Kellar – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Kellar comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This poster presents Harry Kellar, one of the most celebrated American magicians of the late 19th century, and its subject is listed as levitation, the illusion that made his stage work famous. Strobridge Lithographing Company, a Cincinnati firm with a New York office, produced many color posters for touring theatrical attractions in this period, and this example shows the bold, crowded style of those advertisements. Kellar later passed his stage reputation to a younger protégé, Harry Houdini, who would become even more famous. The poster offers a useful view of how magic was marketed to American audiences in the 1890s.
| Created / published | Cin'ti ; New York : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1894. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 46 x 33 cm. |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co. |
| Subjects | Kellar, Harry,--1849-1922--Performances. Levitation. Magic. Magicians. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,772 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221474 |
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