BLACKSTONE, HARRY (HENRY BOUGHTON).BLACKSTONE. THE WOR...Erie, Pennsylvania: Erie Litho. Co., ca. 1917. Iconic color lithograph depicts a striking portrait of the Chicago-born magician in his earliest days...
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BLACKSTONE MAGIC SHOW.Blackstone, HarryJr. Blackstone Magic Show. New York: Artcraft Lithographers & Printers, ca. 1980. Window card bearing an artistic montage of images including the Buzz Saw, Zig Zag, a tiger,...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE JR. 1990 CHRISTMASSHOW PRODUCTION BIN...Blackstone, Harry Jr. Harry Blackstone Jr. 1990 Christmas Show Production Binder. Including detailed documents, cast lists, prop lists, routines for...
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GROUP OF FOUR BLACKSTONE BILL CARDS.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Group of Four Blackstone Bill Cards. Circa 1940s. Four handbills for Blackstone’s show, promoted as “Bunnie Matinees” for ladies and children....
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TRIO OF BLACKSTONE MAGIC SHOW BLOTTERS.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Trio of Blackstone Magic Show Blotters. Circa 1930s. Including one pictorial blotter depicting a rider on horseback promoting Blackstone’s tour,...
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THREE BLACKSTONE PRINTING BLOCKS.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Three Blackstone Printing Blocks. Circa 1930. Heavy copper and zinc plates used to print newspaper advertisements for Blackstone’s show. Two text-only,...
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HOTEL CHISCA GRILL ROOM DINNER MENUFEATURING HARRY BLA...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Hotel Chisca Grill Room Dinner Menu Featuring Harry Blackstone. Memphis, Tenn., April, 1937. Large two-color dinner...
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BLACKSTONE. THE WORLD’S MASTER MAGICIAN.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone. The World’s Master Magician. Circa 1935. Double-sided broadside heralding Blackstone’s show at an RKO Orpheum, theatre, and promoting...
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EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS OF BLACKSTONE ESCAPESTUNTS.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Eight Photographs of Blackstone Escape Stunts. Including an early image of Blackstone in a packing case before being dropped in...
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BLACKSTONE USO SHOW ARCHIVE.[USO Shows]Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone USO Show Archive. Collection of over 50 documents, including photos, letters, flyers, and printed notices related to Blackstone’s...
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ARCHIVE OF HARRY BLACKSTONE RESEARCHINTERVIEW AND ENTE...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Archive of Harry Blackstone Research Interview and Entertainment Footage. Many hours of footage, comprised largely...
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RESOLUTION DISSOLVING BLACKSTONE INC.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Resolution Dissolving Blackstone Inc. January, 1931. Harry Blackstone’s carbon copy of a notarized resolution dissolving the corporation Blackstone...
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SALARY SHEET SIGNED BY BLACKSTONE ANDMEMBERS OF THE SH...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Salary Sheet Signed by Blackstone and Members of the Show. May, 10, 1949. On a single sheet of Loew’s Theatre letterhead,...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE SR. FINANCIAL RECORDS,1920—50.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone Sr. Financial Records, 1920—50. Massive career-spanning archive, housed in 13 large cartons and comprised...
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BLACKSTONE EXCHANGE OF COURTESY PASS.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone Exchange of Courtesy Pass. 1923. Complimentary pass used by Blackstone’s press agent to admit the bearer into Blackstone’s show. Signed...
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FILE OF ORIGINAL MUSICAL SCORES ANDSHEET MUSIC FROM TH...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). File of Original Musical Scores and Sheet Music from the Blackstone Magic Show. Circa 1930s—40s. Approximately...
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DECATUR THEATRE FIRE EPHEMERA.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Decatur Theatre Fire Ephemera. 1942. Including four vintage photographs, three later photographs, and two newspaper clippings related to Blackstone’s...
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CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BLACKSTONEAND HIS COMPANY M...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Contract Agreement Between Blackstone and His Company Manager, Tom Kane. Madison, Wisc., April 9, 1945. One page, a...
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ARCHIVE OF HARRY BLACKSTONE’S CORRESPONDENCEFROM MAGIC...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Archive of Harry Blackstone’s Correspondence from Magicians. Over 100 pages, with fascinating content, mailed by unknown...
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DEL ADELPHIA / BLACKSTONE POSTCARD.Adelphia,Del. Del Adelphia / Blackstone Postcard. Dated Sept. 25 1915 and postmarked in Newark, New Jersey, Adelphia, “The Cowboy Magician,” writes to Blackstone a terse but important...
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EARLY SCRAPBOOK OF BLACKSTONE THE MAGICIANPHOTOGRAPHS....Kitchen, Inez (Inez Nourse). Early Scrapbook of Blackstone the Magician Photographs. Kept by Blackstone’s first wife, Inez Nourse (later Kitchen), and filled...
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INEZ BLACKSTONE’S FREDRIK THE GREAT/ BLACKSTONE SCRAPB...Kitchen, Inez (Inez Nourse). Inez Blackstone’s Fredrik the Great / Blackstone Scrapbook. Owned and kept by Harry Blackstone’s first wife, the scrapbook...
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BLACKSTONE ASSISTANT MARY HARRIS’SSCRAPBOOKS.Harris, Mary (Mary Martell). Blackstone Assistant Mary Harris’s Scrapbooks. Two albums kept by Mary Harris, assistant to Harry Blackstone Sr., and filled with...
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BLACKSTONE ASSISTANT LOU HARRIS’SSCRAPBOOK.Harris, Lou. Blackstone Assistant Lou Harris’s Scrapbook. Kept by magician and assistant to Blackstone Lou Harris, the scrapbook is filled with over 100 images,...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE’S OWN PHOTO SCRAPBOOK.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone’s Own Photo Scrapbook. Likely compiled in the 1940s, and filled with over 140 images, both studio shots and candid pictures of Blackstone,...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE’S 1926-27 SEASONSCRAPBOOK.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone’s 1926-27 Season Scrapbook. Collecting hundreds of newspaper clippings, including complete pages and feature...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE AND PETER BOUTON SCRAPBOOK.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone and Peter Bouton Scrapbook. Thick photo album owned and kept by Harry Blackstone, and chronicling his earliest exploits as a magician...
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BLACKSTONE ASSISTANT’S COAT.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone Assistant’s Coat. Circa 1945. White knee-length coat with bright green lapels, the name “Blackstone” embroidered over the breast pocket...
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BLACKSTONE ASSISTANT’S JACKET.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone Assistant’s Jacket. Circa 1945. White tuxedo-type jacket with blue piping and the name “Blackstone” embroidered on the breast pocket....
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BLACKSTONE ASSISTANT’S JACKET.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone Assistant’s Jacket. Circa 1945. White tuxedo-type jacket with blue piping and the name “Blackstone” embroidered on the breast pocket....
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BLACKSTONE ASSISTANT’S MAGIC COSTUME.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone Assistant’s Magic Costume. American, ca. 1940s. Colorful sequined zippered mesh dress with faux bird feather skirt, worn on stage by assistants...
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CLOTH PATTERN FOR BLACKSTONE’S “REDRAGS” TRICK.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Cloth Pattern for Blackstone’s “Red Rags” Trick. Circa 1950. Heavy cloth pattern used to make up the Afghan Bands trick...
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PROP SNAKE FROM BLACKSTONE’S SPOOKSHOW.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Prop Snake from Blackstone’s Spook Show. Faux snake with imitation emerald eyes, covered in brown sparkling fabric. 78” long....
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HARRY BLACKSTONE’S VANISHING BIRDCAGE.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone’s Vanishing Birdcage. The prop for one of Blackstone’s most famous feats, in which a brass birdcage bound in red ribbon vanished...
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LEATHER TOP HAT FROM BLACKSTONE’SWHISKERS ILLUSION.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Leather Top Hat from Blackstone’s Whiskers Illusion. Circa 1930. Oversize hand-stitched thick leather top hat worn...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE SR.’S PERENNIAL BOUQUET.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone Sr.’s Perennial Bouquet. Boston: Joseph Frustaglia (for Holden’s Magic), ca. 1941. A barren green bouquet visibly blooms red flowers...
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