Museum object · Documents and Manuscripts
Letter regarding the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation
1922
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A letter from the Securities Realization Company regarding potential legal action against the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation for what the letter refers to as "nothing more or less than a gigantic swindling promotion" in its sale of stock. Letter is a single sheet folded once. Printed black ink on white paper. The bottom third of the second page of the letter is a form for tearing away and sending back to the company - perforation is completely torn. There are no marks on the back.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2019.28.26.2
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