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

The object in the museum catalogue

The card features a large black and white image of a woman (Connie Harris) pointing a pistol at three men, who all wear cowboy hats, bandanas, checked shirts, and hip holsters. To the left is a smaller image of a man (Herbert Jeffries) on the back of a bucking white horse. Beneath the images is [HARLEM ON THE PRAIRIE] in black. Along the bottom in white text against a black background is [HERBERT JEFFRIES -- F.E. MILLER -- MANTON MORELAND -- CONNIE HARRIS / 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: Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971
• Subject of: Mantan Moreland, American, 1902 - 1973
• Subject of: Consuela Harris, American, 1910 - 2000
• Type: lobby cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 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: 2013.118.111.3
• 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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