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Lady Betty Besom, Bath / Matt[?] Darly fect. ag fort., British Cartoon Print

Lady Betty Besom, Bath / Matt[?] Darly fect. ag fort., British Cartoon...

Caricature showing Juliana Popjoy, aka Lady Betty Besom, riding sidesaddle as she leaps over a wall, "The sacred Boundary of Discretion." We see only her enormous wig from behind. Forms part of: British Cartoo... More

A block for the wigs - or, the new state whirligig, British Cartoon Print

A block for the wigs - or, the new state whirligig, British Cartoon Pr...

Cartoon shows a carousel on which sit government ministers Charles Fox, Lord North, Edmund Burke and Admiral Keppel. Beam in the center of the carousel platform is a pillar topped by a bust of King George III, ... More

John Erskine, Earl of Marr [sic] / Sir Geoffrey Kneller, pinxt; Page, sculpt.

John Erskine, Earl of Marr [sic] / Sir Geoffrey Kneller, pinxt; Page, ...

John Erskine, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing armor and wig.

Whig bazaar - Political cartoon, public domain image

Whig bazaar - Political cartoon, public domain image

Publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N-York. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837 by H.R. Robinson, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern Distr... More

Original thirteen states, represented by statesmen in their powdered wigs, California Midwinter Exposition

Original thirteen states, represented by statesmen in their powdered w...

Costumed men on horse-drawn float; San Francisco. Stereo copyrighted by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. No. 9545. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: US Hist. Colon... More

Francis Wilson under the management of A.H. Canby in the comic opera, Half a king

Francis Wilson under the management of A.H. Canby in the comic opera, ...

Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti & N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

"Bench and Bar" - Print, Library of Congress collection

"Bench and Bar" - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Stuff, artist. Supplement to Vanity Fair. All port... More

The right honble Lord Herschell A.C.B., D.C.L., L.L.D. etc

The right honble Lord Herschell A.C.B., D.C.L., L.L.D. etc

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Herkomer, Hubert, artist. Hester,R. Wallace, photo... More

"Lord Justice Chitty", portrait print

"Lord Justice Chitty", portrait print

D11887 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Cox, W.A., printmake... More

Portrait of the Right Honorable Baron Reading, of Erligh, Lord Chief Justice of England

Portrait of the Right Honorable Baron Reading, of Erligh, Lord Chief J...

K92678 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Barmore, Charles, co... More

Tanganyika. Arusha. Masai men wearing peculiar wigs, Tanzania

Tanganyika. Arusha. Masai men wearing peculiar wigs, Tanzania

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Wig shop window in downtown San Francisco, California

Wig shop window in downtown San Francisco, California

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Wig shop on Market Street in San Francisco, California

Wig shop on Market Street in San Francisco, California

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

H.R. Robinson, 52 Courtland St. Caricatures & prints

H.R. Robinson, 52 Courtland St. Caricatures & prints

A tradecard or printed signboard for caricature publisher Henry R. Robinson. The image of an eighteenth-century wig is surely a pun on Robinson's Whig political alignment. The print must have been produced betw... More

Theatrical wigs, beards, &c. M. Shindhelm, 100 Bowery, N.Y. / / The Graphic Co. photo-lith.

Theatrical wigs, beards, &c. M. Shindhelm, 100 Bowery, N.Y. / / The Gr...

Illustration shows costume wigs and beards manufactured by Michael Shindhelm for use in theatrical productions. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress ..... More

Thatcher, Primrose & West's Minstrels

Thatcher, Primrose & West's Minstrels

S15251 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: A new departure. Modern minstrelsy in kingly splendor. Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti, N.Y. & London; copyrighted 1887 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti, Ohi... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-09-06

Shuly Amsel and Minky Wellinger interviews conducted by Candacy Taylor...

Shuly Amsel is the owner and operator of Shuly's Wigs. Her business started as a small operation out of her home. Today, Shuly's Wigs are highly sought after. She runs a retail and wholesale operation. Her clie... More

Wig from the 1900's - Public domain book illustration

Wig from the 1900's - Public domain book illustration

Title: Cavies for pleasure and profit .. Identifier: caviesforpleasur00deic Year: 1917 (1910s) Authors: Deicke, Edwin Frederick William, 1890- [from old catalog] Subjects: Guinea pigs Publisher: [Chicago, Grie... More

Female curiosity - Public domain  engraving

Female curiosity - Public domain engraving

Cartoon showing a woman in her bedchamber with her maidservant; the woman, with her nightdress hiked up above her waist, braces herself against the bed with one knee while adjusting an enormous wig over her bar... More

Female curiosity - Public domain illustration print

Female curiosity - Public domain illustration print

Cartoon showing a woman in her bedchamber with her maidservant; the woman, with her nightdress hiked up above her waist, braces herself against the bed with one knee while adjusting an enormous wig over her bar... More

Oliver Scott's Refined Negro Minstrels representing the pick of the entire minstrel world.

Oliver Scott's Refined Negro Minstrels representing the pick of the en...

"Copyright 1898 by Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: The most gorgeous presentation in modern minstrelsy. A magnificent pot pourri of mirth and music. Created by "Russell-Morgan Print (U.S. Printing Co.), Cincinn... More

Oliver Scott's Refined Negro Minstrels representing the pick of the entire minstrel world.

Oliver Scott's Refined Negro Minstrels representing the pick of the en...

"Copyright 1898 by Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: The most gorgeous presentation in modern minstrelsy. A magnificent pot pourri of mirth and music. Created by "Russell-Morgan Print (U.S. Printing Co.), Cincinn... More

Oliver Scott's Refined Negro Minstrels representing the pick of the entire minstrel world.

Oliver Scott's Refined Negro Minstrels representing the pick of the en...

"Copyright 1898 by Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: The most gorgeous presentation in modern minstrelsy. A magnificent pot pourri of mirth and music. Created by "Russell-Morgan Print (U.S. Printing Co.), Cincinn... More