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Thurston, the famous magician: East Indian Rope Trick

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Original – Poster advertising Howard Thurston's recreation of the Indian Rope Trick, a claimed magic trick done in India, which, however, research has recently shown to be a newspaper hoax, with no evidence of having ever been performed before stage magicians took it up on the basis of the hoax.
Reason
A lovely example of early 20th-century theatrical posters; only image we have for the subject.
Articles in which this image appears
Indian rope trick
FP category for this image
Either Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Culture,_entertainment,_and_lifestyle/Theatre or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment.
Creator
Otis Lithograph Co.
  • Support as nominator -- Adam Cuerden ( talk) 05:32, 31 December 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Support - Having restored a number of posters, I can say that this looks masterful. —  Crisco 1492 ( talk) 15:31, 31 December 2012 (UTC) reply
  • Support Tomer T ( talk) 17:31, 4 January 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support per nom. Brandmeister talk 21:58, 4 January 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support. Sweeping and colorful. dci | TALK 04:48, 5 January 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support Very nice and the fact that it's rare (one of a kind even) makes it even more special. Cat-five t c ---- 10:43, 5 January 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support -- Colin° Talk 17:02, 6 January 2013 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Thurston, the famous magician - East Indian Rope Trick.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 09:09, 9 January 2013 (UTC) reply

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