The Ordinary Fantastic: Magic, Illusion, & Authentic Flim-Flam

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Drawing on the collection of Mike Caveney's Egyptian Hall Museum in Pasadena, this Poster House exhibition traces magic posters from the Golden Age of Magic, when lithographic posters advertised the touring illusion shows of performers including Houdini, Carter the Great, and Thurston. Curator B.A. Van Sise, a longtime member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, organized the selection, which spans roughly 1895 to 1927.