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The Covered Wagon, Lobby Card (the river crossing)
Wagons overturn in the river crossing.
What
A 1923 Paramount lobby card for The Covered Wagon, 11 by 14 inches.
Why
Yale's catalogue reads the scene as upset wagons and people fording a river, and the card credits the film as 'A James Cruze production'.
Notice
A team of white and brown horses plunges toward the viewer while the overturned wagons drift up the river behind.
“The crossing that cost wagons”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- The Covered Wagon (1923)
- Country / studio
- United States · Paramount
- Format
- Lobby card
- Poster published
- U.S. lobby card, 11 x 14 in., 1923
- 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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