American Entertainment Co. – Antique Print
![American Entertainment Co., Cincinnati, London : Donaldson Litho Co., [between 1898 and 1900] (Newport, Ky. : The Donaldson Co.) — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/75/7503b9d1fd59-L.webp)
(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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American Entertainment Co. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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American Entertainment Co.
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Few posters from the late 1890s tie motion pictures to a brass band as directly as this chromolithograph for the American Entertainment Co., which lists both moving pictures and military and marching bands among its subjects. Early film was still a novelty then, and traveling exhibitors often paired it with live music and variety acts to draw crowds to halls and tents. The sheet came from the Donaldson Litho Co., a firm known for large, colorful theatrical advertising, which helps explain its bold color and generous size. It shows how early cinema was sold as spectacle in its own right.
| Created / published | Cincinnati, London : Donaldson Litho Co., [between 1898 and 1900] (Newport, Ky. : The Donaldson Co.) |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph ; 71.4 x 104.3 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Motion picture posters 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | No. 1741. Purchase; (DLC/PP 1996:091). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. |
| Subjects | Motion pictures--1890-1900. Military bands--1890-1900. Marching bands--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,633 × 3,739 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219551 |
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