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Letter regarding the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation

1922

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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.

A letter from the Securities Realization Company regarding potential legal action against the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation for what the letter refers to as "nothing more or less than a gigantic swindling promotion" in its sale of stock. Letter is a single sheet folded once. Printed black ink on white paper. The bottom third of the second page of the letter is a form for tearing away and sending back to the company - perforation is completely torn. There are no marks on the back.

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Catalog reference: 2019.28.26.2

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