- 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...
[more like this] - LOT OF OVER 25 BOOKS ON CONS, SWINDLING,
AND SCHEMES.Lot of Over 25 books on Cons, Swindling, and Schemes. 1960s – 1990s. Including Hustlers and Con Men (1976) by Jay Robert Nash, Sting Shift: A Street-Smart Cop’s...
[more like this] - SEE THE GREAT BLACKSTONE TONIGHT.Blackstone,
Harry (Henry Boughton). See the Great Blackstone Tonight. N.p., ca. 1920s. Double-sided diamond-shaped pictorial flyer on orange cardstock, bearing a portrait of a young Blackstone,...
[more like this] - SEE FREDRIK THE GREAT TONIGHT / SEE
THE “BACHELOR’S DRE...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). See Fredrik the Great Tonight / See the “Bachelor’s Dream”. Rock Island: Tucker the Printer, ca. 1920s....
[more like this] - AROUND THE WORLD TOUR OF FREDRIK THE
GREAT.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Around the World Tour of Fredrik the Great. N.p., ca. 1920s. Early pictorial newsprint handbill for Fredrik the Great and Inez Nourse,...
[more like this] - TO-NITE DON’T MISS FREDRIK THE GREAT
AND HIS ALL-STAR C...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). To-Nite Don’t Miss Fredrik the Great and his All-Star Company. N.p., ca. 1920s. Letterpress handbill on orange paper,...
[more like this] - EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS OF BLACKSTONE ESCAPE
STUNTS.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Eight Photographs of Blackstone Escape Stunts. Including an early image of Blackstone in a packing case before being dropped in...
[more like this] - LOBBY PORTRAIT. THE GREAT BLACKSTONE.Blackstone,
Harry (Henry Boughton). Lobby Portrait. The Great Blackstone. New York: Nasib, ca. 1925. Handsome oversize bust portrait of a smiling Blackstone in bowtie. Framed to 44 x...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF HARRY BLACKSTONE’S CORRESPONDENCE
FROM MAGIC...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Archive of Harry Blackstone’s Correspondence from Magicians. Over 100 pages, with fascinating content, mailed by unknown...
[more like this] - HARRY HOUDINI VS. THE GREAT BLACKSTONE.
FILE OF DOCUMEN...[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz)] Harry Houdini vs. The Great Blackstone. File of Documents Pertaining to a Disputed Exposé. New York, 1922—23. Five pages...
[more like this] - HARRY HOUDINI VS. THE GREAT BLACKSTONE.
FILE OF DOCUMEN...[Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz)] Harry Houdini vs. The Great Blackstone. File of Documents Regarding Houdini’s Charge Against Blackstone’s Use of the...
[more like this] - ARCHIVE OF HARRY BLACKSTONE—WALTER
GIBSON CORRESPONDENC...Gibson, Walter. Archive of Harry Blackstone—Walter Gibson Correspondence and Records. Including holographic and typewritten letters from Blackstone’s...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - HARRY BLACKSTONE SR.’S PERFORMANCE-WORN
TAILCOAT.Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Harry Blackstone Sr.’s Performance-Worn Tailcoat. Lansing: John Berrmann’s Sons Merchant Tailors, 1944. A custom wool tailcoat,...
[more like this] - 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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