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Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Fredrik the Great and Blackstone Broadsides. American, 1919. Two pictorial broadsides advertising the stage magic shows of Fredrik the Great and Blackstone – one and the same person. Double-sided plexiglass frames. Images 19 x 6 ¼”. Minor chips and old cellotape stains. The text, images, and design of each of these broadsides are identical, save one element: the performer’s name. The earlier piece uses the name “Fredrik the Great,” and the later “Blackstone.” Harry Blackstone (1885-1965) used the Fredrik the Great stage name for a time, until anti-German sentiment during WWI made him think better of it. He changed his name to Blackstone and rose to fame as American’s most popular illusionist.