Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe. – Antique Print
![Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe., Cleveland, O. : Otis Lithograph Co., [ca. 1914] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b3/b3afd6cc6670-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The poster promotes Howard Thurston, one of the leading American stage magicians of the early twentieth century, and its bold question, "Do the spirits come back?", sits beside skulls and demonic figures. The image trades on the public fascination with spiritualism and séances, which was widespread in the decades before and after 1900. Many magicians of the period, Thurston among them, built their acts partly by staging and then explaining such supernatural effects as trickery. The Otis Lithograph Company of Cleveland, a major commercial poster printer, produced the color lithograph around 1914, when touring illusion shows relied on eye-catching posters like this one to draw crowds.
| Created / published | Cleveland, O. : Otis Lithograph Co., [ca. 1914] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 105 x 70 cm. |
| Genre | O." "Made in U.S.A." Caption: Do the spirits come back? Forms part of the McManus-Young Collection. No. O-656. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956." |
| Notes | Created by The Otis Lithograph Co. |
| Subjects | Thurston, Howard,--1869-1936--Performances. Magicians. Skulls. Demons. Ghosts. Magic. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,126 × 5,165 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226535 |
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