Lobby card for The Song of Freedom
date: label: Date
content: 1936
name: label: Distributed by
content: Hammer Films, British, founded 1934
label: Subject of
content: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: The lobby card depicts three men in the foreground with five men in the background. The men in the background are working with large barrels and cans, while the three men up front appear to be talking to each other. The first man on the left wearing blue overalls is sitting. The other two standing men are both in long sleeve shirts with their sleeves rolled up. One man's shirt is yellow while the other is red. In the left of the lobby card in the border are depictions of bodiless heads on spikes. The lobby card reads "Song of Freedom, Inc. / presents/ Paul Robeson in/ The Song of Freedom."
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Opera (Music)
label: Topic
content: Race films
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.118.139.2
objectType: label: Type
content: lobby cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 10 1/16 × 13 in. (25.6 × 33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 1/16 × 14 in. (28.1 × 35.6 cm)