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The Michigan Kid, Lobby Card
A couple shelters in a burning cabin.
What
A 1928 lobby card, 11 by 14 inches, for The Michigan Kid.
Why
The story is by Rex Beach, whose name is printed in large letters at the foot of the card.
Notice
Painted flames run round the photograph, and below a canoe in the lower panel the caption reads "Jimmy, I'm afraid -- we'll never reach the river alive!"
“Fire before the river”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Michigan Kid (1928)
- Country / studio
- United States
- Format
- Lobby card
- Poster published
- U.S. lobby card, hand-tinted photograph with colour border, 1928
- Source
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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