Lobby card for A Raisin in the Sun: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The card consists of a large tinted film still depicting a scene with Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil. The two are pictured in a blue room. McNeil is on the left, wearing an orange dress and looking towards Poitier, who is on the right wearing a yellow shirt and leaning towards McNeil. In the bottom right corner is a round orange ring with a white center. Within the white circle is [Columbia Pictures / presents / SIDNEY POITIER / in / a raisin in the sun / with / CLAUDIA McNEIL - RUBY DEE / Screenplay by LORRAINE HANSBERRY from her play / Produced on the stage by PHILIP ROSE and DAVID J. COGAN / Produced by DAVID SUSSKIND and PHILIP ROSE / Directed by DANIEL PETRIE]. Below the image at the bottom left of the card in small blue text is [Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1961
• Subject of: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919
• Subject of: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
• Subject of: Claudia McNeil, American, 1917 - 1993
• Subject of: Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014
• Subject of: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965
• Subject of: Philip Rose, 1921 - 2011
• Subject of: David J. Cogan, Romanian American, died 2002
• Subject of: David Howard Susskind, American, 1920 - 1987
• Type: lobby cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Race films
• Object number: 2013.118.134.2
• 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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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: © 1961 Columbia Pictures Corporation Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.