Civilization – Vintage Print
(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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Step back in time with Civilization, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Civilization
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Few posters from the 1910s carry the name of a film star as prominently as this one does, and this sheet advertises Enid Markey, a leading actress of the silent era, in a production of Thomas H. Ince's *Civilization*. Released in 1916, the film was an ambitious anti-war allegory made as the United States was still staying out of the fighting in Europe. Its large cast and elaborate sets were built to make a case for peace, and it drew wide attention for its scale. The color poster reflects the promotional art that studios used to sell such spectacles to audiences across the country.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 28 x 36 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [S.l. : s.n., 1916] |
| Subjects | Markey, Enid,--1890-1981--Performances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,132 × 4,109 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226489 |
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