Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures / Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y. – Antique 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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This vintage poster of Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures / Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Lyman H. Howe's new marvels in moving pictures / Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
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This chromolithographed poster advertises Lyman H. Howe's "new marvels in moving pictures," a traveling film show that toured American towns in the late 1890s. Its handwritten note, "Battle on land," and its subject heading tie it to the Spanish-American War of 1898, when the public was hungry for war images. Howe, who lived from 1856 to 1923, built his business on the appeal of projected motion in halls and tents, and posters like this one were meant to draw crowds with bold color and promises of spectacle. Today it offers a glimpse of early film marketing, when the new medium still relied on the look and language of popular lithographic advertising.
| Created / published | Buffalo, N.Y. : Courier Co., c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | and other venues |
| Notes | Title from item. Copyright 1898 by Lyman H. Howe. Written on recto: Battle on land. DLC Exhibited: Moving Pictures : The Un-easy Relationship between American Art and Early Film" at the Williams College of Art |
| Subjects | Howe, Lyman H.,--1856-1923. Spanish-American War, 1898. Motion picture theaters--1890-1900. Motion pictures--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,816 × 4,667 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220361 |
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