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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GROUP OF HARRY BLACKSTONE JR. MAGICKITS AND PROMO MATE...Blackstone, Harry Jr. Group of Harry Blackstone Jr. Magic Kits and Promo Material. American, 1980s. Including a complete run of nine sealed Blackstone...
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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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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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COLLECTION OF OVER 20 BLACKSTONE ADVERTISINGSTEREOTYPE...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Collection of Over 20 Blackstone Advertising Stereotype Mats. Circa 1930s. Molded stereotype printing mats used for advertising...
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BLACKSTONE. IN PERSON! AND HIS SHOWOF 1001 WONDERS.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone. In Person! And His Show of 1001 Wonders. Chicago: Globe Poster Corp., ca. 1948. Two-color window card bears...
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BLACKSTONE.Blackstone, Harry (HenryBoughton). Blackstone. Brooklyn: Eldregde Co., 1943. Two-color window card features Blackstone and a Devil. Printed to promote Blackstone’s USO camp shows. Chipped, old...
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NECROMANTIC EXTRAVAGANZA.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Necromantic Extravaganza. Chicago: Globe Poster Corp., ca. 1947. Two-color offset lithograph advertising the fantastic feats in the Blackstone show,...
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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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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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BLACKSTONE THEATRICAL DOCUMENTS INCLUDINGCUE SHEET AND...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone Theatrical Documents Including Cue Sheet and Stage Plot Blueprint. Five pieces, including a blueprint of the...
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PAIR OF ILLUSION SKETCHES BY BLACKSTONE.Blackstone,Harry (Henry Boughton). Pair of Illusion Sketches by Blackstone. Pencil sketches on thin paper, the first depicting the Buzz Saw Illusion, showing a ghoulish figure lowering...
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ARCHIVE OF SPIRITUALISM AND MINDREADINGMATERIAL.[Spiritualism and Mind Reading] Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Archive of Spiritualism and Mindreading Material. Including ALSs to Blackstone asking him to create...
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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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HARRY BLACKSTONE’S 1920S–40S AGENTAND FAN CORRESPONDEN...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone’s 1920s–40s Agent and Fan Correspondence Archive. Two large cartons filled with thousands of...
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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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ARCHIVE OF HARRY BLACKSTONE—WALTERGIBSON CORRESPONDENC...Gibson, Walter. Archive of Harry Blackstone—Walter Gibson Correspondence and Records. Including holographic and typewritten letters from Blackstone’s...
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ARCHIVE OF CHARLES CATULLE—HARRY BLACKSTONECORRESPONDE...Catulle, Charles. Archive of Charles Catulle—Harry Blackstone Correspondence. Discussing the fabrication of illusions and props for the Blackstone show, built...
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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 “MAJORETTE” ASSISTANT’SCOSTUME.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Blackstone “Majorette” Assistant’s Costume. American, ca. 1940s. A dazzling five-piece outfit worn on Blackstone’s magic...
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HARRY BLACKSTONE SR.’S PERFORMANCE-WORNTAILCOAT.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone Sr.’s Performance-Worn Tailcoat. Lansing: John Berrmann’s Sons Merchant Tailors, 1944. A custom wool tailcoat,...
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BLACKSTONE COMPANY THEATRICAL WARDROBETRUNK.Banks, Ted and Sally. Blackstone Company Theatrical Wardrobe Trunk. Steamer-style trunk owned and used by Ted and Sally Banks, company members on the Blackstone show,...
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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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