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George P. Johnson Negro Film Collection, 1916-1977

Owning Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

About this Collection

George P. Johnson's collection consists primarily of material related to the Lincoln Motion Picture Company, Johnson’s brother, Noble M. Johnson, Oscar Micheaux, and the Oscar Micheaux Film and Book Co. Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, publicity material, posters, correspondence, and business records related to early Black film companies, Black films, films with Black casts, and Black musicians, sports figures, and entertainers. Also contains personal papers of George P. Johnson.

This digital collection includes posters and photographs of and related to Noble M. Johnson, an early Black film actor, dating between 1916 and the mid-1920s. View this collection on the contributor's website.
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9 items found in this collection

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Noble Johnson and Harry Gant [photograph]
Noble M. Johnson, Lincoln Films, Los Angeles [photograph]
Noble M. Johnson [photograph]
Noble M. Johnson [photograph]
Noble M. Johnson [photograph]
Noble M. Johnson [photograph]
Partial list of Noble M. Johnson's appearances, 1915-1918
The Sport of the Gods by Paul Laurence Dunbar [motion picture poster]
The Trooper of Troop K in 3 parts [motion picture poster]
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