Theatre

Consists of over 600 photographs including cartes-de-visite and cabinet card studio portraits of entertainers, actors, and actresses who performed on the American stage in the mid- to late 1800s.

U.S. and Canadian ads from 1911-1955

Online gallery of virtual books and online exhibitions with objects from the British Library Collections.

A special effects company specializing in animatronics, makeup effects, puppets, and robotics. Site includes glossary of special effects terms.

The site includes approximately 400 images from publicity photographs featuring regional production companies.

Hosted by the Costume Program in the Department of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Over 50,000 costumes and textile artifacts from the mid-18th century to the present

Links to many aspects of costuming and types of costume, from ancient Babylon to the 1990's, including ethnic costume. Features text and images. Including Make-Up and Mask Links.

Includes costume and scene designs from more than fifty productions by British designer Daphne Dare (1929-2000).

The personal library of costume and costuming-related links created by Julia Zetterberg Sardo, 1995-2007

The collection covers fashionable dress from the 17th century to the present day, with the emphasis on progressive and influential designs from the major fashion centres of Europe. The V&A collections also include accessories such as jewellery, gloves and handbags.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/costumehistweb/
“This collection includes 417 fashion plates from 1806-1914 from some of the leading fashion journals of the times.”

Records include authoritative, detailed, multilingual descriptions of digital images, texts, video clips, sound recordings, and complex media objects related to the performing arts around the world, plus information about related pieces, productions, performers, and creators.

Images of plates of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century, with a Victorian perspective. From the book originally published as "Zur Geschichte der Kostume," printed from 1861 to 1880 in Munich by the publishing firm of Braun and Schneider.

9856 images of theatrical and vaudeville performers.

image and text for approx. 200 objects from the Kyoto Costume Institute's collection, arranged in chronological order.

Includes a large selection of photos appearing in Life magazine.

Over 30,000 images of costumes on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Over 5000 items from more than 150 productions in England and the United States.

Many costume images including reproductions from Racinet's Costume Historique

Photographs and ephemera relating to the career of Pat Prior and Effie Norris and the history of vaudeville.

Comprised of cabinet cards, postcards and photographs of 19th century American and British actors and actresses.

Images by well-known photojournalists documenting past and present political and cultural events, as well as celebrities and the American experience. Also includes commercial and archival footage.

Visual art collections comprising over 100,000 images from institutional sources contributed for use in learning, teaching and research. Includes art, design, architecture, decorative art, fashion. UK-based.