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- Advertising Poster, "Thurston The Great Magician," circa 1930 - In the 1920s, a friendly rivalry existed between two magicians: Howard Thurston and Harry Houdini. While Houdini distrusted and publically debunked seance mediums, Thurston was a "healthy skeptic." He acknowledged trickery among Spiritualists, yet he was cautiously open to the potential of life after death communication. Thurston's stage illusions often referenced popular supernatural phenomena of the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Poster, "Thurston The Great Magician," circa 1930
In the 1920s, a friendly rivalry existed between two magicians: Howard Thurston and Harry Houdini. While Houdini distrusted and publically debunked seance mediums, Thurston was a "healthy skeptic." He acknowledged trickery among Spiritualists, yet he was cautiously open to the potential of life after death communication. Thurston's stage illusions often referenced popular supernatural phenomena of the late-19th and early-20th centuries.