SEVEN AMAZING IMAGES OF STAGE TECHNICIANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY

Imogen Cunningham’s “Theater, Cornish School” shows a lighting designer at work at the college in 1935.
Carpenters building sets, 1935. And yes, most are wearing collared shirts, ties and even waistcoats.
At the rail, 1935
Stagehands, 1899
Setting up the WPA’s Portable Theater Project, 1937
If you were a stagehand in the 18th century, one of your jobs might have been trimming the candle wicks on the footlights.
Stagehands rehearsing a scene, 1910

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