Chooeubhaokhaossian the Great's Temple of History

Portrait of American stage actor Joseph Jefferson dressed as old Rip Van Winkle by Napoleon Sarony, 1869. From an edition of the book Rip Van Winkle A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains by Washington Irving published in 1871.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Tintype portrait of a man dressed as a friar singing, c. 1860-1900.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of Irish actor Dion Boucicault wearing a costume, c. 1860's. By Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

Obscured daguerreotype portrait of an actress only identified as Augusta wearing a costume, c. 1840′s/1850′s. By Mathew Brady.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of an actress named Jennie Goldthwaite, c. 1880′s/1890′s.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Carte de visite portrait of actress Kitty Dowd wearing a costume titled “The Devil’s Auction” probably taken in New York City, 1867. By J. Gurney and Son.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of an unidentified man in costume, c. 1860′s. Attributed to Mathew Brady.

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Daguerreotype portrait of a clown in costume, c. 1850′s.

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Daguerreotype portrait of a child named Persifor Frazer wearing an 18th-century costume, c. 1852. By Marcus Aurelius Root.

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