(MAGIC) Going Fine Since 1889 Ellen E Armstrong Magician and

Sale 2615 - Lot 177

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(MAGIC.) Going Fine Since 1889: Ellen E. Armstrong, Magician and Cartoonist Extraordinary. Poster, 28 x 22 inches, in red, black and green on stiff cardboard; minimal wear. No place, circa 1940

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Ellen E. Armstrong (1914-1979) is generally regarded as the only African-American woman on the touring magician circuit in the mid-twentieth century. She was born in South Carolina, the daughter of a magician named J. Hartford Armstrong, and toured with him for years from Florida to Pennsylvania. After her father's death in 1939, she continued to tour on her own until about 1970. The "1889" in the title presumably refers to when her father began touring.