Black film pressbook collection.
- Title
- Black film pressbook collection.
- Published by
- ca. 1935-1974.
- Supplementary content
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives. See the finding aid for details. | Containerbox 1 | FormatMixed material | AccessRequest in advance | Call numberSc MG 527 box 1 | Item locationSchomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 0.25 linear feet (1 box)
- Summary
- This collections consists of promotional literature for films with African American casts. Many of the films are from Norman Studios, which produced silent films featuring African American casts from 1919 to 1928. The rest of the films are mostly Hollywood productions, the majority of which are from the 1930s-1940s. The promotional material includes leaflets, advertisements, window cards, and other accessories for movie theaters. In addition, there are handbills for boxers Henry Armstrong and Joe Louis.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Promotional materials.
- Call number
- Sc MG 527
- Source (note)
- Some material purchased from George Theofiles's Miscellaneous Man, 1992, and Swann Galleries, 2000. Some material transferred from the Art and Artifacts Division, 1998.
- Title
- Black film pressbook collection.
- Production
- ca. 1935-1974.
- Type of content
- text
- still image
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- sheet
- Location of other archival materials
- Materials Separated from the Resource: Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs
- Source
- Some material purchased from George Theofiles's Miscellaneous Man, 1992, and Swann Galleries, 2000. Some material transferred from the Art and Artifacts Division, 1998.
- Connect to:
- Added author
- Herald Pictures.
- Norman Studios.
- Paramount Pictures, Inc.
- Toddy Pictures Co.
- Research call number
- Sc MG 527