The Lubin Bulletin: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A four page program for Lubin Films, printed in black ink on white paper. The first (cover) page features the silent short film Coon Town Suffragettes with a black and white image of a woman standing on a pedestal like box appearing to address a larger group of women. The women in the crowd are holding signs that say "Make the /men work" "Down/With/Gin" "Votes/For/Women" "No More/ Work/ For Us". Below the photo is information on the details of the photo and film, including the cast. The text reads "CAST/ Mandy Jackson -Mattie Edwards - Sam Jackson - John Edwards." Below is a summary and cast information for the film Father's Temper. The two interior pages feature the films The Best Man, That Terrible Kid, and The Puritan, all with accompanying photographs. The last (back cover) page features the "Two Reel Feature," Above The Law.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1914
• Distributed by: United Lubin Manufacturing Company, American, 1896 - 1916
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 13 15/16 × 9 7/16 in. (35.4 × 24 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Suffrage
• Object number: 2013.118.260
• 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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