This was Harry Kellar's cane and was
featured with him in the 1900 Strobridge Lithograph Company poster, "A
Walk In The Woods" (top-right photo).
This was Harry Kellar's cane through-out
his life and was then given to Howard Thurston, when Thurston became
Kellar's successor.
There was a lithograph made of the event
("Passing The Mantle") that took place at Ford's Opera House on May 16, 1908.
(bottom-right photo).
This cane was given to Howard Thurston by
Harry Kellar and is inscribed...
"Presented To Howard Thurston On May 16,
1908"
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