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title: Roosevelt in Africa (Selig film advertisement, The Moving Picture World, 30 April 1910)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/roosevelt-africa-hunt-film-poster-1910/
description: 'Trade-paper advertisement headed ''Roosevelt in Africa'': Theodore Roosevelt in a pith helmet examines a shotgun beside two other helmeted men, with two…'
section: Collection
---

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# Roosevelt in Africa (Selig film advertisement, The Moving Picture World, 30 April 1910)

Trade-paper advertisement headed 'Roosevelt in Africa': Theodore Roosevelt in a pith helmet examines a shotgun beside two other helmeted men, with two spear-bearing African men in shadow behind. An inset boasts 'The poster that caused all picturedom to sit up and take notice. 25,000 issued, the biggest order ever placed by a picture manufacturer. Selig did it.' The tell: a famous name and the claim of record numbers are offered in place of any description of the film (transfer, bandwagon).

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ROOSEVELT IN AFRICA
LIC'D BY M.P.P. CO. [small, partly legible]
THE POSTER THAT CAUSED ALL PICTUREDOM TO SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE.
25,000 ISSUED THE BIGGEST ORDER EVER PLACED BY A PICTURE MANUFACTURER.
SELIG DID IT
COLONEL ROOSEVELT EXAMINING GUN BEFORE BEING PRESENTED TO CHIEF AKAWAHKI.
```

The inset is partly overprinted by the drawing; 'CAUSED' is partly covered.

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