The hottentot – Antique 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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The hottentot comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Advertising the 1922 comedy *The Hottentot*, this poster features two named performers: Douglas MacLean, a popular silent-film comedian of the early 1920s, and Madge Bellamy, then a rising young actress. The caption, "Winning the race all over again," suggests a race plays a part in the story. Silent-era posters like this were printed in quantity and displayed at theaters and on billboards to draw audiences, so surviving copies show how studios promoted their films before sound arrived.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) ; 28 x 36 cm. |
|---|---|
| Genre | N.Y." Caption: Winning the race all over again. Gift; Dwight Cleveland; (DLC/PP-1998:012)." |
| Notes | [S.l. : s.n., 1922] |
| Subjects | MacLean, Douglas,--1890-1967--Performances. Bellamy, Madge,--1899---Performances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,127 × 4,104 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226483 |
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