Newmann the Great hypnotist and mind reader. – Vintage 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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This rare vintage poster captures Newmann the Great hypnotist and mind reader. in remarkable 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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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 headliner type that drew crowds to vaudeville houses and touring shows in the early twentieth century. Its bold color and dramatic staging were meant to catch the eye on a city street or a theater wall. Stage hypnotism had been popular since the late nineteenth century, when public fascination with mesmerism and suggestion carried into entertainment, and posters like this one show how performers sold that mystery to audiences. The record dates it only tentatively to around 1916.
| Created / published | [1916?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 107 x 72 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 × 5,132 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226586 |
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