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Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1940 motion picture "The Notorious Elinor Lee"

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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The Notorious Elinor Lee Motion Picture Stills Collection

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Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1940 motion picture "The Notorious Elinor Lee"

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Title
Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1940 motion picture "The Notorious Elinor Lee"
Collection

The Notorious Elinor Lee Motion Picture Stills Collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Motion pictures
Topics
African Americans in motion pictures
Genres
Photographs
Lobby cards
Notes
Content: SC-CN-87-0284
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 4 x 8 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG091000300-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11606292
Barcode: 33433077455826
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 02a50af0-c6ce-012f-d10d-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1940: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1940 motion picture "The Notorious Elinor Lee"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6687c2d-7062-914d-e040-e00a18061f85

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1940 motion picture "The Notorious Elinor Lee"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 30, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6687c2d-7062-914d-e040-e00a18061f85

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1940). Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1940 motion picture "The Notorious Elinor Lee" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6687c2d-7062-914d-e040-e00a18061f85

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a6687c2d-7062-914d-e040-e00a18061f85 | title= (still image) Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1940 motion picture "The Notorious Elinor Lee", (1940)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=January 30, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Lobby card for Oscar Micheaux's 1940 motion picture "The Notorious Elinor Lee"