Lobby card for the motion picture Timothy’s Quest: Museum Object and Cultural History
Lobby card for the motion picture Timothy’s Quest: date made: 1922. Associated Name: Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Associated Name: Depew, Joseph.
The object in the museum catalogue
Lobby card for the motion picture Timothy’s Quest. The card is printed with a photograph of a scene from the film showing a girl, boy, and dog at a water pump. This card was likely used to promote a screening of this film at a theater in Mt. Carmel, IL, where the card was found.
Timothy’s Quest is a silent film directed by Sidney Olcott, produced by Dirigo Films and distributed by American Releasing, released in 1922. The drama is based on an 1890 novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin and tells the story of two orphaned children who set out on a quest to find a mother. The film stars Joseph Depew, Helen Rowland, and Marie Day and was filmed at the Tec-Art Studio in New York City and on location in Maine. According to The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog, Timothy’s Quest survives in a complete 35mm theatrical print at the Library of Congress.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1922
- Associated Name: Wiggin, Kate Douglas
- Associated Name: Depew, Joseph
- Associated Name: Rowland, Helen
- Associated Name: Olcott, Sidney
- Object Name: lobby card
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: printed (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm
- Associated Place: United States: Illinois, Mount Carmel
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- ID Number: 2021.0120.21
- accession number: 2021.0120
- catalog number: 2021.0120.21
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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