Newmann the Great – Vintage Wall Art
![Newmann the Great, St. Paul : Standard, [ca. 1930] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c6/c60db16c3b2e-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.)
Description
Step back in time with Newmann the Great, 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.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Newmann the Great
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The poster bills a performer as "Newmann the Great," and its record credits the St. Paul firm Standard, which printed it in color lithography around 1930. Touring magicians of that era often ordered posters like this from commercial printers, who sometimes kept stock designs that could be adapted to a performer's name and show. Bold colors and large lettering were meant to catch the eye of passersby on a street or in a theater lobby. At 36 by 28 centimeters, the sheet was built to be pasted up in shop windows and on hoardings, so surviving examples show how vaudeville-era magic was publicized to ordinary audiences.
| Created / published | St. Paul : Standard, [ca. 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 36 x 28 cm. |
| Notes | Created by Standard |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,121 × 5,148 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226543 |
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