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American variety stage vaudeville and popular entertainment, 1870-1920
Title
American variety stage [computer file] : vaudeville and popular entertainment, 1870-1920 / American Memory, Library of Congress.
Published
[Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress], 1996-
Physical Description
Computer data.
Notes
Title from title screen dated Oct. 31, 1996.
"Groups of theater posters and sound recordings will be added to this anthology in the future."
Summary
Multimedia collection containing digitized versions of selected Library of Congress holdings. Represents diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920. Includes 334 English and Yiddish language playscripts, 146 theater playbills and programs, sixty-one motion pictures, and 143 photographs and twenty-nine memorabilia items documenting the life and career of Harry Houdini.
Variant and related titles
At head of title: American memory
Vaudeville and popular entertainment, 1870-1920
Format
Online / Software & Electronic Media
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
System details note
System requirements: World Wide Web (WWW) browser software.
Mode of access: Internet.
Incomplete contents
Houdini
Theater playbills and programs
Sound recordings (coming soon)
Motion pictures
English playscripts
Yiddish playscripts
Subjects
Genre/Form
Online archives.
Also listed under
Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
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