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Lot 457

Printed Promotional Card Stanley and Willie Ventriloquism Extraordinary Illustrated

Estimate: $50 - $1,000
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Printed promotional card for the act Stanley and Willie, featuring an illustrated design with drawn or printed images of the two performers or figures and bold typographic lettering reading Stanley and Willie present Ventriloquism Extraordinary. The graphic layout combines portrait vignettes with decorative typography in a style consistent with American variety entertainment promotional printing of the mid-twentieth century. This type of printed illustrated promotional card served as a compact and visually distinctive calling card for theatrical agents and venue bookers. The bold act title Ventriloquism Extraordinary signals a confident self-promotion strategy. The card's graphic design quality suggests professional commercial printing production rather than a simple photo postcard format. The front bears the printed text: Printed illustrated design reading Stanley and Willie present Ventriloquism Extraordinary with portrait vignettes. The reverse reads: Mailed reverse with New York postmark July 1941 Buy Defense Savings Bonds slogan cancellation addressed to Miss Jacy Collier Boston Massachusetts care of Hamid Inc. Handwritten inscriptions read: Ink correspondence message on reverse.

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