This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/28/2023
[JUGGLERS] EMERSON, Edward and BALDWIN, Jerry. EMERSON AND BALDWIN. THE CUTE AND COMIC JUGGLING CUSSES. London: Dangerfield, ca. 1909. Half-sheet stone lithograph bears a central half-length portrait of the duo, with a vignette picturing their “cyclone” exchange of juggling clubs in the lower portion of the poster. Baldwin appears in blackface. 30 × 201/8". Expert restoration to old folds with one corner replaced; B. Linen backed. RARE; the only example we have encountered.
Emerson and Baldwin performed comedic magic tricks in addition to juggling stunts which kept them steadily working both in America and abroad. The duo was successful enough to eventually work the best vaudeville theater in the United States, New York’s Palace. Emerson (born Edward William McQuaid) was the father of another vaudeville star who adapted many of his father’s gags into a storied career as a magician: Roy Benson.