Film poster for Cooley High: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Movie poster with large black and white photographic image of two girls and three boys, standing next to a brick building with barred window. Tagline above image in black text [MEET THE STUDENT / WELCOMING COMMITTEE / OF COOLEY HIGH] Title under image in pink on a black background [Cooley High] Billing block in black text at bottom. Poster identified as [STYLE B]. NSS number 75/101. Handwritten 40 in pencil in bottom right corner. Back is blank white.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1975
• Created by: American International Pictures, 1956 - 1980
• Subject of: Michael Schultz, American, born 1938
• Subject of: Glynn Turman, American, born 1947
• Subject of: Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, American, born 1953
• Subject of: Garrett Morris, American, born 1937
• Subject of: Eric Monte, American, born 1943
• Type: posters
• Medium: lithographic ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 41 1/8 x 27 3/16 in. (104.5 x 69.1 cm)
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Comedy
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Motown (Music)
• Topic: Urban life
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2010.7.65
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Leith Adams
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1975 American International Pictures Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.