Museum Gets Thousands Of Western Movie Posters

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AP) – The Scottsdale's Museum of the West is now the home of what is considered one of the largest collection of posters from Western films.

Museum officials said that the 5,000 posters and lobby cards dating back to the early 1900s they were acquiring through a joint partnership with Arizona State University.

The posters were amassed by Rennard Strickland, a law professor at the University of Oklahoma who specializes in Native American law.

Among the items is one of few original posters of the classic John Ford-directed movie "Stagecoach."

Other posters include "Nanook of the North," ''The Searchers" and "Dances with Wolves."

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