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Lobby card for The Learning Tree

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Created by

    Warner Bros. Pictures, American, founded 1923

    Distributed by

    National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000

    Subject of

    Gordon Parks, American, 1912 - 2006
    Kyle Johnson, American, born 1951

    Description

    Lobby card for the 1969 movie The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks. The card features a large color image from the film with black bands running vertically along the left side and horizontally across the bottom of the card. The image depicts a scene of teenage boys at a county fair. The boys are on right side of the image, facing a fair booth loaded with balloons, striped hats, and toys. Below the image and to the left is [THE LEARNING TREE] in decorative pink font with last 'T' white and resembling a tree. Below this in small white type is [A film by Gordon Parks based on his novel.]. Along the bottom of the black band is casting and production information. Along the very bottom edge of the card is a copyright notice: [COPYRIGHT 1969 WARNER BROS. - SEVEN ARTS, INC.] and a licensing note from National Screen Service Corp.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Date

    1969

    Object number

    2013.96.1.6

    Restrictions & Rights

    © 1969 Warner Bros., Seven Arts, Inc
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    lobby cards

    Medium

    ink on paper (fiber product)

    Dimensions

    H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

    Place depicted

    Kansas, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Actors
    American West
    Film
    Identity
    Literature
    Men

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd527ac2d97-2e2b-4810-83b8-25337f097ed8

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2013.96.1.6

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