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Poster for Harlem on the Prairie

1937

United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

One-sheet poster from the movie Harlem on the Prairie. Poster has a red background and in the center is an illustration of a man (Herbert Jefferies) and a woman (Connie Harris) wearing white cowboy hats. Below them is blue text that reads [HERBERT JEFFRIES / IN / HARLEM ON THE PRAIRIE]. In the lower proper right is another illustration of a man riding a white horse that has lifted its legs into the air. Next to this illustration is blue text that reads [WITH / MANTAN / MORELAND / F.E. MILLER / CONNIE HARRIS / THE FOUR TONES / & / THE FOUR BLACKBIRDS / ALL COLORED / STAR CAST]. In the lower proper left there are also references to songs in the movies. Across the top of the poster is additional blue text on a white banner that reads [KING OF THE JUKEBOX AND RADIO].

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Catalog reference: 2011.41.10

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