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Carter the Great

Original Window Card Poster

1926

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CARTER THE GREAT

ORIGINAL WINDOW CARD POSTER

LA BELLE ÉPOQUE, 1926

Original Period Lithograph

Edition: Unknown

Publisher: Otis Lithograph COmpany

Stone Lithograph

Size: 14 x 22 in; 35.6 x 55.9 cm

Signed: unsigned

Carter's first theatrical experience occurred at the Herzog's museum and Pat Harris' Masonic Temple in Baltimore at the age of 10, where he appeared as "Master Charles Carter the Original Boy Magician". Due to stiff competition from the number of magic acts on the American stages at the time, Carter opted to pursue his career abroad, where he gained fame. Among the highlights of Carter's stage performances during his career were the classic "sawing a woman in half" illusion (an elaborate surgical-themed version with "nurses" in attendance), making a live elephant disappear and "cheating the gallows", where a shrouded Carter would vanish, just as he dropped at the end of a hangman's noose. He was also known for devising acts that were inspired by recent events that captured the public's imagination, such as the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922 or John Dillinger's famous jailbreak in 1934.

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Subject: Carter the Great -                                                                     The World's Weird Wonderful Wizard

Creation Year: 1926

Dimensions:  14 x 22 in

Medium: Stone Lithograph

Movement/Style: just after La Belle Époque

Period: 1871-1914

Condition: Fine