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[Harry Houdini, King of Cards]. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-de... More

Kellar, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 6152B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

Kellar, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 6152B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

MoonFest: From Apollo to LCROSS and Beyond public event at NASA'S Ames...

MoonFest: From Apollo to LCROSS and Beyond public event at NASA'S Ames Researc Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The day included scientific talks, model rocket launches on the flight line, musical performances, fa... More

A Collection of Etchings and Engravings in Imitation of Drawings from ...

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A Collection of Etchings and Engravings in Imitation of Drawings from ...

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Six Noh Performances in Genre Settings

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Six Noh Performances in Genre Settings

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Mr. Garrick in Hamlet / B. Wilson pinxt ; J. McArdell fecit.

David Garrick in Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, with hands raised. Smith, 78 LeBlanc, 49 Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection.

Shakspeare sic performing before Queen Elizabeth and her court

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Picture Book with Synopses of Plays for Performances at the Nakamura T...

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Picture Book with Synopses of Plays (Ehon banzuke) for Performances at...

Unidentified Artist Japanese, (Torii school) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain image of Japan during the Edo period, Japanese history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Is this a rattle which I see before me / Cruikshank., British Cartoon ...

John Philip Kemble, caricatured, plays the dagger scene in Macbeth. In front of him is magically suspended a large watchman's rattle, labelled "a word to the wise". Text refers to the personal attack made on th... More

Order of performances for the first celebration of the Washington bene...

Positive Photostat.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 49, Folder 21.

The theatrical atlas / G. Cruikshank fect., British Cartoon Print

Edmund Kean, as the humpbacked Richard III, standing on a large book labeled Shakespear, with a model of Drury Lane Theatre, a massive block labeled Whitbreads Intire, on his head. Forms part of : British Carto... More

Order of performances at the third publick celebration of the Washingt...

Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 50, Folder 9.

Mr. Kean in Richard the Third Act IV Scene 4 / / painted by J.J. Halls...

Edmund Kean, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, as Richard III.

Adolphe Franconi standing on one leg on a saddle on the back of a hors...

Signed on stone with initials on lower right. Inscribed in ink on lower right: Hubbard Fund 2276H 2/2/66. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Adolphe Franconi standing on the back of a horse, facing right, legs s...

Signed on stone with initials on lower left. Inscribed in ink on lower right: Hubbard Fund 2276H 2/2/66. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Objects Representing the Ceremony of Exorcising Demons, One of the New...

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820) (?) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, of Edo period, Tokugawa rule, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions im... More

Adolphe Franconi standing on the back of a horse, facing leftt, legs s...

Signed on stone with initials on lower right. Inscribed in ink on lower right: Hubbard Fund 2276H 2/2/66. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Adolphe Franconi standing on a saddle on the back of a horse, facing r...

Inscribed in ink on lower right: Hubbard Fund 2276H 2/2/66. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Wolves triumphant or A fig for public opinion / R C [Cruikshank]., Bri...

"A corner of the stage (right) at Drury Lane, with a section of the pit in the foreground (left). Kean, as Richard III, postures before his tent, frantically flourishing his sword, and exclaiming Richard is not... More

Henry Phillips, full-length portrait as character in an opera painted ...

Inscribed in pencil on bottom: Mr. H. Phillips as Uberto in the Opera of the. Inscribed in pencil on verso: Henry Phillips as Uberto, opera The Freebooters. Stamped on verso: Deposit received from Joseph Verne... More

coat of arms from "[Programmes and Books of the Words of the annual pe...

This image has been taken from scan 000007 from "[Programmes and Books of the Words of the annual performances of the Messiah for the benefit of the Royal Society of Musicians, for 1792, 1804. R.M.5.b.13. K.M.5... More

Order of performances at the sixty-seventh anniversary of American ind...

Fourth of July celebration. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 58, Folder 5.

Odd-fellows' hall! Seventh street. The low comedian and dancer. Com. F...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 5 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 210, Folder 35. Copy scanned: 2

Mrs. Merry as Alzira / De Wilde pinxt. ; Leney sculp.

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Charlotte Cushman as Meg Merrilies in "Guy Mannering"

Photograph by Mathew Brady Studio. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New ... More

Mr. Edwin Forrest as Richard III. A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a h...

Edwin Forrest, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in scene from Richard III. Copyright by Martin & Johnson.

[James H. Hackett, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly lef...

Copyright by Johnson, Fry & Co. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Frank S. Chanfrau, actor, full-length portrait in costume, facing fro...

Written on mount: Chanfrau. Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Geistinger, Head and Shoulders Portrait Cartes de visite

Photograph shows Austrian actress/singer Marie Geistinger, head-and-shoulders portrait, in costume, facing left. No. 1395. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Jauner-Krall, three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows Austrian opera singer Emilie Jauner-Krall, in costume, seated, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. No. 1439. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference cop... More

[Frank S. Chanfrau, actor, full-length portrait in costume, facing fro...

Written in pencil below photograph: Changrau - [?]. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Cristiani Bros. Circus. Giant safari parading 12 noon

Circus poster showing a chariot race. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Governor Cummings. Reply to his letter in the "Press of November 8 - ...

Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 2, Folder 40a. Copy scanned: 2

The devil's auction / J. Gurney & Son.

Photograph shows actress Kitty Dowd, in costume, full-length portrait, facing front. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Portrait photo of Mallinger, three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows Mathilda Mallinger, Austrian opera singer, in costume, three-quarter length portrait, facing front. No. 1106. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Possart, portrait, three quarter length portrait

Photograph shows German actor Ernst von Possart, in costume, three-quarter length portrait, facing right. No. 1583. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as Benedick and Beatrice in "Much ado abo...

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[Maud Granger and John Lawrence Toole, actors, in costume for play As ...

Written on verso: Granger & Lawrence; Rosalind, "As you like it." Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Jean-Baptiste Faure, French opera singer, head-and-shoulders portrait...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charlotte Wolter - Public domain portrait print

Charlotte Wolter, Austrian actress, in costume as Messalina, lounging on a chaise, full-length portrait, facing left. No. 1248. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

[Maud Granger, actress, in costume as Rosalind, full-length portrait, ...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain scan of actress portrait, printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Edwin Booth as Iago, full-length portrait, standing, facing left]

Copyright by J. Gurney & Son, N.Y. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portrait of Edwin Booth as Hamlet]

Copyright deposit; 1870; no. 2238. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt,... More

Rice's Extravaganza Combination, American vaudeville and popular enter...

I7292 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Miss Lizzie Webster. Created by "H.A. Thomas Lith. Studio, 865 Broadway, N.Y.; copyright 1878 by H.A. Thomas, N.Y." Signed: Thomas. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collecti... More

Gotthold Octoroon Combination, American vaudeville and popular enterta...

K11705 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: J.N. Gotthold as Salem Scudder. Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collect... More

Ella Zuila, the Australian funambuliste

K11710 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

F.C. Bangs as "Daniel Druce" - Public domain print

K11706 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Village blacksmith. Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Signed: R. Muller. Forms part of: Theatrical poster ... More

Poster - Robt. McWade as Rip Van Winkle - Public domain lithograph

K13135 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Signed: R. Muller. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Miss Jane Coombs, "School for scandal"

K10913 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Poster advertising play by Richard Sheridan. Signed: R. Muller. Forms part of: Th... More

Robson & Crane as the knaves of Shakespeare

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Robson & Crane in Shakespeare's "Comedy of errors"

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Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver

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Jennie Yeamans as "Mitt" - Public domain portrait print

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Poster - Frank I. Frayne as Si Slocum - Public domain lithograph

K11708 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho. Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Pauline Cushman in military-style costume]

Photograph shows actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman in ornate military-style costume with epaulets and feathered hat.

Mary Anderson, full-length portrait, standing, facing left; as Galatea

Copyright by Napoleon Sarony, N.Y.C. Public domain photograph - Gustav Borgen studio, female portrait, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mme. Nevada / H. Kirkpatrick etchd., engraving, Library of Congress

Mme. Emma Nevada, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, as Lakme.

Richard Mansfield as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Trick photograph showing Mr. Mansfield as Dr. Jekyll superimposed over himself as Mr. Hyde. Photograph by Pach Bros., N.Y. Richard Mansfield Collection.

Poster - Galatea. Lilian Olcott - Public domain lithograph

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Poster - Jennie Yeamans "Our Jennie" - Public domain lithograph

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Poster - Jennie Yeamans "Our Jennie" - Public domain lithograph

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Jennie Yeamans "Our Jennie" - Public domain portrait print

S22400 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyright 1887 by Jennie Yeamans." Created by "Forbes Co., Boston & N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Poster - Robert B. Mantell. Monbars - Public domain lithograph

S26673 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The duel ; Monbars wounded. Monbars' fatal thrust! Copyrighted 1887 by Augustus Pitou. Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti, N.Y. & London." N.Y. 1949. Forms part ... More

Robert B. Mantell as Monbars - Public domain portrait engraving

S26672 U.S. Copyright Office Copyrighted 1887 by Augustus Pitou. Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti, N.Y., London." N.Y. 1950. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Poster - Jennie Yeamans "Our Jennie" - Public domain lithograph

"Copyright 1887 by Jennie Yeamans." Created by "Forbes Co., Boston & N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Thatcher, Primrose & West's Minstrels

Caption: The two Chinese dromios in their original creation, "A holiday in the laundry." Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti-N=Y-London." N.Y. 1832. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library o... More

Through London with Dickens - A poster for a play called through londo...

T6231 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Frank Oakes Rose. Created by "Shober & Carqueville Lith. Co., Chicago, U.S.A." No. 348. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Alvin Joslin in a new play One of the old stock

T104258 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted 1888 by Chas. L. Davis." Caption: I want to know; Gosh I'm a cuss; Yours farmingly, Chas. L. Davis; Do tell; How be you. Created by "The MacBrair Lith. Co., Cin'ti, O.... More

Thatcher, Primrose & West's Minstrels

Caption: Music and it's charms, originated & directed by Mr. Barney Fagan. Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti, N=Y & London." N.Y. 2251. Forms part of: Minstrel poster collection (Library of Congress)

Robert Downing as Marc Antony. Julius Caesar, act III, scene II / grav...

[Richard Mansfield, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing fron...

Photograph from London Stereoscopic Co. Reference copy filed in Prints & Photographs Division BIOG FILE under Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907.

Saturday evening at Lotos Club, 149 Fifth Avenue, New York City

Photomechanical reproduction of drawing shows a singer performing in front of an audience. Original drawing by Robert Reed of Paris (Source: New York Tribune, March 23, 1890, page 4). Accession box no. DLC/PP-1979:263

The marvellous Bard, phenomenal trick swinging wire artist

Caption: This act is entirely different to all others and must be seen to be realized. Created by "Moody Bros., Birmingham." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of:... More

Theodore Thomas and his orchestra at Steinway Hall, N.Y. / Bolles, fec...

Copyright by Bolles, Brooklyn. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo Bill combination in "May Cody or lost and won."

Circus poster showing vignettes of scenes in the play. Written expressly for W.F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) by Maj. A.S. Burt U.S.A. Damaged top, part missing. Triangular shape. Gift; Alice & Leslie Schreyer, 1981.

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth

Circus poster showing pictures of Barnum and Bailey. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Church Company - Victorian era public domain image

: tradecards,3725 ( tradecards,3725 ) .. Subject (TGM): Pianos; Pianists; Musical instrument industry; Performances; Musicians;

[Lillie Langtry as Cleopatra, full-length portrait, lying on sofa and ...

Original cabinet photograph missing from file. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The original and only, Ray Burton the greatest & most novel mid-air ju...

Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: McManus-Young collection of pictorial material relating to magic. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Eldorado: Aristide Bruant

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - French painter, printmaker, and illustrator of the Post-Impressionist period. He is best known for his depictions of Parisian nightlife, including the world of cabarets, cafes, an... More

Marie Tempest in the "Fencing master" / Sarony, 37 Union Sqr., N.Y.

Full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in fencing stance. 36051X U.S. Copyright Office. No.5.

Frank W. Sanger's Company supporting John F. Sheridan in Mrs. Bridget ...

Created by "The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti, NY, London." N.Y. 4728. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Adam Forepaugh shows and the historic bible spectacle. The fall of Nin...

Circus poster showing Jonah prophesying, the Median assault, the triumphal procession and the slave market.

Hadji Abeet. (Greek brigand.) / Franklin Co. Eng., Chi.

Hadji Abeet, full-length portrait, facing left, in traditional Greek costume. Copyright 1893 by Place & Coover. Illus. in: Oriental portrait types of the midway plaisance. St. Louis, Mo. : Published by N.D. Tho... More

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Divan Japonais

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - French painter, printmaker, and illustrator of the Post-Impressionist period. He is best known for his depictions of Parisian nightlife, including the world of cabarets, cafes, and b... More

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec - Aristide Bruant, in His Cabaret

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - French painter, printmaker, and illustrator of the Post-Impressionist period. He is best known for his depictions of Parisian nightlife, including the world of cabarets, cafes, an... More

Sam'l of Posen the commercial drummer.

"Two weeks only, commencing Monday, Mar. 20; Haverly's Niblo's Garden. Created by "W.J. Morgan & Co., Cleveland, O." Starring M.B. Curtis. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[William Davidge as Sir Anthony Absolute in The Rivals, full-length po...

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The souvenir strip of Edison Kinetoscope Eugene [i.e. Eugen] Sandow, t...

Photograph of an Edison Kinetoscope strip showing nine photos (film frames) of Sandow in various strong man poses. Includes a head-and-shoulders portrait of Thomas A. Edison above the strip. 10777 U.S. Copyrigh... More

Hennessy Leroyles big dramatic production, Linked by law

Z62745 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Col. Jelleby Jordan : his great original creation. Created and "copyright 1894, The Gribler Bank Note Company, Chicago, U.S.A." No. 850. Forms part of: Theatrical poster co... More

[Joseph Jefferson, full-length portrait, seated on table, facing right...

Z24887 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of people in conversation, meeting, argument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edwin Rostell as Richelieu - Public domain portrait print

Z62748 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1894, The Gribler Bank Note Company, Chicago, U.S.A." No. 862. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Kellar and his perplexing cabinet mysteries

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Kellar, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Z29088 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Levitation. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." No. 5803B. Forms part of: Magic poster collection (Library of Congress)

Kellar and his perplexing cabinet mysteries

Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ada Gray in the new East Lynne - Drawing. Public domain image.

Z62722 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1894, The Gribler Bank Note Company, Chicago, U.S.A." No. 24. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)