Beggars of Life (1928) — Lobby Card
Unknown, 1928
$140
Print check at 16 x 12 in: 160 dpi, good. Trimmed 4% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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A four-card lobby set for Wellman's Paramount drama of drifters and boxcars. Displayed in the lobby to promise the danger and grit inside the picture. All four are Commons-verified 1928 originals, past the U.S. public-domain wall. Boxcar drama, printed bold
- Maker
- Unknown
- Date
- 1928
- Medium of the original
- Lobby card
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00848
| Picture | 16 x 12 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 17.6 x 13.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 251 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.3% |
| 14 x 11 in | 182 | Good | Trimmed 0.6% |
| 16 x 12 in | 160 | Good | Trimmed 4% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 125 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 107 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 83 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,570 x 2,008 px, srgb, c2
- Tone
- Darks 18, lights 240 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 10.5% vivid
- Sharpness
- 64.28
- Notes
- Vivid colour: canvas or luster paper shows it best
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.
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