Poster, Movie - "Boxcar Bertha"

 
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Poster, Box Car Bertha
Poster, Movie - "Boxcar Bertha"
Poster, Box Car Bertha
Poster, Box Car Bertha

Poster, Movie - "Boxcar Bertha"

Object number2012.089.17
Date1972
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions41 x 27 1/4 in. (104.1 x 69.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
    DescriptionPoster from the 1972 movie "Boxcar Bertha," which was filmed in Baxter and Pulaski Counties and the Reader Railraod in Arkansas.
    The movie is about a union leader and a woman becoming criminals during the Depression to fight against a railroad company.

    The outer portion of the poster is yellow. The middle of the poster shows various images from the movie, including one of Barbara Hershey in a light colored dress standing between two train cars. "America in the 30s was a free country" is printed in white to the left of Hershey. IThe poster features white and black print.
    Status
    Not on view