The Moving Picture Cowboy. Tom Mix doing stunts. The way he told the story, and the way it really happened – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of The Moving Picture Cowboy. Tom Mix doing stunts. The way he told the story, and the way it really happened. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Moving Picture Cowboy. Tom Mix doing stunts. The way he told the story, and the way it really happened
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Shown performing his own stunts, Tom Mix anchors this 1914 color lithograph, which is titled "The Moving Picture Cowboy" and promises to compare "the way he told the story, and the way it really happened." That gap between Mix's public account of his life and the facts was part of his appeal. He became one of the best-known Western stars of the early silent era, and he was known for doing much of his own riding and daredevil work. The poster was printed by the Goes Litho. Co. of Chicago, and it shows how quickly the screen cowboy was becoming a publicity-driven figure in the movies' early years.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster). |
| Notes | Color lithograph by Goes Litho. Co., Chicago. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 182. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 806 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176552 |
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