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Original – Poster advertising Howard Thurston's recreation of the Indian Rope Trick, a claimed magic trick done in India, which, however, research has recently shown to be a newspaper hoax, with no evidence of having ever been performed before stage magicians took it up on the basis of the hoax.
Reason
A lovely example of early 20th-century theatrical posters; only image we have for the subject.
Articles in which this image appears
Indian rope trick
FP category for this image
Either Wikipedia:Featured_pictures/Culture,_entertainment,_and_lifestyle/Theatre or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Entertainment.
Creator
Otis Lithograph Co.

Promoted File:Thurston, the famous magician - East Indian Rope Trick.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:09, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]