Lobby card for the motion picture Timothy’s Quest
date: label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: Associated Name
content: Rowland, Helen
label: Associated Name
content: Wiggin, Kate Douglas
label: Associated Name
content: Depew, Joseph
label: Associated Name
content: Olcott, Sidney
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Lobby card for the motion picture Timothy’s Quest. The card is printed with a photograph of a scene from the film showing a girl, boy, and man standing beside a young cow. This card was likely used to promote a screening of this film at a theater in Mt. Carmel, IL, where the card was found.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Timothy’s Quest is a silent film directed by Sidney Olcott, produced by Dirigo Films and distributed by American Releasing, released in 1922. The drama is based on an 1890 novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin and tells the story of two orphaned children who set out on a quest to find a mother. The film stars Joseph Depew, Helen Rowland, and Marie Day and was filmed at the Tec-Art Studio in New York City and on location in Maine. According to The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog, Timothy’s Quest survives in a complete 35mm theatrical print at the Library of Congress.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Illinois, Mount Carmel
topic: label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0120.22
label: accession number
content: 2021.0120
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0120.22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lobby card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: printed (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm