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Description
1935 lithograph of "Lake Louise" signed W.M. Thompson and G.P.140 Litho in USA on bottom right of picture. No frame. Somewhat weathered around exterior border of picture, but would still look great in a nice frame. Also, 1935 movie poster of "Roberta" (fred astaire/ginger rogers/irene dunne) - it appears that these are both from the "Radio Frame Company", Brooklyn, N.Y. and the Movie Poster was used as the cardboard behind the lithograph. The back of the movie poster is stamped with identifiers for the Lake Louise lithograph. Although both are in fair condition, I thought the story behind the two together was indeed unusual and rare? And hoping valuable.
Category
Other
Medium
Lithographs on artist paper and cardboard.
Distinguishing marks
Lake Louise = W.M. THOMPSON & G P 140 / LITHO IN USA (on bottom right front of pic)
Roberta = (on back) ??507 3543/4
Lake Louise
Radio Picture Frame Co., Inc.
104 S. 4th St. Brooklyn, N.Y.
Roberta = (on back) ??507 3543/4
Lake Louise
Radio Picture Frame Co., Inc.
104 S. 4th St. Brooklyn, N.Y.
Condition
Fair
Size and dimensions of this item
12" x 16"
Date Period
1935
History
It appears that both the Lithograph of LAKE LOUISE and the Movie Poster of ROBERTA were both created at THE RADIO FRAME CO. IN BROOKLYN N.Y. I believe the movie poster was a possible misprint?? and was used as the cardboard behind the lithograph, since the poster is stamped on the back with the lithograph information. I did research both items separately and the number on the back of the poster is indeed the batch number for the lithograph. They are both 1935 prints.
Price Paid (If known)
n/a
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Re: RARE LITHOGRAPH & MOVIE POSTER COMBO
I run into these quite often...in the early 1930's cardboard was a real commodity and it seems that framers would often use window cards as backing since they were literally handed out for free to small stores near theatres...the lithograph is virtually worthless...unfortunately the poster ...which is called a window card (14 x 22) has a significant part of the title and artwork missing...you would have to pay $250-$300 to get it restored...the most unusual part is that the framers would often cut out the bottom artwork instead of cutting off the blank to imprint area (where theatre information would be printed)...hope this helps