Lincoln Motion Picture Company: Amended Articles of Incorporation, 1921

Item Overview
- Title
- Lincoln Motion Picture Company: Amended Articles of Incorporation, 1921
- Alternative title
- Black Motion Picture Production Companies
- Date Created
- 1921
- Collection
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Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Notes
- Description
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The Lincoln Motion Picture Company, founded in 1916 by Noble Johnson, was the first all-black movie production company to make films that showcased African American talent, and the first producer of race movies, limited to African American audiences in churches, schools, and "Colored Only" theaters. It remained in operation until 1923, closing shortly after announcing a final project, The Heart of a Negro.
Certificate of the amended articles of incorporation Lincoln Motion Picture Company. Signed by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State, California. - Caption
- Written on back of photo: Lincoln Motion Picture Company-Amended Articles of Incorporation (California) Credit: George Johnson.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
Keywords
- Genre
- photographs
- Subject topic
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Motion picture studios
African Americans in the motion picture industry - Names
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Lincoln Motion Picture Company
Jordan, Frank C. (Frank Chester), 1860-1940 - Resource type
- still image