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In the movies / Hy Mayer. – Vintage Print

In the movies / Hy Mayer., 1914 — historic print
In the movies / Hy Mayer., 1914. Historic print from the Movies & Film collection.

(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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Published as a two-page color spread in *Puck* on September 26, 1914, Hy Mayer's cartoon *In the Movies* is catalogued under both the film industry and its audiences, which sets it apart from the many images of the period that focus only on the screen. Mayer, a German-born American illustrator, drew for several humor magazines and was one of many cartoonists who found material in the new nickelodeons and picture palaces. By 1914 moving pictures had grown from a novelty of the 1890s into a mass entertainment with large, regular crowds. The print offers a glimpse of how a satirical weekly viewed the moviegoing public of that moment.

Created / published1914
Medium1 photomechanical print : color.
GenrePhotomechanical prints Color 1910-1920.
NotesIllus. in: Puck, 1914 Sept. 26, pp. 12-13.
SubjectsMotion picture industry--1910-1920. Motion picture audiences--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,424 × 1,144 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217790

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