bantam Lane, looking toward the Warren McArthur p...

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Scene from "Oklahoma," 1943-1944. Theatre Guild production

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Baltimore, Maryland. Thursday night shoppers in a line outside a movie...

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[Portrait of Louis Jordan, Paramount Theater(?), New York, N.Y., ca. J...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 159 (gottlieb assignment) 159 (assign... More

[Portrait of Louis Jordan, Paramount Theater(?), New York, N.Y., ca. J...

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 Louis Jordan, Paramount Theater(?), New York, N.Y., ca. J...

Beekman Theatre block, 2nd Ave., between 65th and 66th Sts., New York ...

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The Ordeal of Thomas Moon - movie film screenshot

Summary: Actor Dom DeLuise in an uncredited role portraying an overweight man and how his daily physical struggles finally force him to see his physician. "This film is a most unusual documentary--telling of ju... More

Loew's State Theater, Times Square. Staircase in entrance foyer

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Capitol Theater, 51st St. and Broadway, New York. Wide view thru doors

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The "Elvis at 13" statue at the Elvis Presley birthplace site in Tupel...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Elvis Aaron Presley was an American musician and actor in the 1960s and '70s. Elvis is portrayed in over sized overalls, a full open-c... More

[ Danny Kaye, Corinne Calvet and theatre cast in 'Happy Ending' scene ...

Public domain photograph of theatrical or movie production, scene, actors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photograph related to American actor Danny Kaye. Danny Kaye was an A... More

Capitol Theater, 51st St. and Broadway, New York. Foyer

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The Art Deco Palace Theater, a onetime movie theater in downtown Marfa...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was the Marfa Opera House before its cinematic incarnation, but closed in the 1970s. As of this photograph in 2014, a local illust... More

Dusk view of the Ed Sullivan Theatre marquee, New York, New York

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The Ed Sullivan Show and David Letterman Show have been... More

Bedroom at Petersen House, where President Abraham Lincoln died in 186...

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

Balcony of Ford's Theatre, with view of the private box in which Abrah...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. This image was taken in the 1990s. Title, date, subject... More

Resident of Essex Mill Apartments in courtyard with her children; the ...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting scenes in Paterson's historic district.

Theater of Opera and Ballet (1931-45; 1956), main portico, Novosibirsk...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Downtown block that includes the Robey Theatre in Spencer, West Virgin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The movie theater was built in 1911 and extensively remodeled in 1926. The front facade features a large central entrance bay, with a ... More

Tassles from Abraham Lincoln's funeral catafalque. Artifact in the mus...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Paramount Theatre Building, Oakland, California

Oakland's Paramount Theatre is one of the finest remaining examples of Art Deco design in the United States. Designed by renowned San Francisco architect Timothy L. Pflueger and completed in late 1931, it was o... More

The Takoma Theatre, corner of 4th and Butternut St. in the Takoma neig...

The Takoma Theatre opened on July 2, 1923 with Thomas Meighan in "The Ne'er Do Well', with 724 seats. It was designed by John Jacob Zink, who also designed the Uptown in Washington, the Commodore in Portsmouth,... More

[Ritz Theatre, Greenville, Alabama]

Built in 1935, Greenville's first genuine "movie palace" was the brainchild of local attorney Calvin Poole. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Lande... More

Jayhawk State Theatre sign, all that is left of the Jayhawk Theatre, T...

The Jayhawk Theatre opened its doors on August, 1926. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gif... More

Architectural detail in the interior of the National Theatre (Palacio ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More

The historic Lincoln Theatre, U St., NW, Washington, D.C.

The historic Lincoln Theatre and Duke Ellington are two of the great legacies associated with the rich history of Washington, D.C.'s U St. Corridor. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photo... More

Tivoli Theater, 14th and Monroe St., Columbia Heights, NW, Washington,...

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

Alabama Theatre, Birmingham, Alabama

The Alabama Theatre was built in 1927 by Paramount Studios as an Alabama showcase for Paramount films. It was used primarily as a movie palace for 55 years, with the exception of the annual Miss Alabama pagent ... 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

Artifact in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Theat...

El Capitan Theatre Marquee, Los Angeles, California

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. When the theater opened in 1926 as "Hollywood's First Home of Spoken Drama," it featured a Spanish colonial exterior designed by Stiles O. Clements of the... More

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

Artifacts in the museum collection, National Park Service, Ford's Thea...

Art murals on the exterior of the Fox Warfield Theatre, a 2,300 seat m...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More