Newmann the Great hypnotist and mind reader. – Antique Wall Art
![Newmann the Great hypnotist and mind reader., [c1916] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d0/d04c989aeab3-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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A window into the past: Newmann the Great hypnotist and mind reader., preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Newmann the Great hypnotist and mind reader.
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Billed as "Newmann the Great," this color lithograph promotes a hypnotist and mind reader, a stage act that toured American theaters in the 1910s. Mind reading and hypnotism drew large audiences in that period, building on nineteenth-century fascination with mesmerism and animal magnetism. Posters like this one, printed in bold color and sized for billboards and shop windows, were a main way touring performers announced their arrival in a town. The poster is dated around 1916 and belongs to the McManus-Young Collection of magic-related material at the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | [c1916] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 107 x 71 cm. |
| Genre | Theatrical posters American.Lithographs Color. |
| Notes | Forms part of the McManus-Young Collection. Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,126 × 5,115 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226585 |
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