George Kleine presents, The Last Days of Pompeii, a spectacular photo-drama / The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y. – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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This rare vintage poster captures George Kleine presents, The Last Days of Pompeii, a spectacular photo-drama / The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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George Kleine presents, The Last Days of Pompeii, a spectacular photo-drama / The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y.
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The poster bills the film as "a spectacular photo-drama," and its color art centers on the eruption that buried Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Kleine, a New York distributor, brought European features to American audiences in the early 1910s, and multi-reel historical spectacles like this one were a major draw at the time. The poster was printed by the H.C. Miner Litho. Co. of New York, a firm that produced many theatrical and film posters of the period. Its bold color and dramatic disaster scene show how studios marketed silent films through spectacle.
| Created / published | c1913. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Motion picture posters American 1910-1920.Prints Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | No. 16947. |
| Subjects | Volcanic eruptions--Pompeii (Extinct city)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,782 × 4,657 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220360 |
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