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Poster for Douglas Fairbanks in "Don Q Son of Zorro," Boston, Mass., 1925

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1925

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 191-200

GUSN

GUSN-199097

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Description

Handwritten text on the verso reads "Poster taken from between the bars of the Granary Burying ground, where it was set up for display, 24 August 1925."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
motion pictures (visual work)
theaters (buildings)
graveyards
prints (visual works)
lithographs

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number PR193OVR

Physical Description

1 lithograph ; 22 x 13 inches

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1925-08-24

Reference Code

GC002.02.193A

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

22 x 13.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton, August 1925.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

prints (visual works)
lithographs

Other People

Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939

Other Organizations

Colonial Theatre (Organization : Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Granary Burying Ground (Boston, Mass.)

Restrictions

tears along edges

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 191-200

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