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Creator Wizard of the East.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title If u want 2 c the [elephant] and see the Wizard of the East! : The great jongleur, ventriloquist, &c. 100 beautiful presents!! given away--free of charge. Admission to entertainments, 25 cents.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Job Print, Ledger Buildings
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date [ca. 1864]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 21 x 11 cm.
Notes A picture of an elephant appears in the title.
Other playbills for the Wizard of the East are dated Dec. 1863 through Jan. 1865.
Library Company copy is printed with, and intended to be detached from: Keep your [eye] open!; originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Entertainment events.
Magicians.
Raffles.
Rebuses.
Ventriloquists.
Genre Broadsides.
Playbills.
Printer United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | PB 1864 Wizard (28)5761.F.47a (McAllister)
Accession number (28) 5761.F.47a (McAllister)

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