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| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to actors and performers |
| Techniques and processes |
| 2 | Daguerreotypes: Actors |
| 3 | Shakespearean characters from "Illustrated Tallis's Shakespeare" (1860) |
| 4 | Ambrotypes: Actors |
| 5 | Albumen prints: Actors |
| 6 | Cartes de visite: Actors |
| 7 | Cabinet cards: Actors |
| 8 | Stereoviews: Portraits: Actors |
| 9 | Gelatin silver prints: Actors |
| 10 | Cigarette cards: Actors |
| Actors and performers |
| 11 | Sarah Bernhardt, French stage actress (1844-1923) |
| 12 | Jenny Lind, Opera singer (1820-1887) |
| Photographers |
| 13 | Alexander Brodie Melville: Description of a Mystic Play, as Performed in Ladak, Zascar &c. (1865) [Tibet] |
| 14 | Martin Laroche: Actors and theatrical scenes |
| 15 | Franck: Ces Petites Dames de Theatre (1862) |
| 16 | Étienne Carjat: Actors and mimes |
| 17 | Benjamin J. Falk: Actors |
| 18 | Sarony: Actors |
| 19 | Thomas Houseworth: Houseworth's Celebrities |
| 20 | Arsene Houssaye: La Comedie Francaise (1880) |
| 21 | Frank C. Bangs: Portraits of Elizabeth Brice |
| 22 | Benjamin Strauss and Homer Peyton: Celebrity portraits |
| 23 | Ross Verlag: Publisher of real photographic postcards |
| 24 | Eli Lotar: Le Theatre Alfred Jarry et l'Hostilite Publique (1930) |
| 25 | Man Ray: "Les Metamorphoses de Barbette" (The Metamorphoses of Barbette [A Paris drag queen]) (17 December 1930) |
| 26 | George Hurrell: Actors |
| 27 | Clarence Sinclair Bull: Actors |
| Publications |
| 28 | The Saturday Programme and Sketch Book |
| 29 | Paris-Theatre / Paris-Portrait |
| 30 | Lock and Whitfield (attributed): The Theatre (1877-1897) |
| 31 | Vanity Fair |
| Souvenirs |
| 32 | Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890) |
| Regional |
| 33 | Japan: Performance, theatre and dance |
| Studio portraits |
| 34 | Actors and film studio photographers |
| 35 | Actors |
| Performers |
| 36 | Tightrope walkers |
| 37 | Jugglers |
| 38 | Clowns |
| 39 | Mimes |
