Poster for Black Gold
date: label: Date
content: 1928
name: label: Produced by
content: Norman Studios, American, 1920 - 1928
label: Subject of
content: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Kathryn Boyd, American, 1897 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Steve Reynolds, American, 1892 - 1945
label: Subject of
content: Lee B. Tatum, American, 1861 - 1933
notes: label: Description
content: An illustrated movie poster with a yellow background. At top left is a red heart-shaped vignette of a man in a plaid shirt embracing a woman in a white blouse. Next to this is blue text that reads [Action! / Love! / Thrills!] Followed by black, gold and red text reading [The Norman Studios / present / BLACK GOLD / with / An All-Colored Cast] followed by smaller text in black: [One of the true stories / of living colored examples / Featuring LAWRENCE CRINER - KATHRYN BOYD / STEVEL REYNOLDS - (Peg) MARSHALL - B - TATUMS / and the entire ALL-COLORED CITY of TATUMS, OKLAHOMO in A STIRRING EPIC OF THE OIL FIELDS / Produced by NORMAN STUDIOS, ARLINGTON, FLA.]. In the lower left corner is an image of a burning oil rig. Next to it is an image of a woman standing over a seated man with a bandage on his head. Beside them, wearing a wide brimmed hat is a one legged man on a crutch, holding a gun.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
place: label: Place filmed
content: Tatums, Carter County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Western films
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film
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: 2013.118.12
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 38 × 24 in. (96.5 × 61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 41 × 27 in. (104.1 × 68.6 cm)