Kellar – Historic Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Kellar, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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This large color lithograph advertises Harry Kellar, one of the most celebrated American stage magicians of the late 1800s, and its emphasis on levitation points to one of the illusions that made his name. Kellar, born in 1849, built a touring show that ran for decades and was known for elaborate stage effects. The poster was printed around 1900 by the Strobridge Lithographing Company, a Cincinnati firm with a New York office that produced many theatrical posters of the period. Its size, roughly seven feet tall, was meant to command attention on busy city walls and in theater lobbies.
| Created / published | Cincinnati ; New York : Strobridge Litho. Co., c1900. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 213 x 101 cm. |
| Notes | D10719 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Litho Co |
| Subjects | Kellar, Harry,--1849-1922--Performances. Levitation. Magic. Magicians. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,121 × 4,083 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226575 |
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