Three-sheet film poster for The Bull Dogger: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A three sheet film poster for The Bull-Dogger. The poster has a black background with white border. At teh top in large white text is [THE NORMAN FILM MFG. CO. / PRESENTS / BILL PICKETT / World's Colored Champion / 'THE BULL-DOGGER']. Beneath this is a large color illustration of actor Steve Reynolds dressed in a cowboy hat, orange neckerchief, brown vest, purple shirt, and brown pants. He holds a rifle in one hand. Below and to the right is a color illustrated portrait of actress Anita Bush wearing a beige hat and red neckerchief, pictured from the shoulders up. To the right is a similar portrait of actor Bennie Turpin, wearing a suit jacket and tie and a hat. Beneath these portraits is an oval shaped color illustration of a scene from the movie of Bill Pickett bullfighting. At the bottom white text reads [BILL PICKETT FIGHTING A WILD MEXICAN BULL / Death Defying Feats of Courage and Skill / THRILLS! LAUGHS TOO! / Produced by NORMAN FILM MFG. CO. Jacksonville, Fla.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1922
• Distributed by: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
• Subject of: Richard Edward Norman, American, 1891 - 1960
• Subject of: Bill Pickett, American, 1870 - 1932
• Subject of: Anita Bush, American, 1883 - 1974
• Subject of: Bennie Turpin
• Printed by: Ritchey Litho Company, American, 1915 - 1928
• Type: three-sheet posters
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 74 9/16 × 37 7/8 in. (189.4 × 96.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 76 13/16 × 41 1/4 in. (195.1 × 104.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Boley, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: Western films
• Object number: 2013.193
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gay Young and Daniel Schindler
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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