Exhibitions Image
Birth of The Federal Theatre Project — Coast to Coast
- Hallie Flanagan with Vassar colleagues, ca. 1935. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0001 - Eleanor Roosevelt at Treasure Island, San Francisco, ca. 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0002 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt with Harry Hopkins, 1938. Photograph. Prints and Photographs Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (003.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0003 - Map showing research service to forty Federal Theatre Project units. New York: National Research Bureau, ca. 1937. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00)
Digital ID # g3701e.ct003196 - Manual for Federal Theatre Projects of the Work Progress Administration, October 1935. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0004
The Plays and the Players
Classics
- W.P.A. Theatre Presents “Faustus” by Christopher Marlowe, 1937. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0011 - Orson Welles as Doctor Faustus, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0013 - Paul Bowles. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, 1937. Holograph score. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (014.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0014 - “Voodoo” Macbeth scene with witch doctors, 1936. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (016.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0016 - “Voodoo” Macbeth opening night audience photo, April 14, 1936. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (020.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0020 - “Voodoo” Macbeth opening night at the Lafayette Theatre, April 14, 1936. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (021.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0021 - Federal Theatre Project costume seamstresses, ca. 1936. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0023 - “Voodoo” Macbeth stage hands, 1936. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0024 - Horse Eats Hat rehearsal with Orson Welles seated 1936. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (007.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0007 - Horse Eats Hat costume design, 1936. Graphite, watercolor, and textile samples. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0009 - Horse Eats Hat stage production with cast and chandelier, 1936. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (008.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0008
Musical Theater
- Sing for Your Supper, 1938 or 1939. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (044.00.00)
Digital ID # fto0044 - Melodies on Parade production dance number, ca. 1936. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (042.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0042 - New York City Caravan Theater audience in Crotona Park, ca. 1936. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0041 - Melodies on Parade set design, ca. 1936. Ink and watercolor. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (043.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0043
John Le Touche. Melodies on Parade script, ca. 1935. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (040.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0040 - Scene from Bassa Moona, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (017.01.00)
Digital ID # ftp0017_01
Modern Drama
- Scene from Pygmalion, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (053.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0053 - Theatre of the Four Seasons theater goers, July 30, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (055.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0055 - Arthur Miller. They Too Arise, 1937. Typescript. Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0050 - John Rimassa. Play reader report, 1937. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (052.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0052 - Marquee for Ah Wilderness! Rialto Theatre, Des Moines, Iowa, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (060.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0060 - Scene from Ah Wilderness! 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (061.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0061 - Rehearsal for The Cradle Will Rock, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (066.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0066 - It Can’t Happen Here, 1936. Silkscreen poster.
Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (076.00.00)
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Living Newspaper
- One-Third of a Nation, 1938. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (071.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0071 - Scene from One-Third of a Nation, 1938. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (068.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0068 - Play research photograph of woman living amid squalor in a tenement, ca. 1938. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (069.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0069
Vaudeville
- Richard Halls. Federal WPA Variety Presents Vaudeville, 1936 or 1937. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0029 - Vaudeville magic act, July 1, 1936. Photogprah. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (031.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0031 - Ready! Aim! Fire! showgirl, 1937. Photogprah. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (033.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0033 - John Morcom. Set design for a vaudeville production, between 1935 and 1939. Ink, watercolor, and tempura. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0034
Children's Theater
- Children in line for an Alice in Wonderland matinee in San Diego, California, between 1935 and 1939. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (083.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0083 - Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland," 1937. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (094.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0094 - Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Alice in Wonderland, between 1935 and 1939. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (097.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0097 - Maxine L. Borowsky. Costume design for Zar and Zan in The Emperor’s New Clothes, 1936. Ink, watercolor, and pastel. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (088.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0088 - Maxine L. Borowsky. Costume design for maidens in The Emperor’s New Clothes, 1936. Ink watercolor, and pastel. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (087.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0087 - George Bernard Shaw’s “Androcles and the Lion,” 1937. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (091.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0091 - Androcles and the Lion, full stage set with actors, 1937. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (093.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0093 - Marionette performance in Central Park, between 1935 and 1939. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (084.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0084 - Marionette makers in Washington, D.C., between 1935 and 1939. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (085.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0085
Circus
- Circus poster for Hyannis, Massachusetts, August 3, 1937. Silkscreen poster. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (039.00.00)
Digital ID # ftp0039 - Burt Lancaster standing with fellow circus performer, between 1935 and 1939. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (037.01.00)
Digital ID # ftp0037 - Burt Lancaster with fellow circus performer on parallel bars, between 1935 and 1939. Photograph. Federal Theatre Project Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (038.01.00)
Digital ID # ftp0038
