Historical Theatrical Scenes

Vintage stereographs depicting theatrical performances, masquerade events, and operatic scenes, highlighting historical costumes and settings.

The masqueraders | Library of Congress

Tableau vivant of a man and woman on a theatrical stage. Unknown maker, British

Stereofoto of the theater in Paris; Barbe Bleue, Les 6 Femmes, Resurrection ..

Madrid, 12/12/1906. A scene from the first painting of the play "La Chanteuse." Premiered at the Grand Theatre. Libretto by Manuel de Labra and Francisco de Torres. Music by Tomás López Torregrosa and Quinito Valverde.

Engraving by Jan van Somer showing a loud player and five farmers seated at a round table. Produced between 1665 and 1699, illustrating musical performance and social gathering.

Scene in salon: Dancing company ON ..

Film stills from 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, and Ann Rutherford.

View of audience filling the coliseum. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1869 - 1872. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.), Peace movements, Interiors, Arenas

Salon scene with dancers; Charles Gaudin, Ch. G. (French, active 1860s); 1860s; Hand-colored Albumen silver print

Two musicians on a stage, presumably French amateur theater players, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doistau Fils, the army and sights in France. France paper. photographic support historical costume. theatre, theatrical performance. set, scenery ~ stage. string instruments (plucked). wind instruments France

Love and Politics (cinema 1912). 1912. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Photo production of the painting 'Devant Guignol' by Timoléon Lobrichon, Goupil & Cie., After Timoléon Marie Lobrichon, c. 1877 - in or before 1882 photomechanical print paper puppet and marionette show. children's games and plays

World's peace jubilee, 1872. Boston coliseum. 1872. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.), Peace movements

Sadder of the Sattler at the Macart Festival , Josef Löwy -, photographer, publisher

Photo collection First World War. Flower Holding 25 Year Anniversary Max Van Gelder (Central Theater) December 1917 .. December 1917. The Hague, the Netherlands

12 year old usher at the Princess Theater, Classic Photography

VOYAGE TO THE MOON (1902) -Original title: LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE-, directed by GEORGES MELIES.

The magician Prof, Anton Kratky-Baschik with ghosts, Anton Kratky-Baschik -

Bal -Masqué, 1942 - 1945 photograph Album magazine with a loose photo of a dressed and cheerful company on a ball of masqué. On the left hangs a banner with the text 'Komen Friendschaar, sings with each other, hup a.s.v., all sings along, on' t Bal-Masqué '. A few people sitting in the front row wear a star of Jews on their clothing. Netherlands photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print party (students). masquerade, masked ball Netherlands

Portrait of Francisco d'Andrade and António d'Andrade, in a combat scene from Carmen van de Opera, A. Eichenwald, 1870 - 1890 photograph. cabinet photograph This photo is part of a cover with 22 photos. cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. adult man. portrait of opera-singer. brothers (second degree family relationships)

Children's play to honor America's Centennial , Costumes, Theatrical productions, Children, Centennial celebrations

Gelatin silver print - Group portrait of an unidentified theatre troupe, Sherbrooke, Quebec, 1910-1940 Louis Alfred Zénon Pinsonneault (1871 - 1951)

He: 'Darling, let us sing, 'I will love thee ever.'' , Pianists, Pianos, Couples

World exhibition , Spanish wines No, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, Photo Studio, Viennese Photographer Association, Publishing House

Roberts De Feesten canceling, Johan Braakensiek, 1901 Amsterdam paper political caricatures and satires. historical persons

Photograph by Rudolf Lechner (Wilhelm Müller) documenting a theatrical performance of Calderons 'Fame of Austria' at Vienna City Hall on May 30, 1898, showing actors, stage, costumes, and audience.

Old Heidelberg (Cinema 1915). 1915. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Love and Politics (cinema 1912). 1912. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Pavlova and Mordkin, Russian Dancers. Clippings, Photographs. 1910-12-11. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931, Mordkin, Mikhail, 1881-1944

Stereo photo of the theater in Paris, Anonymous, c. 1867 stereograph Paris cardboard. photographic support albumen print group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage Paris

Josie's Coney Island Nightmare (cinema 1914). 1914. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Stereofoto..

Poster for the Operetta "L'amour mouillé" by Louis Varney, Maurou, Paul (1848-1931)

Córdoba, March 1910. Poster competition. Exhibition of the posters announcing the fair, among which the one that appears in the foreground was the winner.

PRINCE OF FOXES (1949), directed by HENRY KING.

Josie's Coney Island Nightmare (cinema 1914). 1914. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Cooper, Wells & Company, seamless hosiery, advertisement circa 1886

Sketches of the orchestra and some spectators in the Schouwburg, Marius Bauer, 1877 - 1932 drawing paper. ink pen the arts of the stage: ballet, theatre, musical drama, motion picture. small group of musicians, chamber orchestra, jazz band. the audience ~ art performance

Edith Roberts being directed by Eugene Moore in Sue of the South, circa 1919

Madrid, July 1900. At the Apolo theater. Rehearsal of the work What three feet for a bank!, work with lyrics by the Álvarez Quintero brothers and with music by maestro Chapí.

Photo production of a print to a painting by Francis Wheatley, presenting a scene from the died Feeks by William Shakespeare; The Team Of The Shrew, Act II. Scene 2..

1931 Advert for Cavalcade a play by Noel Cowerd

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Spectators at a stage on which a show takes place. Page 43 From a sketchbook with 74 sheets.

Wiener types , No, The food carrier, he , Laub, Otto Schmidt -, Publishing House, Otto Schmidt -, Photographer

Entertainer George Jessel, also known as the Toastmaster General of the United States, performing for troops in the I Corps area of Vietnam. This photo was taken on September 23, 1969, during Jessel's third tour of Vietnam. He entertained the troops at Freedom Hill and Chu Lai.

The Hall Room Rivals (cinema 1914). 1914. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

'Nerves.' (Lyceum Theatre)

Buschetty quartet with his singers, scraps and salon orchestras, Unknown, photographer

Theater performance. In front of spectators, seen on the back. In the background the orchestra bin and actors on the stage. Leaf 8 Recto from sketchbook XVII with 31 sheets.

Scene from unidentified play

World's peace jubilee, 1872. Boston coliseum. 1872. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.), Peace movements

Garden of Luxembourg, the Théâtre du Guignol ,. Paris (6th arr.). "Jardin du Luxembourg / Le Guignol / August 1906". 1906-08. Photograph by Henri Larnac. 1906-08. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123882-28

LIFE OF AN AMERICAN FIREMAN (1903), directed by EDWIN S. PORTER.

Charles Groves as Mr Blossom in The Elder Miss Blossom, St James Theatre, 1898. Charles Groves, Irish-born stage actor in Victorian comedies, 1843-1909. Photograph by Alfred Ellis and Walery (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy). Colour printing of a hand-coloured illustration based on a monochrome photograph from George Newness Players of the Day, London, 1905.

Publicity montage of Julian Eltinge in dressing room, published in the magazine Green Book.. 1909. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Eltinge, Julian, 1883-1941, Female impersonators, Dressing rooms (Performing arts)

Man and Woman in front of the entrance to a Derviche dance show, 1900 universal exhibition, Champs de Mars, 7th arrondissement Universal exhibition of 1900. Man and woman in front of the entrance of a Dervish dance show on the Champs-de-Mars. Paris (VIIth ARR.). Photographer anonymous. G�latino-Chloride Draw, 1900.

Harrigan and Hart. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Harrigan & Hart, Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911, Hart, Tony, 1855-1891

Adam tilling the ground, Carl Stockmann, c. 1885 - in or before 1890 photomechanical print Oberammergau paper collotype Adam engaged in agricultural activities, Eve spinning and usually their children at play. group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage

Playbill cover with Boris Karloff in the stage production Arsenic and Old Lace. Ephemera. 1941-12-08. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Students of Schule Schloss Salem perform a play, c. 1929 photograph Part of Fotoalbum by Schule Schloss Salem. Salem photographic support gelatin silver print education. group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage Salem

'The Masqueraders'

The fall: Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise, Carl Stockmann, c. 1885 - in or before 1890 photomechanical print Oberammergau paper collotype expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise (Genesis 3:22-24). group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage

World exhibition , Kunsthalle, French department No, Oscar Kramer -, photographer, Viennese photographer association, publishing house

Two musicians with plates with inscriptions, presumably French amateur theater players. The French text on the plates has been pinned wrongly. Inscription left plate (partly unreadable): ... by an accident. Judge: blind from birth. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doakau Fils, the army and sights in France.

Dance of Germany, 2. Königlich Sächsisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 22, 1913, Meißen, Pioniere Tanz

Elsevier photo collection. Scene out "all Jan Klaimzen Revue", by Ensemble Bouber. October 1928

Elsevier photo collection. Behind the scenes of the Bouwmeester-Revue. Buziau as an exotic fakir with all associated goods; Jeans and floating ropes. January 1940

The Doctor's Orders (cinema 1913). 1913. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Spectators at a theater performance. Two acrobats on stage. Leaf 3 Verso from sketchbook XVI with 32 sheets.

Consolation , Couples, Mental states, Theatrical productions

Scene for house: Singing men ..

Madrid, 1894. The musical dogs of Clown Lavater's in the Parish circus.

Rehearsal of the Pasdeloupe Orchestra John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American

Scene in which Tobias leaves his parents from the passion in Oberammergau in 1871, Joseph Albert, c. 1867 - in or before 1872 photograph Oberammergau photographic support albumen print Passion of Christ. Tobias taking leave of his parents; Anna mourns her son's departure. actor (on the stage) Oberammergau

Image of a scene from the Kinderoperette Snow White in the Stadsschouwburg (Vredenburg 91) in Utrecht: De Zener and the Hofcourier.n.b. The address Vredenburg 91 was changed around 1909 in Vredenburg 70. The building was demolished in 1941.

Don Juan-Kandelaber before the k, Hof-Operntheater, Carl Karl Ledermann jun, Producer

Photograph of a festival evening performance by the German and Austrian Alpine Club, Prague section, on albumin paper using a box format in 1880.

The rain of manna and the grapes brought by the spies, Carl Stockmann, c. 1885 - in or before 1890 photomechanical print Oberammergau paper collotype miracle of the manna and the quails (Exodus 16). group of actors, troupe; actors on the stage

Don Quijote (cinema 1915). 1915. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Dancing girls. .

Italy, Cremona, Amilcare Ponchielli with the performers of La Gioconda's premiere

Photograph of a theatrical performance of Calderons 'Fame of Austria' by the Leo Association at the Vienna City Hall court on May 30, 1898, from a glossy collection by Rudolf Lechner and Wilhelm Müller.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Madrid, December 1926. Selica Pérez Carpio and Rosario Leonis, in a scene from the second act of "The Sevillian's Guest", premiered at the Apolo Theater.

The first Dramatic Theatre Group in Warsaw, Russian Photographer

Richard Gieee Gild -, librettist, composist, Xaver massak, Photographs

Elsevier photo collection. "Solosche Hof orchestra". Orchestra Kratons Solo (Surakarta). January 1920. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Solo, Surakarta

The Hall Room Rivals (cinema 1914). 1914. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Marvelous Properties of Liquid Air. It is a far cry from burnedcork entertainment, or the sidewalk conversationists who flourished in variety performances of a decade ago, to an act based upon the latest wonders of science. That such an act is proving one of the most popular features of every bill on which it appears on the Keith circuit indicates an advance in the right direction in the taste of the vaudeville patron. Song-and dance artists and the common run of performers who frequent the continuous stage are amusing enough, doubtless, but in the constant reaching out for something strikingly original the enterprising manager must look elsewhere to supply the tastes of this clientele. The success of the liquid-air demonstration at the Keith theatres indicates plainly that science may afford the ambitious manager features that will admirably round out a bill and give It the requisite snap. Makers of melodrama in recent years, men that have not delved into the criminal records of the d

Man blindfolded with five women: a fantasy. New York Stereoscopic Company

Vienna, - Praterleben, Premiere at the sausage, Children at the Kasperltheater

Viennese theater directors, Wiener theater directors, Strampfer, Fürst, Dingelstedt, Laube, Herbeck, Jauner, Steiner, Geistinger from Neue Illustrirte Zeitung , Rusz, Xylographer, Ferenc Haske -, artist

09/14/1919. Saint Sebastian. Theatrical performance in the palace of the Dukes of Infantado. A scene from the Drama "There is no death like Oblivion".

Theater photo of an actor for the decor with Noah's Ark, in Popeye de Zeeman; Shirley Temple's magic book, the largest childruise has been shown to date.

Scene from the Theatre Play 'Woe from Wit' by A. Griboyedov (The Maly Theatre, Moscow) by Russian Photographer /The State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow/1850/Albumin Photo/Russia/Opera, Ballet, Theatre

The Henrietta: Act 3. "I wish that was a bear club!". Howard, Bronson, 1842-1908. Theater programs. 1888. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Union Square Theatre

Political speech Redner on a stage in front of a densely pushed audience, Karl Wiener -, Graphic Artist

"Sure such a fair ne'er was seen". London Stereoscopic Company (active 1854 - 1890)

'Old Heads and Young Hearts' (Lyceum Theatre)

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