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[Princess Theatre], Motion Picture Theaters

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

English lancers charging / motion picture

From Edison films catalog: The stubborn resistance of the Boers is shown by the activity and persistency with which they fire the two large field pieces immediately in the foreground. It seems, indeed, a hopele... More

Automobile parade / motion picture

The first annual automobile parade, held on November 4, 1899 by the Automobile Club of America, in downtown Manhattan. At least ten different makes and models are seen, including electric and steam powered mach... More

Red Cross ambulance on battlefield /

From Edison films catalog: Near the center of this scene we see the regimental surgeon directing the movements of the Ambulance Corps. Tenderly they pick up the unfortunates and place them in the ambulance. The... More

The mystic swing / motion picture

From Edison films catalog: The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady disappear from the swing, to the surp... More

A dull razor / motion picture - Public domain portrait drawing

From Edison films catalog: This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble, as he catches hold of the brush and with a great show of im... More

May Allison with movie camera, Helen Taft

Photograph shows actress May Allison (1890-1989) with Helen Taft and a motion picture camera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part... More

Annie Oakley / motion picture - movie film screenshot

Annie Oakley, the "Little Sure Shot" of the "Wild West," in an exhibition of rifle shooting. Copyright: no reg. Performer: Annie Oakley. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:21 at 30 fps. Summary from sources in ... More

Majestic Theatre, Detroit, Mich., Motion Picture Theaters

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 305. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

White Horse Rapids / motion picture. Yukon Territory

"This picture was taken at the historical point signified by the above title, where so many daring and venturesome miners have lost their lives in attempting to shoot these mad and turbulent rapids in their fla... More

The magician / motion picture. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

"The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat, and they disappear mysteriously into the air. He then takes a white handke... More

Uncle Josh's nightmare / motion picture

"On a set of a man's bedroom, a woman can be seen helping a middle-aged man to retire. As soon as he falls asleep, an apparition appears at the edge of the room. The man begins to grapple with the vision and fe... More

25th Infantry / motion picture -

"Gen. Frederick D. Grant and Gen. A.S. Burt [commander of the 25th Infantry Regiment] returning from Mt. Ariat [sic], at the head of the famous 25th Infantry, colored"--Biograph picture catalogue. H17963 U.S. C... More

Congress of nations / motion picture

"A new and sensational film, which deals in a highly up-to-date manner with the international situation. A magician steps upon the stage carrying a hoop covered with white paper. Then in quick succession the fl... More

A black and white photo of a woman in a tutu. Dolores costello actress...

In a tutu / A woman in a black dress, ca. 1900 / Public domain vintage photo.

Helen Taft, May Allison - Public domain portrait photograph

Dr. William Gorgas / motion picture

Film has ca. 2 ft. of views of Dr. William Crawford Gorgas, chief sanitation officer of the Panama Canal (1904-1913) and member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, standing in front of a building; location of thi... More

An artist's dream / motion picture

"The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from the frames and walk forward, admiring their costumes. Mephisto... More

Champs de Mars / motion picture - Exposition Universelle International...

"Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with the Trocadero Palace in the background. 135 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105. D16382 U... More

Little mischief / motion picture

"Papa is reading his newspaper and his little girl tickles his neck with a long straw. Thinking it is a fly papa "shoos" away the supposed fly with his hand. The tickling continues now on the ear, and papa wave... More

Esquimaux leap-frog / motion picture

"The film, photographed from a single camera position, shows buildings resembling igloos on ice floes, in front of which persons clothed as Eskimos play a game of leapfrog"--Early motion pictures. This shows se... More

Trapeze disrobing act motion picture

Camera is positioned as if in the audience at a vaudeville show. Two men in rough clothing are visible in a box on the left as a woman sits on a trapeze over the stage. Fully dressed in street clothing, the tra... More

Panorama of esplanade by night /

"The first objects visible in this film, which was taken at night, are the glowing light globes that outline the buildings closest to the camera position. The camera slowly pans, encompassing the complete area ... More

Esquimaux village / motion picture

"The first of three camera positions shows a low building resembling an igloo beside a small pool, and an ice floe. Dark-complexioned people dressed as Eskimos run up and down alongside the pool, and a dog pull... More

Boys diving, Honolulu / motion picture

A large group of small boys stand on a pier, sillhouetted against the sky. In the distance, six large clipper ships can be seen at anchor. The boys jump and dive into the water, apparently to retrieve coins tha... More

Uncle Josh at the moving picture show /

"Here we present a side-splitter. Uncle Josh occupies a box at a vaudeville theatre, and a moving picture show is going on. First there appears upon the screen a dancer. Uncle Josh jumps to the stage and endeav... More

Cutting sugar cane / motion picture

The poor condition of the film, its short length, and the distance of the subject matter from the camera position do not permit much description other than saying some workers are in a field. In the foreground,... More

Brook trout fishing / motion picture

The camera shows a small waterfall and a stream. Across the stream on the bank is a man with a fishing pole in one hand and a retrieving net in the other. During the course of the film, he makes the normal move... More

Empire State Express motion picture

Summary: "The film opens on a scene of a railroad section gang mending tracks on a curved area. In the distane a locomotive can be seen approaching the camera position. As it goes by the camera,four cars can be... More

Still from footage recorded by Edward Turner, 1902.

Image from the National Media Museum Collection...Between the end of 1901 and early 1903, Edward Turner made various test films of colourful subjects such as a parrot, a goldfish in a bowl against a brightly st... More

A perilous proceeding / motion picture

The film follows a group of approximately ten men who are suspended on the cable of a large crane atop a building under construction. As the men are lifted over the site and gradually lowered, they wave to the ... More

Scrambling for eggs motion picture

"The film, photographed from a single-camera position, shows a large group of boys participating in an egg hunt supervised by adults who throw eggs to the boys, causing them to scrimmage in search of the eggs"-... More

Loading sugar cane / motion picture

"The short length of this films leaves much to be desired to give proper description. However, it is possible to see a large receiving car in a cane brake where several people are visible chopping cane and carr... More

Babies rolling eggs / motion picture

"Some small children in winter clothing face the camera in a semicircle. They throw what appear to be eggs down the incline toward the camera position. From left and right of the camera, a great number of young... More

Charleston chain-gang / motion picture

"This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions along the long chain which secures the whole band of prisoners... More

Ameta - vaudeville film motion picture

Two large squares of white fabric completely cover a woman standing on a stage with a paneled wall as a backdrop. The fabric is supported in front and back of her by some sort of flexible poles along the top ed... More

The extra turn motion picture - movie film screenshot

Camera is positioned as if in the audience of a vaudeville show. A man and two women, all in evening clothes, are seated in a theater box to the left of a stage with curtains and a painted backdrop of trees. A ... More

Expert bag punching motion picture

A man stands on a stage with a painted backdrop of a forest, as if performing a vaudeville act. To the right of the frame is a sign on an easel identifying him as "Gus Keller, Novelty Bag Puncher, New Polo A.A.... More

Takoma, Washington. Old movie theatre, Motion Picture Theaters

Photograph shows four men standing at the entrance of movie theater; signage in background "Edison's moving pictures, Entertainment for ladies and children"; man on far right points to sign "Moving pictures - A... More

Arnold Genthe - Scene in Chinatown / motion picture

This film was shot in an alley of San Francisco's Chinatown on Saturday, September 15, 1900, at midday. The topography of the site (sloping down to the far street), the width of the alley, the location of utili... More

A frontier flirtation motion picture

Opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of a forest or garden. On a park bench center stage sits a well-dressed woman with a dark veil obscuring her face, holding an open parasol overhead and a closed fan in h... More

Happy Hooligan motion picture - movie film screenshot

Opens on a stage set of a house exterior, complete with a door, window, and ivy on the walls. In front of the house, an organ-grinder plays as Happy Hooligan listens and claps along merrily. The Hooligan charac... More

Move on / motion picture - movie film screenshot

Filmed in New York's Lower East Side, the scene is a street where several pushcart vendors have gathered to sell their goods. In the foreground are fruit and vegetable carts. An elevated railroad track crosses ... More

Cleveland fire department / motion picture

The subject is the activities of a fire department that can be seen coming out of the fire engine house located across the street from the camera position. The action must have been a drill or rehearsal as the ... More

The unappreciated joke / motion picture

"Scene, interior of a street-car. A stout man enters and sits down alongside of a friend and proceeds to read a comic paper. He shows a joke in the paper to his friend, and they both laugh heartily. The friend ... More

Bass fishing / motion picture - movie film screenshot

"Virginia. Taken for the U.S. Fisheries Commission to illustrate the benefits of stocking inland waters. A well-known fisherman, Mr. Henry Talbot, is seen casting in a picturesque pool for bass. He gets a strik... More

The President's carriage / motion picture

This film shows President Roosevelt in San Francisco, passing in the arrival parade on Market Street on Tuesday, May 12, 1903. The camera view is from the north side of Market Street, just east of Grant Avenue.... More

Excavation for subway motion picture

"The film was photographed from a single camera position, elevated to make possible a good view of the excavation of what appears to be a large tunnel. There are cranes, horse-drawn vehicles, as well as electri... More

Parke Davis' employees / motion picture

Photographed from a single-camera position, this film encompasses a scene of a large number of people either walking or riding bicycles as they leave what appears to be a factory. The title indicates they are e... More

Lower Broadway / motion picture

The film shows a view which appears to be looking north on Broadway at the intersection of Wall Street, in front of Trinity Church. The sidewalk along Broadway is crowded with people, and the traffic in both st... More

Delivering newspapers / motion picture

The film shows a group of about fifty pre-adolescent boys running and crowding around a one-horse paneled newspaper van that pulls up in the foreground of the picture. On the side of the van is a sign reading "... More

Street car chivalry / motion picture

"Scene shows interior of crowded street-car. A young lady enters and every man in the car offers her his seat. Presently an elderly stout lady with arm full of bundles enters. All male passengers immediately bu... More

[Labor Day parade] / motion picture

Shows a parade through bunting-draped streets, probably in the town of Leominster, Mass. First, a decorated grandstand bearing the banner "Leominster heartily greets its guests" is seen, and then the camera pan... More

"Life of an Am. Policeman, scene 5." Policeman being shot at by runnin...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The Palace of Arabian Nights, #9 - the descent in the Crystal Grotto

Still from motion picture fantasy set. Photo copyrighted by George Méliés. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fantasy; Motion pictures Stills; B.F. Melies Works;... More

The Palace of Arabian Nights, #13

Interior; still from motion picture fantasy set. Photo copyrighted by George Méliés. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fantasy; Motion pictures Stills; B.F. Mel... More

The society Raffles motion picture

Opens on a set of a nicely-decorated living room, with a door stage left and a settee in front of an open window in the foreground. A middle-aged man with greying hair and a mustache, wearing formal evening clo... More

A ballroom tragedy motion picture

Opens on a set of a sitting room, apparently off a ballroom where dancers occasionally can be glimpsed through a curtained entrance stage right. Near the entrance, a young couple in formal attire talk--perhaps ... More

Logging in Maine / motion picture

The subject is the movement of cut timber from the forest to the mill. The few scenes that make up the film are loggers performing the various operations necessary to prevent logs from jamming together. The men... More

San Francisco disaster / motion picture

This film shows the partial burning of a small-scale model of downtown San Francisco in an early attempt at simulating the 1906 disaster. The model is seen in aerial view from above the South-of-Market district... More

Gentlemen will please remove their hats and kindly refrain from smokin...

Paper print made from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 13." Copyright claimant: Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title and o... More

Adjusting film. Show will continue in a few minutes

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcement in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 11." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title a... More

Good night / D'Artois., Motion Picture Theaters

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. B 16." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Fights of nations motion picture

"Mexico and Spain": a man dressed as a Mexican peasant spies on a happy young woman and her Spanish suitor. The jealous peasant rises from his hiding place to stab his rival, but the woman grabs his arm and sto... More

Adjusting film. Show will continue in a few minutes

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with photo of girl hammering at a film projector. "No. C 6." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cl... More

If you expect to rate as a gentleman, you will not expectorate on the ...

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with a border design. "No. B 17." Copyright claimant: Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Good night / D'Artois., Motion Picture Theaters

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 16." Copyright claimant: Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title and ... More

Call again. Always something new / D'Artois.

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design showing donkey and words "Maud, her stall." "No. A 15" and "23." Copyright claimant:... More

Pictures changed / D'Artois., Motion Picture Theaters

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. B 14." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Films changed / D'Artois & Cie., Motion Picture Theaters

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 14." Copyright claimant: The Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title ... More

Those coming in late may remain to the next performance / D'Artois & C...

Paper print made from lantern slide used as announcemenet in motion picture theaters. Text appears with an Art Nouveau design. "No. A 12." Copyright claimant: Electro Mechanical Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Title and ... More

A black and white photo of a woman with long hair. Mary pickford actre...

Stock photography: The first woman to win the oscar for best actress in the silent film, the silent film, was a silent film directed by . silent / A black and white photo of a woman with long hair.

The Lost New Year's Dinner

Scene 5 from motion picture showing man and woman seated at table in jail. H120459 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint copyrighted by the Edison Manufacturing Co. This record contains unverified data from caption ... More

Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 8

Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 22 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photogra... More

Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 5

Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 19 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photogra... More

Opera House, Litchfield, Minn.

Crowd entering to view Edison one-reeler motion picture. H114155 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by W.O. Olson. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 337. This record contains unverified, old data from caption ... More

The sculptor's nightmare / motion picture

At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. Instead,... More

Cupid's pranks - Scene 1 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cupid on table whispering to woman. Motion picture still by the Edison Manufacturing Co. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Copy negative made by Library of Congress P... More

Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 9

Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 17 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photogra... More

Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 7

Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 21 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photogra... More

[Man using a motion picture camera on a tripod, possibly a Debrie or P...

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

Man using a motion picture camera on a tripod, possibly a Debrie or Pa...

Title devised by Library staff with information provided by source: Silent Film Archaelology Workshop, 2012. Date from negatives in same range Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the Nation... More

Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 13

Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 24 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photogra... More

Love's stratagem, Movie Poster - Art nouveau public domain poster

Motion picture poster for "Love's Stratagem" showing three scenes from the movie set against an art nouveau design. IMP - Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America, 111 E. 14th St. New York City. No. 1. Purch... More

H. A. Molzon presents a modern screen version o fthe everalsting play ...

Motion picture poster for "Uncle Tom's Cabin" shows reproductions of four engravings of scenes from the book and in the center a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and an emancipated slave.

First motion picture projecting machine

Public domain photograph of a machine part, motor, equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

First motion picture projecting machine

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Copy neg. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the Na... More

Young America and the moving-picture show / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon showing children leaving Sunday school on the left and walking to the movies on the right, with scenes depicting bad influences, such as "The Devil's Recruiting Station" an... More

The truth revealed /

The young squire impudently stops at the stream where the women are washing clothes. His unsuccessful efforts to flirt with one of them, Mary, are caught in a photograph by his companion. Another of the women, ... More

Lubins Building and business district, Motion Picture Theaters

Photograph shows carts, wagons, and streetcars near the Lubins Theater in Baltimore, Maryland.

Young America and the moving-picture show / L.M. Glackens.

Images showing children leaving church and going to motion picture theater, which leads them to a life of crime. Illus. in: Puck, 1910 Nov. 9, centerfold.

Kaiser Wilhelm / motion picture

Various scenes of Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany, in different locations: clear view of the Kaiser walking towards camera, with German officers on his left, and a postal delivery service building in immediate b... More

A black and white photo of a woman in a sailor's outfit. Ginger rogers...

Stock photography: A portrait of in a sailor suit / A black and white photo of a woman in a sailor's outfit.

Box office of "Grand" 5-cent vaudeville and motion picture show, Niaga...

J160178 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scenes of TR at Sagamore Hill, 1912 /

First film footage taken of TR at Sagamore Hill, summer of 1912. TR on his horse Sidar shakes hands with William P. Helm, Associated Press correspondent for New York City and Washington (1910-1918) and detailed... More

Kindly remain seated, Motion Picture Theaters

Photo shows children at beach. Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a fancy carved frame... More

Advertise your business on this screen and get results. See the manage...

Photo shows a cow and pansy flowers. Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a fancy carved... More

Loud talking or whistling not allowed

Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a fancy carved frame. J170028 U.S. Copyright Office... More

If annoyed when here, please tell the management

Positive paper print from lantern slide used in motion picture theaters as announcement. Each text superimposed on humorous photograph, and the whole shown in a fancy carved frame.

Madam, how would you like to sit behind the hat you are wearing

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