This is an ink jet printer copy made from an original poster.
Posters & Showcards
The majority of posters in the collection are theatre posters. These are either letterpress posters for variety theatres, or pictorial posters for a single magician or show.
A small number of other posters advertise books, exhibitions or events such as conferences.
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The theatre is St. George’s Hall and the printer’s date is 29-2-32, ie 29 February 1932.
The Gala Week was from 27 March 1933 to 1 April 1933. This poster is in the Paul Kieve Collection. We are grateful for his permission in 2019 to display it on this website.
The poster advertises their show on 15 June 2019 at the Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany.
This was a Cambridge Pentacle Magic Club show in which John Davenport performed the Oswald Williams Noah’s Ark Illusion.
This is one of a pair of posters designed to advertise the show in a shop window. To attract attention the display included a flashing light bulb with no visible means of power reaching it. See also poster N739. John Davenport was one of the acts on the bill.
This is one of a pair of posters designed to advertise the show in a shop window. To attract attention the display included a flashing light bulb with no visible means of power reaching it. See also poster N738. John Davenport was one of the acts on the bill.
This was an AGA-DARIUS production billed as an entertainment of magic for all the family.
This poster was one of a number presented to attendees of the 5th European Magic History Conference in Hamburg, 28 – 31 August 2013. The speakers at the conference included Anne Goulden, then known as Anne Davenport.
The bill includes Lewis Davenport presenting a series of bewildering novelties supported by Winifred Wynne & Co.