| 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 | 
| 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 |