Press Release from the Lincoln Motion Picture Company: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A press releases from the Lincoln Motion Picture Company. The press release talk about the Lincoln Motion Picture Company going public and making stock options available. The rest of the press release talks about some of the actors associated with the company. The back of the release is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: May 21, 1917
• Published by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Lincoln Motion Picture Company, American, 1916 - 1921
• Subject of: Albertine Pickens, American, 1890 - 1983
• Subject of: Anita Thompson, American, 1901 - 1980
• Subject of: Noble M. Johnson, American, 1881 - 1979
• Type: press releases
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (26.7 × 9 cm)
• Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Object number: 2014.153.6.2
• 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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