Vintage magic posters
September 14, 2003 8:42 PM Subscribe
Vintage magic posters from 1890 - 1930.
Well thank you so much for these, very cool! I just finished reading Carter Beats The Devil - I'm stunned to see the posters, I had no idea the degree to which the ostensibly fiction book was lifted from the real life & work of Charles Carter. The book is highly recommended, by the way.
posted by jonson at 9:10 PM on September 14, 2003
posted by jonson at 9:10 PM on September 14, 2003
Another great post, crunchy, but easy on the front-page wordiness, man; who do you think you are, Miguel?
I kid because I love.
posted by wendell at 10:01 PM on September 14, 2003
I kid because I love.
posted by wendell at 10:01 PM on September 14, 2003
Lovely - thanks! (Now in boingboing 'via Mefi,' btw)
posted by carter at 6:39 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by carter at 6:39 AM on September 15, 2003
Man, what's up with all the little devil-cupids? Weren't they even more religiously conservative back then? Did magicians embrace an overtly 'devilish/evil' provenance? Boy, I certainly couldn't imagine any modern-day magicians aligning themselves with devilish forces.
posted by PigAlien at 7:56 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by PigAlien at 7:56 AM on September 15, 2003
I think the devil motif was always taken with a grain of salt as far as stage magicians were concerned, much like the ghosts and ghouls of halloween. Then as now, I suspect that no one seriously thought that magicians could truly perform their magical feats, but they willingly suspended their disbelief.
posted by crunchland at 8:00 AM on September 15, 2003
posted by crunchland at 8:00 AM on September 15, 2003
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posted by staggernation at 7:32 PM on September 15, 2003
posted by staggernation at 7:32 PM on September 15, 2003
not surprising, being mefied and boingboinged (and who knows where else) all on the same day.
posted by crunchland at 7:47 PM on September 15, 2003
posted by crunchland at 7:47 PM on September 15, 2003
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Awesome.
posted by pinto at 8:53 PM on September 14, 2003