Two identical advertising cards, featuring the "Yorick's Skull" illusion. The front of the card has a skull with an 'X' in the right eye, while the back of the card has the instructions for the illusion. One card has a stamp on it for the Gem City Drug Store.
YORICK'S SKULL.
An awe inspiring but interesting illusion.
"Now get thee to my Lady's chamber, and tell her, let
"her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come."
HAMLET. Act. V. - SCENE I.
DIRECTIONS TO SEE THE GHOST.
Look steadily, in a good light, for thirty seconds at the mark X in the eye of the skull, and then at a sheet of paper, a wall, the ceiling or elsewhere, and continue your gaze fixedly for another thirty seconds when an awe inspiring and ghost-like skull will slowly appear! By increasing the distance the apparition will increase in size, so that at five or six feet it will appear of huge proportions.
PRESENTED BY PEARS' SOAP.
Language
English
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Label
Location
On front of NU 2023.206.1
Transcription
Gem City Drug Store
T.E. JOHNS, Prop.
BECKWITH BLOCK,
LOS GATOS, CAL.
