Dynamic, unrecorded broadside advertising “magician and man of mystery” Dr. Andras Babero, “the original Budah Bazazo” with the power to “cure all diseases by magnetic healing.”

The broadside is photographically-illustrated with two portraits of Babero, one shows his “great levitation” act in which he “takes a girl and makes her Float in Air,” and the other depicts Babero performing one of his many feats of mental telepathy. There is also an image of an unidentified woman gazing deeply into a crystal ball.

Andras Babero purported to be from East India and performed primarily in Black churches across the US. He was described in a 1914 article as, “the only Black man in America who belongs to the brotherhood of magicians.” In addition to his feats of illusion, he also gave lectures which were described as “clean, wholesome, and timely.”

However, Babaro allegedly did not always use his prestidigitation for good. In 1915, while touring Oklahoma, Babaro and his associate Castello Villianto were accused of robbing a deaf, mute youth of his one hundred dollar diamond ring. The young man purported that he was hypnotized by Babero when the theft occurred. By 1917, Babero was back practicing magic with his son, Andras Babero Jr..