October 2, 2024 Old West
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, October 2, 2024.
One of coolest early cinema posters to have surfaced - "Barnsdale Presents Life Behind The Bars" - 1903 Stone litho half sheet poster. Approx 22"x 28" - Printed by American Showprint Co. The poster is in excellent condition. This film was made and exhibited by an early film pioneer Walter Barnsdale. Walter Barnsdale entered the moving picture business in 1903. Barnsdale was one of the early pioneers of the motion picture industry; he not only produced his own films but also created and patented his own mechanical devices to exhibit them. His contribution was critical to the advancement of the motion picture. A contemporary of Thomas Edison, Siegmund Lubin, and the Lumiere brothers Barnsdale's Electric Moving Picture Co. The emphasis on electric. Much like the word "DIGITAL" is today, electricity was the new technology at the time, and just the use of the word "ELECTRIC" was a big selling point to the public. Barnsdale exhibited his own films as well as feature attractions, such as Buffalo Bill’s “Life of Buffalo Bill".
Item Dimensions: 22 - 1/2" x 30 - 1/2".