Photograph for The Emperor Jones: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white promotional photograph for The Emperor Jones. Written in the top left-hand corner in black text is [Screencraft / Pictures / Presents]. Immediately to the right of the writing is an image of a man in a striped jumpsuit, holding his clenched left fist as he looks up and over his right shoulder. To the right of the man in large black font is [Paul / Robeson]. Below him is [In / Emperor Jones / with Dudley Diggs / From the stage play by Eugene O'Neill].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1933
• Created by: Screencraft Pictures, American, founded 1932
• Subject of: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 7 5/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.6 × 24.4 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/16 × 10 1/8 in. (20.5 × 25.7 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.118.165.1
• 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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