Vintage original 11x14 in. U.S. lobby card from the silent film comedy western BY PROXY, released in 1918 by the Triangle Distributing Corp. and directed by Clifford Smith. Bashful ranch hand Aleck (Walter Perry) is in love. To help him get his girl, Red Saunders (Roy Stewart) goes to town and convinces Lindy (Maude Wayne), whom Red thinks is the object of Aleck's affections, to come to the ranch. Meanwhile, Ah Sing (Harry Yamamoto), "the ranch Chinaman," steals the cowboys' clothes and pawns them. Red and Lindy meet with Ah Sing and the pursuing half-clad cowboys at a gambling hall and regain the lost clothing. Red discovers he has brought the wrong girl but the situation brightens when she consents to his proposal. The image features an interior long shot inside a saloon as Red Saunders (Roy Stewart) threatens "the ranch Chinaman," Ah Sing (portrayed by Japanese actor Harry Yamamoto), with his gun as the other men watch. The famous Triangle studio logo in depicted in the lower right corner and the entire image is framed by the famous border of triangles. Printed for the film's original 1918 U.S. theatrical release, this vintage original silent film lobby card is in near-fine condition with light foxing along the first 4 in. of the top edge; a 0.75 in. tear on the top border; a 1 in. diagonal crease and light signs of wear on the top right corner; a small area stain along the right edge in the bottom quarter; light smudging in the bottom right corner inside the borders; a 0.25 in. vertical tear on the bottom border to the right of center; an d a thin line of foxing along the last 2 in. of the left border. The bottom right portion of the card has a light wave and does not lie completely flat in this area. As was typical of Hollywood at the time and for many years thereafter, the Chinese character of "Ah Sing" was portrayed by a Japanese actor, although this was certainly a major step above having a white actor in "yellow" make-up portraying the role as was usually the practice.