Fortson’s Funny Ventriloquist Figures

I received the following email and pictures from John Lee:

Dear Dan,
I wanted to share with you this colorful lithograph promoting a ventriloquist named, William Petty Fortson in 1910. It’s kind of creepy-cool. I found it yesterday and purchased it from a store owner who bought it last week from Mr. Fortson’s grand daughter who lives nearby.

William Fortson was a vaudeville musician, magician and ventriloquist from Little Rock, Arkansas. The lithograph poster had been laying flat in a closet with some boxes on top of it so the condition is superb and the colors are absolutely vivid! It’s 20″x30″. It’s a wonderful piece of history by Donaldson Litho Co. who produced posters for circus troupes, vaudeville shows and performers. I think it’s great!
Sincerely,
John Lee

John, thanks for sharing this with us at Ventriloquist Central.

Dan
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