During the early 20th century, magic show posters served as the ultimate gateway to a world of mystery and wonder.
Throughout this “Golden Age of Magic,” performers like Harry Houdini and Howard Thurston relied on vibrant, stone-lithograph artworks to transform themselves into larger-than-life icons. These posters were famous for their dramatic imagery, often featuring mischievous red devils whispering into a magician’s ear or ethereal figures floating in mid-air, designed to blur the line between stage illusion and the supernatural.
With their bold typography and rich, saturated colors, these posters did more than just advertise a show, they captured the public’s imagination, promising an escape into a realm where the impossible became reality.
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| Adelaide Herrmann and Company, Hindoo Magic, circa 1900 |
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| Henry Kellar (magician), 1900 |
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| Kellar, Letivation, 1900 |
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| Les Ombres au Ménage, présentée par Les Nouveaux Caran d'H, circa 1900 |
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| On the Stage in Person, Sorcar's Magic, Coming Shortly, circa 1900 |
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| Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic, 1903 |
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| Europe's Eclipsing Sensation, Houdini, 1905 |
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| Servais Le Roy, World's Monarch of Magic, The Great Decapitation Mystery, 1907 |
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| Do Spirits Return? Houdini says NO, 3 Shows in One, 1909 |
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| Poster for magic show, circa 1910 |
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| The Incomperable Albini, World's Master Magician and Illusionist, 1911 |
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| Laurant Magician, Illusionist, Entertainer, 1913 |
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| Thurston the Great Magician, The Wonder Show of the Universe, 1914 |
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| Alexander, Crystal Seer Sees Your Life from the Cradle to the Grave, 1915 |
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| Alexander, The Man Who Knows, 1915 |
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| Thurston the Great Magician, Levitation —The Greatest Illusion in the World, circa 1915 |
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| Thurston the Great Magician, The Wonder Show of the Universe, circa 1915 |
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| Tom Jack (escape artist), circa 1915 |
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| Houdini Presents His Own Original-Invention, 1916 |
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| W-U Zauber-Theater, circa 1919 |
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| Magician poster, USA, circa 1920 |
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| The Fak-Hongs, circa 1920 |
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| Under the Power of Magic, circa 1920 |
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| Thurston's Greatest Mystery, The Vanishing Whippet, Willys Overland Car, circa 1924 |
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| Carter The Great, The World's Weird, Wonderful Wizard, 1926 |
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| George, The Supreme Master of Magic, circa 1929 |
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