Letter: New York, New York, 1927 Oct. 20 Associated Negro Picture Distributors Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.) Associated Negro Picture Distributors African Americans in the motion picture industry African Americans in motion pictures Race in motion pictures Race films--United States Feature films--United States Film posters Advertising--Motion pictures Theater management--Georgia--Macon Motion picture theaters--Georgia--Macon Letter from the film production and distribution company Associated Negro Picture Distributors, probably to the gentlemen of the Douglass Theatre, dated October 20, 1927, advertising the company's new location and its services. Associated Negro Picture Distributors announces that due to an increase in its business it has moved to a new location that will provide better service to its customers. The company invites customers to visit its new executive offices in New York City. The company advertises its "high class features" and service and asserts that it offers the largest list of "negro features" in the world, with films that are ready with prints and advertising. The letter concludes with promises of larger box office receipts, reliable service, and a satisfied audience. Document ID: dbr033. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. [Athens, Ga.] : Digital Library of Georgia Middle Georgia Archives 2005 Letters (correspondence) Text http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/dtrm/id:dbr033 image/jpeg text/html [1] p. Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 19, folder 173, document 44. Blues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGAL 1927-10-20 Macon (Ga.) Bibb County (Ga.) Please consult the Middle Georgia Archives re: reproduction and usage. Cite as: [title of item], Theater Records Series, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. Business Records, 1906-1967, Middle Georgia Archives, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.