Can you Pass Through the Hole in a Piece of Paper... from "Trixie Trix" series, Neilson's Chocolates (V66)
Can you Pass Through the Hole in a Piece of Paper only 1 by 2 inches in Dimension?from "Trixie Trix" series, Neilson's Chocolates (V66). Issued in 1925 by Neilson Chocolate Company, Canada. 48 cards. Numbered cards. Front: image of magic trick being performed. Black and white with white border. Back: "No 26--A Series of 48/ TRIXIE TRIX/ "Can you Pass Through/ the Hole in a Piece of/ Paper only 1 by 2 inches/ in Dimension?" and how to perform the trick pictured. Below (on back) is printed: "Neilson's/ Make the best Chocolate Bars/ Buy them by the Box/ Eat one every day."
Artwork Details
- Title: Can you Pass Through the Hole in a Piece of Paper... from "Trixie Trix" series, Neilson's Chocolates (V66)
- Publisher: Neilson's (Canadian, 1893–1947)
- Date: 1925
- Medium: Commercial photolithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (6.4 × 3.5 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: Burdick 335, V66.5
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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