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Entertaining Women: American Women on Stage and Screen

A celebration of American women entertainers, including musicians, dancers, comedians, actors, and other performers, represented in the Smithsonian's collections.

Museum / Unit

National Museum of American History 29 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 17 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Air and Space Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
gelatin silver print 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Cards (information artifacts) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
collectible card 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound recordings 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Books 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 22 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1900s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 22 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 7 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 6 Filter by term Exclude term
England 5 Filter by term Exclude term
London 5 Filter by term Exclude term
United Kingdom 5 Filter by term Exclude term
California 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Massachusetts 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Popular Entertainment 25 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Amusements 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 12 Filter by term Exclude term
U.S. Stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Singers (Musicians) 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Contemporary (1990-present) 6 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 43 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 27 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 2 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Museum / Unit: National Portrait Gallery

Isadora Duncan

Myrna Loy cinema card

"The Little Peach" Mutoscope Movie Poster

Martha Graham--Letter to the World--(Swirl)

Bertha Kalich

29c Ethel Merman single

Ensemble worn by Phyllis Diller on USO Tour

Carrie Fisher

Marlene Dietrich

Marian Anderson, Celebrated Contralto, Recognized as one of the Greatest of All Time

Poster from Hello, Dolly! with Phyllis Diller

Nina Simone - Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. - 1969

Esther Williams

Photograph of Eartha Kitt

Photograph of a female performer in costume

Debbie Allen - dancer

Fay Wray cinema card

Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen

Signed photographic postcard of Vanity with envelope

Marilyn Monroe

Cicely Tyson

Photographic print of Eartha Kitt carrying a poodle

Ethel Merman and Mary Martin

Marilyn Monroe

portrait of isadora duncan in greek dress

Jamie Lee Curtis

Lupe Vélez cinema card

Clara Bow cinema card

Mae West

Portrait of Whitney Houston

Grace Jones

Damn Yankees

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