Lobby card for Go Down, Death!

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Lobby card for "Go Down, Death!". The lobby card features a tinted photograph of a scene from the film depicting a large congregation seated in pews inside a church. A decorative stained-glass window is on the far wall. The black and white image has had bright colors added to the stained-glass window and the clothing of some of the congregation members. Above the congregation is printed [ALFRED N. SACK / REVERENTLY PRESENTS] in small white text followed by [GO DOWN, DEATH!] in large yellow print and [THE STORY OF JESUS AND THE DEVIL] in white text. At the bottom left corner in yellow text is [ALL-COLORED CAST / WITH / SPENCER WILLIAMS / MYRA HEMMINGS / THE HEAVENLY CHOIR / JIMMIE GREEN'S ORCHESTRA / Story by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON]. There is a white and blue seal in the bottom right corner which reads [MARK OF MERIT / SACK / ATTRACTIONS].

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