Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe. – 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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Step back in time with Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Howard Thurston, one of the most celebrated American stage magicians of the early twentieth century, is the headliner of this 1915 color lithograph, which promoted his touring illusion show as "The Wonder Show of the Universe." The poster's listed subjects of demons, ghosts, skulls, and dwarfs point to the macabre, theatrical spectacle that audiences expected from his act. Cincinnati's Strobridge Lithographing Company was a major American poster printer, and its bold, large-format work helped define the look of traveling entertainment advertising in the period before film dominated popular amusement.
| Created / published | Cincinnati ; New York : Strobridge Litho. Co., c1915. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 100 x 78 cm. |
| Notes | Created and copyright 1915 by the Strobridge Litho. Co. |
| Subjects | Thurston, Howard,--1869-1936--Performances. Demons. Ghosts. Magicians. Skulls. Dwarfs. Magic. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,931 × 6,106 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225891 |
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