Historical Performers in Traditional Costumes

Depictions of individuals in traditional clothing from various cultures, showcasing intricate designs and elaborate accessories from historical contexts.

Empress Sunmyeong of the Korean Empire (20 November 1872 - 20 July 1907) was the consort of Emperor Yunghui, the last emperor of the Joseon Dynasty and Korea. Sunjong, the Emperor Yunghui (1874-1926), was the second son of Emperor Gojong and served as the second (and last) Emperor of Korea of the Yi dynasty. His reign would only last from 1907 until 1910, when he was forced to abdicate by Japan, and lived for the rest of his life virtually imprisoned in his palace.

William H. Hamilton as the Mikado

Card Number 41, Ida Mulle, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-6) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes 1880s Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-6), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the sixth subset, N145-6. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Card Number 41, Ida Mulle, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-6) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes 647941

Dr. Hu King Eng. of Liangau, photo: P. Elehillman, 914 Arch St., Philadelphia

Countess Sofia Alexandrovna Ferzen ca. April 1903

M Tseng, Chinese minister in Paris, 1895.Artist: Armand Kohl

Miss Renaldi, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Miss Renaldi, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 656275

Osakabe Tetsutarō-Masayoshi, an Officer of the First Rank, Belonging to the Censor, Member of the First Japanese Diplomatic Mission to the United States.

Milena freni

Empress Sunmyeong of the Korean Empire (20 November 1872 - 20 July 1907) was the consort of Emperor Yunghui, the last emperor of the Joseon Dynasty and Korea. Sunjong, the Emperor Yunghui (1874-1926), was the second son of Emperor Gojong and served as the second (and last) Emperor of Korea of the Yi dynasty. His reign would only last from 1907 until 1910, when he was forced to abdicate by Japan, and lived for the rest of his life virtually imprisoned in his palace.

Photograph of Empress Sunjeong of the Korean Empire (1894-1966) consort of the last emperor of the Joseon Dynasty and Korea, Emperor Yunghui. Dated 1909

Sir Henry Irving. Woodburytype, 1879.

LITRI. MIGUEL BAEZ. MATADOR DE TOROS ESPAÑOL. HUELVA 1869 - 1932.

12/31/1924. Charles Chaplin in The Gold Rush.

Omene, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 8) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes ca. 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 8), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.. Omene, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 8) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 418642

Zhou Enlai in 1912 when he studied at the Guandong Model School in Shenyang, the capital of Northeast China's Liaoning Province.

Princess Dara Rasmi (August 26, 1873 - December 9, 1933), was the Princess of Chiang Mai and Siam (later Thailand) and the daughter of King Inthawichayanon and Queen Thipkraisorn Rajadewi of Chang Mai, a scion of the Chao Chet Ton Dynasty. She was one of the princess consorts of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam and gave birth to one daughter by King Chulalongkorn, Princess Vimolnaka Nabisi. In 1886, she left Chiang Mai to enter the Grand Palace in Bangkok, where she was given the title Chao Chom Dara Rasami of the Chakri Dynasty. While she lived in the Grand Palace, Dara Rasami and the ladies in her entourage were ribbed and called 'Lao ladies', as well as teased that they smelled of fermented fish. Despite these difficulties, Dara Rasami and her entourage always wore Chiang Mai style textiles for their skirts (known as pha sin) with their long hair pulled up into a bun on the back of the head, in contrast to the clothing and hairstyles of the Siamese women. After King Chulalongkorn

Portrait of an unknown Japanese woman, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Japan baryta paper. cardboard gelatin silver print adult woman. anonymous historical person portrayed Japan

Myeongseong (1851-1895), Empress of Korea, Anonymous

1870 (ca.). Rafael Molina Sánchez, "the Lizard".

Empress Nagako, wife of Japan's Emperor Hirohito, dressed up for the coronation ceremony in 1928.

Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII in Japanese traditional clothes during his 1922 visit to Japan

Portrait of Wilhelminia van Ede, 1883 II Pl. 18 Uit The exhibition of Amsterdam and Belgium in the Netherlands, 1883. Amsterdam paper. photographic support. cardboard II Pl. 18 Uit The exhibition of Amsterdam and Belgium in the Netherlands, 1883. Amsterdam paper. photographic support. cardboard

Empress Dowager Cixi; Tz'u-Hsi (1835-1908) Empress Dowager of the Manchu Yehenara clan who controlled Manchu Qing Dynasty of China from 1867 until her death. Supported anti-foreign Boxer Rising of 1900.

Portrait of Titta Ruffo (1877-1953), Italian baritone, in stage costume, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXV, No 6, February 9, 1908.

12/31/1905. Miss Lula Castella in the costume in which she played the protagonist of "El Cabo Primero" at the gala performance at the farm with the assistance of the Kings.

Ruth Roland (1892-1937) - an American stage and film actress and film producer. She appeared in her first film for Kalem Studios in 1909 and along with Gene Gauntier was soon billed as a "Kalem Girl." Roland was eventually sent to Kalem's West Coast studio where she was the lead actress and overseer of "Kalem House" where all the actors lived. Pictured here in the role of the Indian Wife in 'Her Indian Mother' (1910). 1910

Anefo photo collection. Troon distance Queen Wilhelmina / Inauguration of Queen Juliana. Mounting photo. Inauguration of the Queen Juliana.eweeds in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam .. September 6, 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Portrait of B�lia, Zoe (born Victorine-Zoe Delau), (1836-), (singer) Numa Blanc & Cie. Portrait of B�lia, Zoe (born Victorine-Zoe Delau), (1836-), (singer). Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1870-1890.

China: Official portrait of Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) by court photographer Yu Xunling, c. 1895

12/31/1889. Portrait of the Lizard bullfighter.

Ananda Mahidol (20 September 1925-9 June 1946) was the eighth monarch of Thailand under the House of Chakri. He was recognized as king by the National Assembly in March 1935. He was a nine-year-old boy living in Switzerland at this time. He returned to Thailand in December 1945, but died under mysterious circumstances in 1946.

Portrait of Alice Dieudonne Chase. Artist: Alice Gerson Chase (Mrs. William Merritt Chase). Dimensions: Image: 22.8 × 18.6 cm (9 × 7 5/16 in.). Date: ca. 1906. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Anefo photo collection. Troon distance Queen Wilhelmina / Inauguration of Queen Juliana. Mounting photo. Inouformance Queen Juliana.Es Deeding in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam .. September 6, 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Sisavang Phoulivong (or Sisavangvong) (14 July 1885 - 29 October 1959), was King of Luang Phrabang and later the Kingdom of Laos from 28 April 1904 until his death on 20 October 1959. His father was king Zakarine and his mother was Queen Thongsy. He was educated at Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat, Saigon, and at l'École Coloniale in Paris. He was known as a 'playboy' king with up to 50 children by as many as 15 wives.

London, England: c. 1926. The Maharajah Gaekwar of Baroda, India at the Round Table Conference dinner party given by King George.

Studio Portrait: Man Seated with Swords 1869 Unknown The carte de visite, a format comprised of an approximately 2 x 4 inch photograph mounted to card stock, was perhaps the most ubiquitous of nineteenth-century photographs. The French studio portrait photographer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri?first patented the carte in 1854. His innovation of exposing not just one but eight photographic images on the same glass plate negative enabled cartes to be made cheaply and reproduced on a mass scale. During the late 1850s and throughout the latter half of the century, these economical keepsakes depicting portraits of loved ones, celebrities, monarchs, and foreign types circulated en masse and spurred a veritable "cartomania." Collected in albums, traded among friends, and admired in drawing rooms, cartes put photography in the hands of virtually everyone, and thus offered a means of reflecting upon one’s own social standing in an ever-expanding world.. Studio Portrait: Man Seated with Swords

Li Hung Chang, China's greatest Viceroy and Diplomat, photographed in his Yamen, Teintsin, China, Sept 27, 1900 stereoscopic photographs, black-and-white prints

Roller portrait Victor Kutschera. Photography (World postcard with printed name train). Vienna, around 1900

Dowager Empress Cixi (Xiao Qin Cian 1831-1908) from 1861 for nearly 40 years the de facto ruler of China. c1900.

Ester Mazzoleni (1883-1982) in Aida, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 38, September 21, 1913.

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Emperor of Russia and ruled from November 1894 until his forced abdication in March 1917. Dated 1894.

Emperor Meiji of Japan, Portrait, circa 1880's

Francesco Tamagno in the role of Othello, giuseppe verdi, Scala Theatre of Milan, 1887

Portrait of an Arabian leader. .

Photographic portrait of Han Bim Chul a Korean Foreign Minister. Dated 19th Century

12/31/1921. Solemn Moments in the Life of Pope Benedict Xv. the pontiff in the Gestatoria chair - Photomontage -.

English actress of stage and screen, Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) Date: circa 1910

Lucy Red Cloud, Sioux; Adolph F. Muhr (American, died 1913), Frank A. Rinehart (American, 1861 - 1928); 1899; Platinum print; 23.4 x 18.1 cm (9 1,4 x 7 1,8 in.)

Helena Forti Als Selika

Irene Dunne. October 16, 1947.

Hirohito (1901-1989) 124th Emperor of Japan 1926-1989. The Emperor during his coronation ceremony, dressed in the robes of the Shinto high priest of, the religion of the state.

Pavel Gerdt as Prince Siegfried in the Ballet Swan Lake, St. Petersburg, 1895. Museum: Bolshoi Theatre Museum, MOSCU, RUSSIA. Author: ANONYMOUS.

H.H. The Maharaja Holkar of Indore, G.C.S.I.. Bourne & Shepherd (English, founded 1863, dissolved 2016)

Prince Albert (later King George VI) shown in the House of Lords, wearing full ceremony robes for the state opening of Parliament.

The Nizam of Hyderabad; Bourne & Shepherd (English, founded 1863); London, England; 1877; Woodburytype; 19 x 12 cm (7 1,2 x 4 3,4 in.)

Sisavang Phoulivong (or Sisavangvong) (14 July 1885 - 29 October 1959), was King of Luang Phrabang and later the Kingdom of Laos from 28 April 1904 until his death on 20 October 1959. His father was king Zakarine and his mother was Queen Thongsy. He was educated at Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat, Saigon, and at l'École Coloniale in Paris. He was known as a 'playboy' king with up to 50 children by as many as 15 wives.

'Pius IX; Rome and United Italy',1875. From 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London and Galpin.

Z.D.H. Horembeb (J.H. Loudon).

Tonawanda Reservation, New York 1925Native American Nancy Black Squirel of the Seneca tribe is believed to be the oldest woman in New York State at 116 years old.

H.H. The Maharaja Holkar of Indore, G.C.S.I; Bourne & Shepherd (English, founded 1863); London, England; 1877; Woodburytype; 19.1 x 12.2 cm (7 1,2 x 4 13,16 in.)

Portrait of Maria Sokołowska, born Skrzyńska (1850-). Rzewuski, Walery (1837-1888), photographer

Sao Kawng Kiao Intaleng succeeded his brother to become the 53rd ruler (sawbwa) of the Shan state of Kengtung in 1895. He, his first wife, and his sister, Princess Tip Htila, all attended the Delhi Durbar in 1903 in a party of Shan princes guided by J. G. Scott. After this journey, in 1905, he built a new palace in Imperial Indian style at his capital, Kengtung. He was a popular and capable ruler, and abolished domestic slavery in the state. He died in 1935. The Kengtung State Chronicle lists his six wives and nineteen children. The politician and scholar Sao Saimöng was one of his sons.

Elsevier photo collection. Actor Hubert La Roche in "Jephta" van Vondel. 1921

Gipsy Lee - 79 years 1931.Mrs. Levi Boswell, better known as Gipsy Lee, died recently at the age of 84 years. She predicted the date of her death. She is said to have told the fortunes of King George and the late King Edward. May 29, 1933.

Pedro Begay, Native American Indian, Navajo. Photograph 1904-1910.

Matsudaira Katamori was a samurai who lived in the last days of the Edo period and the early to mid Meiji period. He was the 9th daimyo of the Aizu Han and the Military Commissioner of Kyoto during the Bakumatsu period. During the Boshin War, Katamori and the Aizu Han fought against the Meiji Government armies, but were severely defeated. Katamori's life was spared, and he later became the Chief of the Tōshōgū Shrine. He, along with his three brothers Sadaaki, Yoshikatsu, and Mochiharu, had highly influential roles during the Meiji Restoration and were called the four Takasu brothers (Takasu yon-kyōdai).

The Empress Dowager of China. China, Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection .

XIRGU , MARGARITA. ACTRIZ DE TEATRO ESPAÑOLA. MOLINS DEL REY. 1888 - 1969. EN EL PERSONAJE DE " DOÑA INES " DE DON JUAN TENORIO.

Prince Kung; Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909), Henry Hering (British, 1814 - 1893); China; 1860; Albumen silver print

Auda abu Tayi, Sheikh of the Howaitat - Gertrude Bell

Descends to the status of a mere subject by marrying a Marquis. Princess Kikuko Asaka, of the Imperial Japanese family. May 30, 1931.

Lucy Red Cloud | Library of Congress

Actress Hedda Hopper, Fashion Portrait with Parasol, Bain News Service, 1922

Emperor Khải Định (8 October 1885 - 6 November 1925) was the 12th Emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty in Vietnam. His name at birth was Prince Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Đảo. He was the son of Emperor Đồng Khánh, but he did not succeed him immediately. He reigned only nine years: 1916 - 1925.

Prince Saionji Kinmochi (7 December 1849 - 24 November 1940) was a Japanese politician, statesman and twice Prime Minister of Japan. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's genrō, he was the nation's most influential statesman from the mid-1920s to the early 1930s

Che' Khadija Khanum H.H. Sultana Khadija crowned at the Istana Zahra, Johor Bahru, as Sultana of Johor with the style of Her Highness, 28th February 1894, a lady of Turkish origin.

Prince Kung; Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909); London, England; negative November 2, 1860; print 1861; Lithograph; 8.9 x 7 cm (3 1,2 x 2 3,4 in.)

Prince Kitashirakawa & Bride. June 19, 1935. (Photo by The Shimbun Rengo).

Thibaw Min (1 January 1859 - 19 December 1916) was the last king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) and also the last in Burmese history. His reign ended when Burma was defeated by the forces of the British Empire in the Third Anglo-Burmese War, on 29 November 1885, prior to its official annexation on 1 January 1886. After abdicating the throne, Thibaw, his wife Supayalat and two infant daughters were exiled to Ratnagiri, India, a port city off the Arabian Sea.

Emperor Thanh Thai (14 March 1879 24 March 1954) of the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty was born Prince Nguyen Phuc Buu Lan, son of Emperor Duc Duc. He reigned for 18 years, from 1889 to 1907.

Libya: King Idris, (b. Sayyid Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi 12 March 1889 - 25 May 1983), the first and only king of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969, and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim order, c. 1960

Pu Lun, nephew of the Chinese emperor, during one of his visits to the United States circa 1915.

Emperor Đồng Khánh (also known as Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Kỷ; 19 February 1864 - 28 January 1889) was the 9th Emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty of Vietnam. He reigned 3 years between 1885 and 1889, and was considered one of the most despised emperors of his era.

Benazir Bhutto (1953 - 2007) Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority country. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007

Sojourner Truth. Date/Period: 1864. Photograph. Albumen print. Height: 83 mm (3.26 in); Width: 57 mm (2.24 in). Author: Unidentified Artist.

Actor Frank Mayo in title role of Davy Crockett Broadway 1873. November 3, 1955.

Description: Dame Turque. Location: Turkey Date: 1890-1899 europe, europethroughalens

King Basu Fondong of Cameroon, Africa, 1922. Artist: Unknown

10/17/1906. Rosa Vazquez Author of the crime committed yesterday in prosperity.

Sojourner Truth, African American abolitionist and champion of womens rights. Born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree (1797-1883) she escaped to freedom in 1826. Changed her name in 1843.

Prince Chun Zaifeng

Mary Richards (Lipan), Tonkawa.

The image features Abigail Campbell Kawananakoa and Queen Marau, notable figures in Hawaiian history. Abigail was a member of the Hawaiian royal family and Queen Marau was the wife of King David Kalakaua.

Frederick von Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino.

Studio Portrait of Prime Minister Sadr a'zam Amin al-Soltan, One of 274 Vintage Photographs , before 1900. Gelatin silver printing out paper, 6 3/4 x 3 15/16 in. (17.1 x 10 cm). Arts of the Islamic World before 1900

Burma/Myanmar: HRH the Myothit Princess Thiri Thuriya Dhamma Devi, daughter of King Mindon, half-sister of King Thibaw, wife of the Prince of Kawlin, c. 1880

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthramaha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua, or Rama IV, known in foreign countries as King Mongkut (18 October 1804 - 1 October 1868), was the fourth monarch of Siam (Thailand) under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1851-1868. He was one of the most revered monarchs of the country. Outside of Thailand, he is best-known as the King in the 1951 play and 1956 film The King and I, based on the 1946 film Anna and the King of Siam - in turn based on the 1944 novel about Anna Leonowens' years at his court, from 1862 to 1867.

Elsevier photo collection. Widow Elisabeth Asselman-De Witte Hengstdijk, 103 old. 1928. Hengstdijk

Emperor Menelik II (1844-1913), King of Kings of Ethiopia. The process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state were completed within the first 10 years of his rule.

Bhupinder Singh (1891 - 1938) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. He is perhaps the most famous Maharaja of Patiala, best known for his extravagance, and for being a cricketer. He served on the General Staff in France, Belgium, Italy and Palestine in the First World War as an Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, and was promoted Honorary Major-General in 1918 and Honorary Lieutenant-General in 1931. He represented India at the League of Nations in 1925, and was ch

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