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American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
This site "illustrates the vibrant and diverse forms of popular entertainment, especially vaudeville, that thrived from 1870-1920." Includes a biographical chronology of escape artist and magician Harry Houdini, theater playbills and programs, sound and video clips, and Yiddish and English-language playscripts. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject and author. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/

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