Brown Skinned Model flyer measures 11x14", paper loss near top, fair condition. Advertisements for the movie Swanee Showboat, 17 x 11", good condition. The Girl from Chicago advertisement, linen-backed, 11 x 7", good condition. Sheet for buying ads and posters for Sepia Cinderella, 11 x 8 1/2", very good condition. Order sheet for posters of different films, with written orders and dates of orders (late '40s) on back, 11 x 8 1/2".

A Cinema Apart, or the Beverly and Larry Richards Collection, was amassed by Larry Richards over a number of many years. A respected historian and a librarian at the Philadelphia Free Library, and author of the book African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography, Mr. Richards was deeply passionate and knowledgeable about African-American culture and history. In 2008, Mr. Richards tragically and suddenly died quite young, leaving behind his collection of hundreds of motion picture posters featuring African-American stars and addressing African-American issues, as well as rare broadsides, window cards, and ephemera. Additionally, he possessed items relating to African-American and slavery history. His collection has been deemed so culturally important that a section of it is now in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. His wife, Dr. Beverly Richards, now oversees the collection, and has lectured on and exhibited the items both nationally and internationally.