[Harry Houdini, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, in chains]. About this image
|| About the Collection ||
American Variety Stage is a multimedia anthology selected from various Library of Congress holdings. This collection illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Included here are English- and Yiddish-language playscripts, theater playbills and programs, early motion pictures, sound recordings and photographs, and memorabilia items documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini.
|| Teacher Resources ||
- Collection Connection
- Lesson Plan: America at the Centennial
- Lesson Plan: From Jim Crow to Linda Brown
- Lesson Plan: Thank You, Mr. Edison
- Lesson Plan: When Work is Done
- Lesson Plan: Women, Their Rights and Nothing Less
- Themed Resources: Immigration
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1870-1920
- Major Language(s)
- English, Yiddish
- Repository
- Multiple Divisions, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 700
- Contents
- Unpublished scripts for skits, monologues, Playscripts, Posters, Paper-print films, Early sound recordings, Photographs
Access/Copyright
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
