How History Unfolds on Paper: Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part IX

[MAGIC]. To-Night! First Tour of America the Chevalier Aldo Martini The World’s Greatest Necromancer, and his Transatlantic Marvel Comp’y… [Atchison, Kas.: Haskell Show Print, ca. 1890s]. Letterpress broadside for stage magicians, mentalists, acrobats, etc. Approximately 258 x 112 mm. Mounted onto a numbered leaf from a ledger (leaf approximately 295 x 185 mm). Handbill toned, with a central horizontal crease, some soiling; leaf toned, soiled, edgeworn with some tears, chips. On verso are four newspaper clippings, three of which advertise stage plays starring actor and manager, Fred Dexter. Some of the acts featured on this handbill include: Miss Marie Freeman, England’s Greatest Skirt and Transformation Dancer, Francisco Aymo, The Milanese Lightning Oil and Crayon Artist, The Queen of the Air Miss Nina Melvin, America’s Greatest Parachutist and Flying Trapeze Artist.