EVB2933581: Mischa Elman , Ukrainian born violin virtuoso became a United States citizen in 1923 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933584: Men on flatboat in river, playing musical instruments, relaxing, and dancing. Mezzotint after painting by George Caleb Bingham. 1847 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933585: Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878-1936), Russian-born pianist married Mark Twain's daughter, Clara Clemens, in 1909. He became conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933586: Mary Garden (1877-1967), Scottish born American opera star in 1911 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933604: Edward Alexander MacDowell (1861-1908), American composer and pianist. After his emotional illness in 1904, his wife established the MacDowell Artist Colony, where he was buried in 1908 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932820: Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) French author of the classic "Democracy in America" (1835-40) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932822: Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) English novelist wrote with psychological and social insight about politics, marriage, love and money in the Victoria era / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932826: Jose Vasconcelos (1881-1959) Mexican writer, intellectual, and educator whose political activities lead to frequent exiles / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932845: James Agee (1909-1955), American poet and novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his 1960 novel, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. He wrote screen plays for THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951), and THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932850: Truman Capote (1924-1984), southern American writer with socialite Gloria Vanderbilt in 1965 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932852: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82 , American writer and poet, 1884 (mezzotint) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932865: Anita Loos (1893-1981) American author and screenwriter, best known for her 1926 novel GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDS. Loos is holding her dog, James Cagney. 1953 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932872: Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917-2007), American historian, influenced politics by his books and his support of liberal politicians, Adlai Stevenson and John Kennedy. He won his second Pulitzer Prize for A THOUSAND DAYS: JOHN F. KENNEDY IN THE WHITE HOUSE (1965). 1951 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932886: Frazier Hunt, (1885- ) early newscaster, seated at desk, pointing to a wall map of Africa, while being filmed by a cameraman. 1941 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932888: Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) popular American novelist and playwright. 1920's portrait / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932899: Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) pioneering radio reporter who brought WWII into American homes during the Battle of Britain / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932903: Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1891-1968), publisher of the NEW YORK TIMES from 1935 to 1961. 1940 portrait / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932905: C. L. (Cyrus Leo) Sulzberger (1912-1993), member of NEW YORK TIMES founding family, was a reporter and 1951 Pulitzer Prize winning foreign affairs columnist. 1961 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932907: José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955), Spanish philosopher and humanist. 1949 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932912: High Tor, 1939 (poster) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932913: Emile Augier (1820-1889) French playwright of moralistic comedies in the mid-19th century / Bridgeman Images

EVB2932914: George Axelrod (1922-2003), playwright and screenwriter, seated at typewriter. Axelrod 's plays include, SEVEN YEAR ITCH and WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? He wrote screenplays for BUS STOP, BREAKFAST AY TIFFANY'S, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, and LORD LOVE A DUCK / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933831: Lillian Russell (1861-1922), American actress and singer, with monocle. 1898 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933836: Marie Tempest (1864-1942) English actress, in the play, THE FENCING MASTER, 1892. In her long career, she performed comic plays by Somerset Maugham and Noel Coward / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933837: Ellen Terry (1847-1928), English actress in her twenties, after her short marriage to painter G. F. Watts. c. 1870 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933838: Ellen Terry (1847-1928), English actress, at the age of sixteen, she was already a seasoned performer. Portrait by Julia Margaret Cameron. 1863-64 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933860: The Human Cannonball ''Loyal'' Fired from the cannon., 1879 (poster) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933864: Prominent sections in Ringling Bro's Big New Parade A tremendous spectacular free street carnival, 1899 (poster) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933867: General Tom Thumb's grand wedding march, popular sheet music celebrating P.T. Barnum's tiny performer. 1863 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933879: Fanny Elssler (1810-1884), Austrian ballerina, caused a sensation when she was the first European prima ballerina to tour Americ. In this print, the Baltimoreans are ridiculed as braying asses for their worship of Elssler. 1840 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933887: Classical Greek dancer. Albumen print from c. 1870 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933893: Florence Fleming Noyes performing a modern dance, 1907 (b/w photo), Johnston, Frances Benjamin (1864-1952) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933897: Alexander Crystal Seer, Knows Sees Tells All, 1910 (poster) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933901: Harry Houdini (1874-1926), in 1890, when his name was still Ehrich Weiss. He is wearing medals, he won as a member of the Pastime Athletic Club track team in New York / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933911: Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), Italian operatic composer, became musical director of La Scala, Milan, in 1929. 1902 / Bridgeman Images

EVB2933915: Postcard showing bareback rider and acrobat, Lucille Mullhall, standing on back of horse. 1909 / Bridgeman Images