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Close-Ups in The Vincent Astor Gallery |
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Reality
Transformed [aka Magical Secrets Revealed]
Three centuries of posters and how-to books reveal some of the
mysteries of performed magic. Houdini and his turn-of-the-century
rivals used diagrammatic illustrations on their posters. The
books included step-by-step instructions on card tricks, disappearing
ladies and slight-of-hand illusions.
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Houdini water trick poster, Morgan-Russell Lith.,
1911
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
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Title page and frontispiece of Breslau's Last
Legacy; or, The Conjurer unmasked…, London, 1792
Billy Rose Theatre Collection
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