George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Adolph Bolm performance program clipping
Adolph Bolm performance program clipping featuring a black and white headshot photo and brief biography of Adolph Bolm, which was also signed by the dancer-choreographer. On the reverse is a photo and brief biography of another ballet dancer, Andre Eglevsky. Created circa 1940.
"California or Bust" travel scrapbook
Content Warning: One of the photograph descriptions in this album contains a racial slur.
Black scrapbook album created circa August 1956 to document a trip from New York to California and other Midwest, West, and Southwest states taken by a group of five women friends. The trip lasted from August 4, 1956 - August 27, 1956. The scrapbook contains black and white photographs pasted onto the pages with commentary and information written in white ink.
“Cavalleria rusticana” opera costume paintings
Six pen and watercolor paintings on paper of character and chorus member costume designs for the opera “Cavalleria rusticana,” circa 1890.
Illustrated scroll of samples of Noh masks and a record of props, in Japanese “Noh-men hinagata emono hikae" のうめん ひながた えもの ひかえ
An illustrated scroll - or emakimono - of samples of masks and a record of props used in Noh theater, created circa late 19th century or early 20th century. The scroll measures nearly 30 feet in length when unrolled and is constructed of individual illustrated leaves that have been adhered together to create the scroll. When rolled, the scroll is housed in a wooden box.
Jamestown, Westfield, and Northwestern Railroad scrapbook
Scrapbook that documents the Jamestown, Westfield, and Northwestern Railroad in New York state, created circa 1950s.
Lithographic print portrait of Pauline Viardot
Lithographic print portrait of Pauline Viardot by “L. Loire.” The portrait features a young, likely teenaged Viardot from the waist up in a white dress, circa 1839.
Photograph of young German girls playing recorders walking down hillside
Black and white photograph of eleven German girls and a presumably woman adult playing recorders while walking down a hillside by an unknown photographer, circa 1933.
Single “Aida” opera costume painting
Single pen and watercolor painting on paper of a costume design from the opera “Aida,” made circa early 1870s.
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