Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures / Courier Co. litho., Buffalo, N.Y.: History and Collection Facts

Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures / Courier Co. litho., Buffalo, N.Y.: Catalogue date: 1898, c1900 Aug.. Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Medium: 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph..

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Catalogue description

Motion picture poster for "Lyman H. Howe's high class moving pictures - new magic pictures" shows people watching motion picture in theater, includes insert of head-and-shoulders portrait of Lyman H. Howe.

Collection details

Catalogue date: 1898, c1900 Aug.
Original format: Photo, print, drawing
Medium: 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph.
Genre: Portrait prints--Color--1890-1900; Motion picture posters--American--1890-1900; Chromolithographs--Color--1890-1900
Language: English
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Call number: POS - MOT. PIC. - 1898 .H65, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]
Catalogue subjects: Motion picture theaters--1890-1900; Motion pictures--1890-1900; Howe, Lyman H.,--1856-1923
Named contributors: Courier Company.

Catalogue notes

Copyright stamp on verso obscured by linen backing.
Exhibited: "Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film" at the Williams College of Art, MA, and other venues, 2005-2007.

Sources and reuse

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