Cleveland: Schmitz-Horning Co. Litho, ca. 1908. Three-sheet lithographed poster in red and black outlining a full-length portrait of Germain in profile. 41 x 76 ½". Wear and over-coloring at intersecting folds and borders; B. A refined performer, Germain (1878 – 1959) was a native of Cleveland, Ohio. Schoolboy performances of various tricks led to a lifelong fascination with magic that developed into a career as a finished performer who toured both America and England with a highly original program. Whereas most magicians developed routines and tricks derivative of the work of others in the field, the bulk of Germain’s work was of his own creation. Features of his show, including the Egyptian Water Jars, Rose Growth, Cabinet of Cagliostro, and Vanishing Gong were ideas developed and constructed by Germain, along with his father, himself a talented craftsman. He retired from performing to study law, and opened his own practice in 1914.