Lobby card for The Learning Tree
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Created by
content: Warner Bros. Pictures, American, founded 1923
label: Distributed by
content: National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Gordon Parks, American, 1912 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Kyle Johnson, American, born 1951
notes: label: Description
content: Lobby card for the 1969 movie The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks. The card features a large color image from the film with black bands running vertically along the left side and horizontally across the bottom of the card. The image depicts a scene of teenage boys at a county fair. The four boys stand at the back of a crowd gathered in front of a fair exhibit of an elaborately painted wall reading [FOXIE'S FABULOUS FREAKS]. A man stands in the center of the wall in front of a red curtained doorway with a megaphone and showman's baton. Below the image and to the left is [THE LEARNING TREE] in decorative pink font with last 'T' white and resembling a tree. Below this in small white type is [A film by Gordon Parks based on his novel.]. Along the bottom of the black band is casting and production information. Along the very bottom edge of the card is a copyright notice: [COPYRIGHT 1969 WARNER BROS. - SEVEN ARTS, INC.] and a licensing note from National Screen Service Corp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Kansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Men
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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: 2013.96.1.8
objectType: label: Type
content: lobby cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1969 Warner Bros., Seven Arts, Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm)