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Wamba, a Child of the Jungle
A lioness above, a girl hiding below.
What
A 1913 one-sheet, 28 x 41 inches, for Wamba, a Child of the Jungle, a Selig Polyscope picture in two reels.
Why
William Selig opened the first movie studio in Los Angeles in 1909 and kept exotic animals for jungle pictures like this one.
Notice
Two inset captions read "LILLIAN HIDES IN THE HOLLOW TREE" and "WAMBA RESCUES LILLIAN."
“A child in a lion's country”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Wamba, a Child of the Jungle (1913)
- Country / studio
- United States · Selig Polyscope
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1913
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
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.
From Silent Hollywood
The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
Pair it in the gallery →A house of the Provenance family