theater, history

Amphitheater italy classical building. A group of people walking aroun...

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Unesco sights history. A large building with statues on top of it

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Lviv ukraine unesco. A view of a city with a clock tower

Architecture stock photograph: A city with many buildings and trees in the foreground / A view of a city with a clock tower.

Lviv ukraine unesco. A view of a city with a hill in the background

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[The interior of a kabuki theater]

Print shows a full audience of men and women at a kabuki theater. Adachi modern reprint (Showa). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ertinger Franz - Télémaque - A drawing of two women in a garden

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Les peines et les plaisirs de l'amour

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Ertinger Franz - Ulysee et Penelope

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Ertinger Franz - Le Carnaval - Public domain dedication museum photo

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Ertinger Franz - Alceste - A black and white drawing of people in a ro...

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Ertinger Franz - Armide - A drawing of a group of people standing arou...

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Ertinger Franz - La vénitienne - A black and white drawing of a man st...

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Ertinger Franz - Le carnaval de Venise

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Ertinger Franz - Thesée - A black and white drawing of a man holding a...

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Ertinger Franz - Pamone - A drawing of a group of people standing in f...

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Ertinger Franz - Psyché - A black and white drawing of a woman laying ...

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Les festes de l'Amour et de Bachus

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A prospect of the inside of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in West...

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Aveline Pierre le Vieux - [Les noces de Pelée et de Thétis]

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L'opera - Public domain dedication museum photo

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Representation du théatre ou l'on joue les comédies pour le divertisse...

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Ertinger Franz - Les festes galantes

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Nancy Dawson. - Public domain portrait engraving

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Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique / dressée ... par L...

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Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique

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A View of ye Grand Theatre & Fireworks erected on ye Water near ye Cou...

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Winslow Homer - Psyché - A black and white drawing of a group of peopl...

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theatre from "[An history of Birmingham ... With a new introduction by...

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Luogo della congiura de Sterlizzi [i.e., Strelizzi]

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Theatrical reflection, or a peep at the looking glass curtain at the R...

Print shows the mirrored curtain reflecting the audience at the Royal Coburg Theatre (Old Vic Theatre) and Ramo Samee, a juggler, magician, and sword swallower, juggling on stage. Forms part of: British Cartoo... More

Drury Lane Theatre from "History and Illustrations of the London Theat...

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King's Theatre from "History and Illustrations of the London Theatres:...

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King's Theatre from "History and Illustrations of the London Theatres:...

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Drury Lane Theatre from "History and Illustrations of the London Theat...

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Covent Garden Theatre from "History and Illustrations of the London Th...

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Covent Garden Theatre from "History and Illustrations of the London Th...

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Covent Garden Theatre from "History and Illustrations of the London Th...

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Covent Garden Theatre from "History and Illustrations of the London Th...

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Theatre Royal from "A New and Compendious History of the County of War...

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Iwai shijyaku no mukan no tayū atsumori

Print shows Iwai Shijaku, an actor, portraying the warrior Taira no Atsumori riding on horseback through crashing waves to escape the Minamoto warriors. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichi... More

Portraits of Carlotta Grisi and M. Perrot: A scene in the ballet, call...

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Frederick Nash - Die Bajaderen aus Indien

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The Old Haymarket Theatre from "Old and New London; illustrated. A nar...

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polka as danced by Madlle. Grisi, & Monsr. Perrot. Arranged by B. Tolb...

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Harvest dance - A black and white drawing of a group of dancers

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Traversée : danse de nègres. - A group of men standing on top of a boa...

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K.k. privileg. Theater an der Wien erbauet Anno 1801

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Madame Celeste as Miami in Mr. Buckstone's drama of The green bushes.

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[History and Ethnology of Ancient Rome: 4 illus: fig. 1 Exhibition of ...

Illus. in: Heck, Iconographic Encyclopedia, (1851) v. 1, plate 13. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Gladiators; It. Rome; Shelf.

Ad Augusta Maywood Ravenna plaudente, 1852.

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Sacountala, décor du 2e acte - A black and white drawing of a group of...

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Covent Garden Theatre: to be opened this evening

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Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

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Chair occupied by Pres. Lincoln, Ford's Theatre

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Map of part of Maryland and Virginia : showing the probable theatre of...

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Map of the seat of war in Virginia : showing the theatre of operations...

Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C...

Murder of President Lincoln; The assassin retreating across the stage ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 20, no. 503 (1865 May 20), p. 140.

The assassination of President Lincoln. At Ford's Theatre, Washington,...

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The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington D...

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Charles Dickens, as Captain Bobadill from a picture by C.R. Leslie, R....

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A Japanese ballet at the theatre of Kyoto

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East of Jordan and the Dead Sea. The theatre at 'Amman

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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

The Swedish Theater in Helsinki

Svenska Teatern i Helsingfors ca 1906. .Foto K.E. Ståhlberg.slsa1070_21_17.Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svenska_Teatern ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svenska_Teatern ) ..Ur boken Helsingfors i ord och bild... More

Harvard Class Day exercises, seniors entering Sander's Theatre, Memori...

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Looking S.W. over Theatre of Dionysos where Greek dramas were given - ...

Theatre of Dionysos, amphitheater, Athens, Greece. H89851 U.S. Copyright Office. No. (19)-9290.

Wu-Ting-Fang in Chinese Theatre

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[Exterior of the New Theater, New York City]

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La Revue Comique par Jehan Testevuide, no. 33-36

Four satirical vignettes. In the first vignette two women look at a newspaper headline about the pilot, Paulhan. One women wishes to marry him, but her companion tells her that he is already married and offer... More

Florence Lawrence... - Public domain portrait print

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Rudolph De Cordova & wife - A man and a woman sitting at a table

Photograph shows screenwriter and actor Rudolph de Cordova (1860-1941) with his wife Alicia Ramsey (born Alice Joanna Royston) (1864-1933). Ramsey was also a writer and playwright. (Source: Flickr commons project, 2014)

Cuba Havana, Central Park, Left. Theater Nacional Victoris H[...] [......

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American Red Cross - Entertainments - Spirits of Sunrise. Society chil...

Date Taken: 07/0/1918 Photographer: Paul Thompson American Red Cross - Entertainments

Irish Demonstration, 4120 - A black and white photo of a group of peop...

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Ajlun district. M'keis. Roman theatre. Site of ancient Gadara

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[Theater commercial--Onward flour] /

Film advertisement for Onward Flour, "the finest bread maker in the world." Features a multiple-exposure screen illustrating a bag of Onward flour, a woman making bread, a closeup of a finished loaf of bread, a... More

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

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Bon Echo's Little Theatre - circa 1920

Theatre was an important part of Merrill Denison's life and it extended to Bon Echo to entertain guests at the Inn.

Capitol Theatre - A black and white photo of a large building

Exterior of theater at Broadway and West 51st Street, New York City. J241637 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by American Studio, N.Y. No. 502.

Irish Demonstration, 4120 - A black and white photo of a group of peop...

Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: WOMEN MARCH FOR FREE ERIN. Carrying banners urging the abrogation of all treaties with England until the Irish Republic is recognized, a delegation of women fr... More

Babe Ruth selling Tubercular Christmans Seals in the lobby of Keiths T...

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Imagination is allowed full play at the American Laboratory Theatre. I...

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"Battle hymn" a new play about John Brown of Harpers Ferry by Michael ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Battle Hymn" at the Experimental Theatre, east of Broadway, showing a silhouette of John Brown. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

A black and white photo of a theater marquee, New Hamshire. Farm Secur...

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Theatre, Manchester, New Hampshire

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A black and white photo of a movie theater, New Hamshire. Farm Securit...

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W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood en route to China, 1938.

Daily Herald Archive at the National Media Museum......This photograph shows the poet and playwright W.H. Auden (1907-1973), pictured right, and the novelist and playwright Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) cha... More

Old Orpheum theater. Dubuque, Iowa

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[ Exam from History of American Musical Theatre, taught by Sylvia Fine...

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Asia Minor. Ephesus, the Great Theatre

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Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site, 201...

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Actress Joanne Woodward poses in front of carriage barn, Museum of Wes...

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Marine Corps COL Charles Bolden, an astronaut with the space shuttle p...

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Members of the Bi-Okoto Drum and Dance Theater and School of African C...

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Tim Stegmaier (front right), a member of the Bi-Okoto Drum and Dance T...

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Members of the Bi-Okoto Drum and Dance Theater and School of African C...

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Marvin Hawkins (front right) and Jeaunita (Jay) Olowe (left), members ...

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Kwami Pongo, a member of the Bi-Okoto Drum and Dance Theater and Schoo...

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Tim Stegmaier (front right), a member of the Bi-Okoto Drum and Dance T...

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