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Lobby card for Lem Hawkins' Confession

1935

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.

Lobby card for the film Lem Hawkins' Confession. The lobby card depicts a tinted image of a man in a long sleeve button down shirt, blue denim overalls, and shoes. He is looking straight ahead. His proper right arm is down by his side and his right knee is on the ground. His proper left leg is bent, foot on the ground, and his left arm is resting on his thigh. There is a woman laying in front of the man on a wooden floor. Her body is limp. She is wearing a short sleeve pink collared shirt and a brown skirt, and her eyes are closed. There is blue text at the top which reads [A. BURTON RUSSELL / presents] followed by arched black text which reads [“LEM / HAWKINS’ CONFESSION”].

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Catalog reference: 2013.118.122.1

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