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Description: The Magic scrapbooks collection contains a significant amount of articles, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, photographs and posters pertaining to magicians, mentalists, conjurers and escape artists from the 19th- and early 20th-centuries, particularly during the Golden Age of Magic.
Names: New York Public Library (Creator)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1851 - 1936
Library locations: Billy Rose Theatre Division; Shelf locator: *T-Mss 2011-31
Topics: Dunninger, Joseph, 1892-1975; Hardeen, 1876-1945; Herrmann, Adelaide, 1853-1932; Herrmann, Alexander, 1843-1896; Herrmann, Carl, 1816-1887; Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926; Kellar, Harry, 1849-1922; Thurston, Howard, 1869-1936; Zancig, Agnes; Zancig, Julius; Martinka & Co; Magic; Magic paraphernalia; Magic tricks; Magic wands; occultists; Magicians
Genres: Clippings; Correspondence; Photographs; Posters; Ephemera; Scrapbooks
Notes: Content: This collection contains a significant amount of articles, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and posters pertaining to magicians, mentalists, conjurers and escape artists from the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Albini, Brush, Dunninger, Germain the Wizard, Haldeen, Hardeen, Houdini, the Hermanns, Kellar,Laurant, Martinka & Co., Rouclere, Thurston and the Zancigs, among others.; Content: Conservation and digitization of the posters was made possible through a generous gift from Kathryn and Alan C. Greenberg.
Physical Description: Extent: 2.7 linear feet (16 volumes and 5 oversized folders)
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18891415; MSS Unit ID: 22051; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0a16a740-4845-0139-8194-0242ac110004