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The Conjuror

The poster promised the impossible, and the printing delivered it.

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Kellar — LevitationStrobridge Lith. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

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Thurston — The Wonder Show of the Universe

Strobridge Lithographing Co., Cincinnati

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02116from $55

Zan Zig — Rabbit, Roses and Levitation

Strobridge Lithographing Co., Cincinnati

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02114from $60

Long Tack Sam — World-Renowned

Adolph Friedländer, Hamburg

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02111from $55

Kellar — Levitation

Strobridge Lith. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02063from $55

Thurston — The East Indian Rope-Trick

Otis Lithograph Co. (Cleveland)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02083from $55

Thurston, Master Magician — And His Pets

Otis Lithograph Co. (Cleveland)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02086from $55

Kellar in His Latest Mystery — Self Decapitation

Strobridge Lith. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02071from $60

Thurston — Balaam and His Donkey

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02080from $55

Thurston’s Greatest Mystery — The Vanishing Whippet

Unattributed American litho

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02082from $60

Adelaide Herrmann — Portrait of the Queen

Sarony / period studio portrait

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02103from $60

The Magician — Roses From the Hat

Calvert Lithographing Co., Detroit

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02115from $60

Thurston — Do the Spirits Come Back? (Otis variant)

Otis Lithograph Co. (Cleveland)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02078from $60

Herrmann the Great Co. — Eclipsing Anything Ever Attempted

Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02099from $60

Thurston — Do the Spirits Come Back?

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02077from $60

Kellar — The Imps in the Woods

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02064from $60

Kellar Toasts the Devil

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02066from $60

Kellar — The Signed Portrait

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02073from $60

Thurston — A Rag and a Bone and a Hank of Hair (window card)

National Printing & Engraving Co. (New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02084from $60

Carter the Great — Do the Dead Materialize?

The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland (c.1926)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02091from $55

Herrmann the Great Co. — Black & White Broadside

Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02100from $60

Alexander — The Man Who Knows

Unattributed U.S. show-printer (McManus-Young Collection)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02087from $60

Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser — Father of Card Magic

Vienna lithograph

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02096from $60

John Nevil Maskelyne — Founder of the English Line

Period studio portrait

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02106from $60

Thurston the Great Magician

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02076from $60

Alexander — Sees Your Life From the Cradle to the Grave

Unattributed U.S. lithographer, copyright C. Alexander

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02089from $55

Kellar and the Book of Secrets

Strobridge Lith. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02067Display only

Kellar’s Wonders

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02072Display only

Thurston, Kellar’s Successor — The Whirling Crystal Cage

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02074Display only

Thurston, Kellar’s Successor — The Prisoner of Canton

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02075Display only

Thurston Presents Mysteries of India (herald)

Unattributed American printer

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02085Display only

Alexander, Crystal Seer

Unattributed U.S. lithographer (Library of Congress copy)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02090Display only

Carl Hertz — The Vanishing Birdcage

[verify-at-acquisition]

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02095Display only

Alexander Herrmann — Cabinet Portrait of the Great One

Harvard Theatre Collection (cabinet card)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02102Display only

Leon & Adelaide Herrmann — The Heirs Together

Period studio photograph

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02105Display only

The Great Goldin — Presenting The Tiger God

National Ptg. & Engraving Co.

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02108Display only

Ching Ling Foo — The Original Chinese Conjuror

Náprstek Museum holding (1898 US-tour card)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02109Display only

Kellar — The Imps in the Woods (three-sheet standee)

Strobridge Litho. Co. (Cincinnati & New York)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02065Display only

Alexander, Crystal Seer — Knows, Sees, Tells All

Unattributed U.S. lithographer, copyright C. Alexander

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02088Display only

Chung Ling Soo — The Marvellous Chinese Conjuror

From Henry Ridgely Evans, "The Old and the New Magic"

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02093Display only

Le Roy, Talma & Bosco — Comedians de Mephisto

Adolph Friedländer, Hamburg

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02094Display only

Herrmann the Great Co. — The Premier Magical Entertainment of the World

Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02098Display only

Herrmann the Great Co. — 3rd Annual Tour, Leon & Adelaide

Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02101Display only

David Devant — The Indian Rope Trick

Period stage illustration

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02107Display only

The Ching Ling Foo Company

Náprstek Museum holding (1898)

Colour lithograph poster

PA-02110Display only

Pieces

Thurston — The Wonder Show of the Universe

Zan Zig — Rabbit, Roses and Levitation

Long Tack Sam — World-Renowned

Kellar — Levitation

Thurston — The East Indian Rope-Trick

Thurston, Master Magician — And His Pets

Kellar in His Latest Mystery — Self Decapitation

Thurston — Balaam and His Donkey

Thurston’s Greatest Mystery — The Vanishing Whippet

Adelaide Herrmann — Portrait of the Queen

The Magician — Roses From the Hat

Thurston — Do the Spirits Come Back? (Otis variant)

Herrmann the Great Co. — Eclipsing Anything Ever Attempted

Thurston — Do the Spirits Come Back?

Kellar — The Imps in the Woods

Kellar Toasts the Devil

Kellar — The Signed Portrait

Thurston — A Rag and a Bone and a Hank of Hair (window card)

Carter the Great — Do the Dead Materialize?

Herrmann the Great Co. — Black & White Broadside

Alexander — The Man Who Knows

Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser — Father of Card Magic

John Nevil Maskelyne — Founder of the English Line

Thurston the Great Magician

Alexander — Sees Your Life From the Cradle to the Grave

Kellar and the Book of Secrets

Kellar’s Wonders

Thurston, Kellar’s Successor — The Whirling Crystal Cage

Thurston, Kellar’s Successor — The Prisoner of Canton

Thurston Presents Mysteries of India (herald)

Alexander, Crystal Seer

Carl Hertz — The Vanishing Birdcage

Alexander Herrmann — Cabinet Portrait of the Great One

Leon & Adelaide Herrmann — The Heirs Together

The Great Goldin — Presenting The Tiger God

Ching Ling Foo — The Original Chinese Conjuror

Kellar — The Imps in the Woods (three-sheet standee)

Alexander, Crystal Seer — Knows, Sees, Tells All

Chung Ling Soo — The Marvellous Chinese Conjuror

Le Roy, Talma & Bosco — Comedians de Mephisto

Herrmann the Great Co. — The Premier Magical Entertainment of the World

Herrmann the Great Co. — 3rd Annual Tour, Leon & Adelaide

David Devant — The Indian Rope Trick

The Ching Ling Foo Company

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