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Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor
A sheriff takes a man from his sweetheart.
What
A 1914 one-sheet colour lithograph, 104 x 70 cm, for Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor, a Selig Polyscope Western drama.
Why
The Library of Congress record names Selig as copyright claimant and lists Tom Mix and Goldie Colwell with the film.
Notice
The subtitle "THE FRAGILE REWARD OF DUTY" runs under the title, and the Selig name is set in red script across the top.
“Duty over a sweetheart”
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 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1914)
- Country / studio
- United States · Selig Polyscope
- Printer / stone
- Goes Litho Co., Chicago
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1914
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Library of Congress scan)
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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