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Kellar and his perplexing cabinet mysteries
- Title
- Kellar and his perplexing cabinet mysteries [graphic]
- Publication
- Cincinatti, Ohio : Strobridge Lith., c1894.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Strobridge & Co. Lith. ltg
- Description
- 1 poster : col.; 33 x 46 cm.
- Summary
- Depicts Kellar standing at the side of a cabinet on wheels, holding its open door. Inside the cabinet are a bell and a tambourine on a chair, a veiled spirit holding another tambourine aloft, and a winged devil holding, and presumably ringing, another bell. Several other spirits, devils, and some skeletons are carrying or adjusting panels of the cabinet. Three short, balding men with stick-like legs are seen bottom right, perhaps arguing or commenting upon the illusion.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
- Series Statement
- Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Theatrical posters.
- Note
- Advertising poster for magician Harry Kellar.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
- Biography (note)
- Harry Kellar, born Harold Kellar, began his career as an assistant to magicians, including the Davenport Brothers, who were among the first to use the spirit cabinet routine in which musical instruments locked inside a cabinet begin to be played, presumably by spirits. For many years he toured outside the United States, travelling as far as India and Africa. In the United States, he performed a full-evening show featuring many illusion effects. He was, for much of his life, the nation's most popular magician.
- Call Number
- MWEZ+++ n.c. 18203
- OCLC
- NYPG98-F984
- Title
- Kellar and his perplexing cabinet mysteries [graphic]
- Imprint
- Cincinatti, Ohio : Strobridge Lith., c1894.
- Series
- Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
- Additional Formats
- Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
- Biography
- Harry Kellar, born Harold Kellar, began his career as an assistant to magicians, including the Davenport Brothers, who were among the first to use the spirit cabinet routine in which musical instruments locked inside a cabinet begin to be played, presumably by spirits. For many years he toured outside the United States, travelling as far as India and Africa. In the United States, he performed a full-evening show featuring many illusion effects. He was, for much of his life, the nation's most popular magician.
- Local Note
- Some corners missing; edges torn; encapsulated.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- Posters & lobby cards
- Added Author
- Strobridge & Co. Lith. Lithographer
- Publisher No.
- 5803.d
- Research Call Number
- MWEZ+++ n.c. 18203