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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 27 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 17 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 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Cards (information artifacts) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
collectible card 5 Filter by term Exclude term
gelatin silver print 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
Dresses (garments) 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 17 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1900s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 21 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 7 Filter by term Exclude term
England 5 Filter by term Exclude term
London 5 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 5 Filter by term Exclude term
United Kingdom 5 Filter by term Exclude term
California 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Boston 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Los Angeles 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Popular Entertainment 24 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 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Ken Regan Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Phyllis Diller 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Amusements 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Singers (Musicians) 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Comedians 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Comedy 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 30 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 18 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 2 Filter by term Exclude term

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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

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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