Nicola the Great – world’s master magician
Poster advertising a performance by the magician, Nicola, in Wellington, 1938., Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference: Eph-E-CABOT-Magic-1938-01
Nicola the Great – world’s master magician
The American magician Nicola the Great (William Mozart Nicol, 1880-1946), toured the world from 1910 to 1939, when all his show equipment was lost in a Singapore shipwreck. This poster advertises a performance at the Grand Opera House in Wellington in 1938.
This poster entered the Turnbull Library’s collections in 1978, when Mrs Beatrice Cabot donated her late husband’s theatre collection to the Alexander Turnbull Library. The collection is now held in the Turnbull Library's Printed Ephemera Collection.
More about the Printed Ephemera Collection
Charles Cabot was a theatrical agent and publicist for circuses, pantomimes and variety shows, and later stage doorkeeper at Wellington Opera House. He collected hundreds of posters of circuses, magicians, popular music, dance and variety shows, from the 1920s to the 1970s.
A selection of posters from the Cabot collection can be seen on our digital collection, Timeframes, by using 'Cabot' as your search term.
See circus posters from the Cabot collection – Timeframes website
See magic show posters from the Cabot collection – Timeframes website
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