Clark Evans and the staff at the Library of Congress Rare Books and Special Collections Reading Room who helped me uncover a few secrets myself Bill Anton Service Station Juanita Galuska Jeryl Genschow Robbin Gourley and Joan Hyman who worked their magic behind the scenes And Carolyn P Yoder who deserves an extra nod Her editorial skills combine the eye of a critic and the encouragement of a friendly audience
EL LAR READING THE BOOK OF MAGIC 1894 Kellar gets help with his magic from the devil and two imps See a similar poster on pages 88
THE MAGIC POSTERS EFORE his magic show arrived in a town Harry B Kellar hired men to glue his advertising posters onto buildings and fences For most of his career Kellar ordered his posters from Strobridge Lithographing Company of Ohio and New York The examples featured in this book were designed and printed by Strobridge unless otherwise
AER a He ico MAGIC POSTERS ON THE WALL Posters advertise Kellar s 1907 appearance at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre in New York City Several of them appear in this book Posters often featured a Kellar illusion Many showed him with little devils or imps People once thought that a magician's power came from the devil or the spirit world Kellar played on that superstition to make his illusions and tricks seem more mysterious Strobridge printed the posters using stone lithography An artist created a painting on flat limestone blocks Then the art was transferred to
