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1925 Original - Carter the Great 41 X 76 Poster - Elongated Maiden - Otis Co.

1925 Original - Carter the Great 41 X 76 Poster - Elongated Maiden - Otis Co.

$ 1584

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Brand: Otis Lithograph Co.
  • Condition: New
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Type of Advertising: Poster
  • date of Creation: 1925
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    This poster was never used and was sitting in storage until discovered in 1986!  This poster has never been hung and is in Grade A condition.
    Between 1900 and 1936, 'Carter the Great' made eight world tours in addition to appearances in his native country . . . [He] died of a heart attack on February 13, 1936, in Bombay, India, while on his eighth world tour" (Magic Posters, p. 11).
    This poster was made for his last tour before his death!
    Details:
    Carter, Charles. Carter the Great. The Elongated Maiden. Cleveland Ohio, Otis Litho. Co., ca. 1930. Three-sheet (41 x 76 ½”) color lithograph advertising the effect of stretching an assistant’s limbs as if they were made of India rubber.