[Oversize materials and clippings from McManus-Young Collection,]
Contributors: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1862
Language: eng
Subjects: Posters; Magicians; Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels
Description: Miscellaneous posters and clippings removed from McManus-Young Collection of magic. Includes poster advertising performances for Neumann the Great [no date], and Congres Magique International, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France from Sept. 27, 1947 with image of rabbit in a hat. Also includes newspaper clippings from the New York American, Dec. 13, 1936 and the American Weekly from March 7, 1943 regarding Mrs. Houdini's search for her husband's spirit. Also includes theater advertisement poster for Carncross and Dixey's Minstrels and Prof. Anderson at the Eleventh Street Opera House, Philadelphia, 1862.
Notes: Gift: John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, 1955.