Lobby card for Harlem on the Prairie: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The card features three black and white images from the film. At the top left is [TODDY PICTURES CO. / Presents / HARLEM ON THE PRAIRIE]. Beneath this are two images side by side. On the left, a man (Herbert Jeffries) in a checked shirt and cowboy hat looks at a wanted poster. On the right side, a man (Flournoy Miller) in a cowboy hat stands with a woman (Connie Harris), also in a cowboy hat. The man holds a pistol pointed up in his proper right hand while the woman grasps his wrist. Beneath this image the third, depicting two men (Manton Moreland and Miller) in cowboy hats, seated next to each other. To the left of this image is [HERBERT JEFFRIES / F.E. MILLER / MANTON MORELAND / CONNIE HARRIS / PRODUCED BY JED BUELL / DIRECTED BY SAM NEWFIELD / Distributed Nationally by TODDY PICTURES CO.].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1937
• Distributed by: Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s
• Subject of: Herb Jeffries, American, 1913 - 2014
• Subject of: Mantan Moreland, American, 1902 - 1973
• Subject of: Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971
• Subject of: Consuela Harris, American, 1910 - 2000
• Subject of: Jed Buell, American, 1897 - 1961
• Subject of: Sam Newfield, American, 1899 - 1964
• Created by: Toddy Pictures Company, American, 1941 - 1970s
• Type: lobby cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 13 3/4 in. (27.9 × 34.9 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Musical films
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: U.S. History, 1933-1945
• Object number: 2013.118.111.1
• 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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