Letterpress

England

c. 1870

10" x 30"

This effect named after the former director of London's Royal Polytechnic, John Henry Pepper, amused and startled audiences. A ghost seemed to appear on a stage. The illusion was created using a hidden magic lantern below the stage an actor dressed as a ghost and a very large angled sheet of glass mirrored to seemingly project the reflected apparition upon the stage. The effect was first successfully demonstrated at the Royal Polytechnic in 1863,

The broadside advertises a show of Pepper's Ghost given by Mr. James Madison, who was for a time employed as a magician at the Royal Polytechnic.

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Wood engraving

c.1880

6 1/2" x 25"

America

Broadside based on book by Jacob Riis by the same name.

0076

Letterpress

America

c. 1880

8" x 24"

This broadside advertises Mr. Bamber's fifth annual tour and promises both new attractions and a show better than ever before, and all for only one thin dime.

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G.W. Lloyd

Wood engraving

America

c.1880

8" x 22"

Broadside advertising the magic lantern show of G.W. Lloyd.

He  brags of giving "A splendid intellectual & Amusing Entertainment for Old and Young."

0077

Wood engraving

America

c. 1880

7" x 21"

This boradside advertises Mr. G.J. Pitman's magic lantern show and was printed by Times Job Press, Boston.

0078

Sandford & Carr Printers

Letterpress

America

c. 1880

7" x 20"

This broadside advertises the attractions at Mr. Jacob W. Boody's "Instructive Museum". Among the many attractions which include a pig with six legs, a japanese opium box and pipe, is a magic lantern with 168 views.

0079

Anon

Letterpress

America

c. 1880

8 1/4" x 18 1/2"

Printed in Ithaca New York this broadside advertises a Civil War Stereopticon show to be held at Clinton Hall

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Anon

America

Letterpress

c. 1890

13 3/4" x 21"

An advertisment for the lantern show given by Reverend Charles F. Stanley.

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