Thurston's greatest mystery the vanishing whippet Willys-Overland car : the wonder show of the universe. – Historic Print
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(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Thurston's greatest mystery the vanishing whippet Willys-Overland car : the wonder show of the universe.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A large color lithograph advertises the vanishing automobile that was the centerpiece of Howard Thurston's touring magic show, the Wonder Show of the Universe. The title names a Willys-Overland Whippet, a small, inexpensive car of the mid-1920s, and the poster's use of an everyday machine shows how stage illusion had come to borrow from modern American life.
| Created / published | [ca. 1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 104 x 70 cm. |
| Genre | Theatrical posters American.Lithographs Color. |
| Notes | Country of origin U.S.A." Forms part of the McManus-Young Collection. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956." |
| Subjects | Thurston, Howard,--1869-1936--Performances. Magicians. Levitation. Automobiles. Chorus girls. Magic. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,071 × 5,127 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226580 |
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