Poster for Harlem on the Prairie: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

One-sheet poster from the movie Harlem on the Prairie. Poster has a red background and in the center is an illustration of a man (Herbert Jefferies) and a woman (Connie Harris) wearing white cowboy hats. Below them is blue text that reads [HERBERT JEFFRIES / IN / HARLEM ON THE PRAIRIE]. In the lower proper right is another illustration of a man riding a white horse that has lifted its legs into the air. Next to this illustration is blue text that reads [WITH / MANTAN / MORELAND / F.E. MILLER / CONNIE HARRIS / THE FOUR TONES / & / THE FOUR BLACKBIRDS / ALL COLORED / STAR CAST]. In the lower proper left there are also references to songs in the movies. Across the top of the poster is additional blue text on a white banner that reads [KING OF THE JUKEBOX AND RADIO].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1937
• Created by: Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s
• Subject of: Herb Jeffries, American, 1913 - 2014
• Subject of: Consuela Harris, American, 1910 - 2000
• Subject of: Mantan Moreland, American, 1902 - 1973
• Subject of: Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971
• Type: one-sheet posters
• Medium: lithographic ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 41 x 27 1/2 in. (104.1 x 69.9 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Musical films
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: Western films
• Object number: 2011.41.10
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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