Pen-and-ink illustration of Belknap Playhouse at the University of Louisville. The images comprising the Macauley's Theatre Collection hung at this playhouse in the years between the closure of the theatre in 1929 and the donation of the collection...
Two dogs lying on a parquet floor outside a set of heavy wooden doors, presumably at Macauley's Theatre. The dogs belong to theatre owner "Colonel" John T. Macauley. Title supplied by cataloger.
Two dogs sniff a parquet floor, probably in Macauley's Theatre. The dogs belong to theatre owner "Colonel" John T. Macauley. Title supplied by cataloger.
Portrait of cows, sheep, an older man (probably Al G. Field), a young boy, and various barns and outbuildings at Maple Villa Farm, which was located outside Columbus, Ohio, and belonged to minstrel showman Al G. Field. Alfred Griffith Hatfield,...
Group portraits; Actors; Actresses; Men; Women; Costumes; Posing
Horizontal portrait of members of the Evans and Hoey comedic troupe (nine men and four women) posed among tall letters reading "Evans & Hoey." Led by Charles E. Evans and William Hoey, who married twin sisters Minnie and Helena...
Autographed full-length character portrait of, from left, Norman Hackett (actor and manager, born September 7, 1874, in Arnherstbury, Ontario, Canada); Otto Kruger (actor, born September 6, 1885 in Toledo, Ohio, and died September 6, 1974 in...
Group portraits; Opera singers; Men; Women; Ships; Ocean travel
Group portrait of five men and two women, from the company of "Trilby," a three-act comic play, aboard a steamer bound for Australia. The men, standing, wear hats or caps with suits and ties, and the women, seated, wear blouses with puffy...
Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Actors; Actresses; Men; Women; Boys; Pianos
Group portrait of the Reed and Collier Company acting troupe, which performed "Hoss and Hoss" at Macauley's Theatre twice: on September 14-19, 1891, and April 20-22, 1893. The troupe's co-director, Willie Collier, is also listed as...
Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Actors; Men; Costumes; Posing
Group portrait of three men from the Gilbert, Donnelly, & Girard comedy troupe (presumably John Gilbert, Henry V. Donnelly, and Edward Girard, although not necessarily in that order from left to right), which performed at Macauley's Theatre in...
Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Actors; Men
Portrait of comedy duo McIntyre & Heath as young men. They are wearing three-piece suits and bow ties. McIntyre stands, leaning his right arm on the seated Heath's shoulder. McIntyre & Heath starred in five productions at Macauley's Theatre...
Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Actresses; Women; Actors; Men; Costumes; Posing
Well-known and widely reproduced photogravure of a scene from "Miss Multon," starring performer and writer Clara Morris. In an elegant interior setting, Morris (second from left) sits, wearing a long dark dress. A boy wearing short pants...
Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Actresses; Women; Costumes; Posing; Families
Group portrait of three Vokes sisters (Victoria, Rosina, and Jessie), who, with Fred and Fawdon Vokes, wrote and performed sketches as the Vokes Family in the 1880s. They are wearing dark, winter-weight dresses and hats. They performed "The...
Group portraits; Theatrical productions; Opera houses
Group portrait of the San Carlo Opera Company, a touring company including soprano Alice Nielsen. They appear onstage in New Orleans during Act II of "Carmen," in 1906. Their first appearance at Macauley's Theatre, from that 1906-1907...
Portrait of a sleek horse standing in front of stable doors. This was the first portrait of an animal to grace the Macauley's Theatre collection. "Ben Hur" was performed at Macauley's Theatre five times between 1891 and 1917, but...
Macauley's Theatre (Louisville, Ky.); Theaters; Lobbies; Ticket offices; Men
Interior of lobby of Macauley's Theatre. The floor is tiled and the ceiling painted with designs. Portraits (including those from this collection) can be seen on the walls. A young man, identified as Harry J. Martin, sits in the box office, while...
Portrait of two men wearing suits, ties, and overcoats; the man at left, with eyeglasses and a mustache, is probably John T. Macauley, owner of Macauley's Theatre. The older man at right is unidentified. Title supplied by cataloger.
Promotional ad in the New York Tribune for J. M. Barrie's "A Kiss for Cinderella," starring Maude Adams, which apparently played at the Hollis St. Theatre in New York in January 1917. It features four images from the play, with actors...
