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'''Wilton S. Clements''', a lead paragraph highlighting what person was most known for.<br />
Wilton was known as '''Wil Staar''', a magician since he was a child being reared in the Kentucky hills. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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* Genii Magazine, Vol. 16, No. 3, November 1951, Paging the Ladies, Jane Clements, Your Star Reporter, by Francis Ireland, page 110 <br />
* Cover, The Linking Ring, Vol. 64, No.10, October 1984, Our Cover, Wilton Clements, page 72 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 65, No.12, December 1985, Broken Wand, Wilton S. Clements, page 114 <br />
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'''Compars "Carl" Herrmann''' (1816-1887) was the first of sixteen children in the [[Herrmann|Herrmann family]] which included his brother [[Alexander Herrmann]]. He left medical school at an early age to pursue a career as a magician and served as a role model and inspiration for Alexander.<br />
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Alexander joined his stage show at the age of eight and they toured the world together. Eventually they would go their separate ways, Compars returning to Europe and Alexander to America.<br />
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==Early years==<br />
Carl, was slender, somewhat demonic in appearance. He wore an imperial beard <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III</ref> and handlebar moustache to perpetuate or enhance the Mephistopheles (demon featured in German folklore) look. As he got older the hair on is head got thin. Carl’s humor was sly, and he presented his magic in a mysterious manner. He was from the old school of magic. The critics of his day said his performing ability was on par with the most talented actors, singers, and dancers of the 19th century. <br />
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While attending classes at Grandes écoles, he tried to fit in with his upper crust classmates at the prestige’s school. He went to Fontainebleau(which was a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France) with his classmates. Fontainebleau was renowned for its large scenic forests which surrounded the city and dozens of villages. It was a favorite weekend getaway for Parisians, as well as for the reigning monarchs of the time. <br />
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Young Carl played on the Palace grounds with his friends as a cavalcade came up the road. They realized they were trespassing so they fled leaving poor Carl to take the fall. So Carl swiftly climbed a tree in the dense Forest of Fontainebleau. Even though he was hidden by the thick foliage, he began to trill bird calls. <br />
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Two young princes of King Louis-Philippe of France, Antoine and Henri, heard the trills. They wanted to catch a glimpse of the birds. They parted the leaves and saw the grinning Carl perched inside. The citizen king and the ladies in the carriage were so amused, they invited him to entertain at the palace.<ref name=ref3>cite Illustrated History of Magic by Milbourne Christopher 1973</ref><br />
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Carl lived in Paris as a young man. His father, Samuel, urged him to study medicine. But Carl was more interested in performing.<ref name=ref2>cite The Master Magicians by Walter B. Gibson 1966</ref> He had early success as a magician, but tried to please his father by earning a living away from the stage. He was in his twenties when he was out of work and desperate for money. So turned to the only profession he knew and that was magic.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Carl left school and joined a company of actors.<ref name="ref2"/> From there he branched out on his own. He started off like all magicians today and that is with doing school shows. Then he progressed to private performances. From there, he got hired to perform at theatre exhibitions. <br />
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He practiced ventriloquism as well as magic. His career was interrupted by his services with the French Army.<ref name="ref2"/> When he left the army, he returned to France. While there, he was a constant visitor to the theatre of [[Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin]] starring the name sake, Robert-Houdin. He was most impressed by the many new illusions presented by the former watchmaker turned magician. Illusions were new at the time and Carl thought it would nice to own such fine tricks. <br />
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He finally earned enough to buy equipment for a three hour production. He bought most of his illusions from Robert-Houdin’s trusted assistant LeGrande. LeGrand made replica’s of Houdin’s equipment and sold them to French magician Robin, Scottish magician [[John Henry Anderson]], and Carl. Herrmann set out to tour with his own show. <br />
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First stop for Carl was England. He took the pirated tricks to London and first appeared at the [[Adelphi Theatre]]. In 1848, Carl performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London where he billed himself as ''the Premier Prestidigitateur of France and the First Professor of Magic ''. <br />
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In 1848, The Illustrated London News critiqued the 32 year old magician’s performance in April. “He was not only adept at tricks of his predecessors Phillipe and Doebler had shown, he also introduced several striking new mysteries of his own.” They praised tricks like the ''' Inexhaustible Bottle ''', which produces endless quantities of different liquors in what seems to be an endless quantity; ''' The Portfolio''', items such as flowers, turtle doves, and a live boy would be produced from the empty portfolio; and the ''' Second Sight''', items are named from a blindfolded assistant. <br />
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What the Illustrated London News didn’t know was that those ''marvels'' where created by Robert-Houdin in Paris. When he premiered in London later in the year at the St. James Theatre, Robert-Houdin was not happy with his friend presenting duplicates of his tricks. Also, he was annoyed by Carl’s title. He felt he was ''the Premier Prestidigitateur of France''. Herrmann was glad to let him have the title. But did keep ''The First Professor of Magic in the World''. <br />
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Two years later he took Robert-Houdin’s pirated illusions and performed in Germany, Austria, and Italy. In Portugal, he was decorated by the king and became Chevalier Herrmann.<ref name="ref2"/> It was during this tour he was developing his sleight of hand skill and adapting them to his program. After producing four gold fish bowls, he would walk into the audience and invited the spectators to inspect his arms and his long coattails. Those that assumed that’s where they came from would not expect there could be more. Then from the same cloth, Carl produced a fifth bowl.<ref name="ref2"/><br />
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==Carl kidnaps little brother==<br />
After Carl finished his tour of Europe with, he returned to his parent’s home in Paris in 1853. He was greeted by his fifteen brothers and sisters. He was most taken in with the youngest Alexander. Carl was thrilled to find out that the eight year old Alexander was already showing an interest in magic.<ref name="ref2"/> So, without the family consent, Carl kidnapped the young man and took him to Saint Petersburg, Russia to teach him the art of magic. While there, he took his younger brother with him on a tour that started in Russia.<ref name=ref1>cite Magician's Handbook: Tricks And Secrets Of The World's Greatest Magician Herrmann The Great by H.J. Burlingame</ref> He suspended his young brother before Czar Nicholas I. The then nine year old acted as a blindfolded medium in the Second Sight. Czar Nicholas gave Carl an engraved gold watch decorated with diamonds, pearls, and amethysts. <br />
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Alexander remained with Carl until they arrived in Vienna. Samuel didn’t want Alexander to suffer the same fate as Carl.<ref name="ref2"/> His father was ready to bring kidnap charges against him. Samuel’s anger caused their mother to come there and insisted upon Alexander's return to Paris. They reached a compromise. Alexander would stay with Carl until the tour was over. Alexander continued his duties as assistant. <br />
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Alexander didn’t just learn how to pop out of boxes. Carl served as a role model and inspiration for his younger brother. He was teaching him advance sleight of hand.<ref name="ref2"/> Some that he had learned from their father. He also taught him new moves that Carl picked up on his own. He was thrilled that Alexander was an eager and willing student. Carl continued with this throughout their excursion threw Europe. After touring places like Germany, Austria, Italy, and Portugal, the tour ended in Vienna. Carl liked it so much, he made Vienna his home. As promised, he sent Alexander back home to Paris. <br />
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While there, Alexander showed what he had learned from Carl to their father. Samuel was impressed with Alexander’s skill. He decided to let him continue in magic. Carl was to mentor his young brother. Alexander stayed in Paris until he was about 11 years old. Then he returned to Vienna to meet up with Carl. He promised Samuel to teach Alexander things other than magic. While in Vienna Alexander attended college. But, it was sleight of hand that was to be his main interest.<br />
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==Carl mentors Alexander==<br />
Alexander went with Carl on nearly every tour. At first he returned to his role as assistant. This time though he did not float on a pole. Carl discarded those illusions from the last tour when Robert-Houdin discovered that LeGrand was responsible for selling replicas of the fruits of his creations. He had the mechanic arrested. It is not known whether Carl bought the illusions directly from LeGrand or from another source. What is known is that he discarded them in favor of tricks using pure sleight of hand. He found that the audiences enjoyed these tricks better. <br />
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His new approach brought him triumphs in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. In January 1861 he was in Havana, Cuba. His admirers said, “You don’t need a wand to work your imitable wonders. But,” they added, “We thought you merited the finest one ever made.” They presented him with a diamond sapphire gold wand. Engraved on the staff was his portrait along with an inscription. Carl added this to his ever growing collection. <br />
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From Cuba, they sailed to New Orleans. There he gave his first twenty-four performances in the United States at the St. Charles Theatre. The only thing that stopped the run was the outbreak of the [[American Civil War]]. Carl and Alexander packed their bags quickly and caught the last train north. Without any bookings, they sought the prominent New York opera impresario B. Ullman. Ullman arranged for the Herrmann’s to perform at the Academy of Music on 14th St. The impresario told reporters that Prof. Herrmann’s magic, “…was as much acknowledge in Europe as Jenny Lind’s was in music.” <ref name="ref3"/><br />
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Carl was impressed with the progress of his brother Alexander’s skills. He decided to have Alexander became a real part of Carl’s show. By the time they arrived in the United States in 1860, Alexander was seventeen. Audiences noticed his adroitness. His dexterity soon rivaled that of Carl. Jealously brewed on that tour, but never serviced.<br />
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They appeared at the Academy of Music which is generally known for their opera’s, but when the two Herrmann’s arrived, the music played second fiddle to the wonders the two wizards produced. The posters of the time mentioned that Herrmann’s, “… distinguishing feature is the entire absence of any apparatus, all effects being solely produced by extraordinary manual skill.” During the beginning of the their show, Carl announces that his younger brother was his successor-to-be.<br />
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Five weeks of full houses brought Carl receipts totaling thirty-five thousand dollars <ref name="ref3"/> that would be about $700,000 in today’s dollars). With the Civil War in full swing,the Herrmann’s headed for Central and South America. <br />
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A few years later, they parted company. Alexander appeared on his own until he met up with Carl in Vienna in 1867. They formed their second co-partnership and returned to the U.S. to resume their tour there. According to Walter B. Gibson’s book The Magic Masters, "...and implanted the name Herrmann quite firmly there." <ref name="ref2"/> The Herrmann name eventually became synonymous with magic. Eventually the two magic brothers would go their separate ways.<br />
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==Carl tours Europe==<br />
With the departure of Carl, Alexander began his own career in 1862. Carl returned to play to the capitals of Europe.<ref name="ref1"/> Alexander brought his own show to London in 1871 and began his three stretch at Egyptian Hall that he called his one thousand and one nights.<br />
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Carl retired during Alexander’s three stint at Egyptian Hall. Meanwhile, the financial panic of 1873 wiped out Carl. On May 9, the Vienna Stock Exchange crashed. They no longer where able to bankroll the corrupt mismanagement of the Deutsche Bank. A series of Viennese bank failures resulted. This caused a deflation of the money available for business lending.<br />
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He needed money and the only way to pay his debts was to return to performing. The two magical brothers met again in 1885 in Paris.<ref name="ref1"/> Carl was still miffed at Alexander from his triumph at Egyptian Hall. Carl was not about to retire until he regained his fortune. So, an agreement was made between the two brothers to split the world. Compars was to returned to Europe and Alexander to United States.<br />
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==The death of Prof. Herrmann==<br />
Alexander leaves Paris to go back to America. He becomes an established institution. A few years later, While in New York, Alexander heard the news of the death of his brother Carl. Professor Herrmann died on June 8, 1887 in Karlsbad in Germany.<ref>Max Dif - Historie et Évolution Technique de la Prestidigitation - Tome I, p. 271</ref> Alexander was very shocked. Even with the rivalry between them, he could not help but feel that he owed everything to him. "We've always had a warm and brotherly feeling towards each other," he told a newspaper. <br />
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After Carl's death in 1887, Alexander continued with the profession until his own death in 1896. The Herrmann name continued as Alexander's wife Adelaide became the first woman to win notable fame as a magician. Alexander's nephew Leon had accompanied Adelaide, adding another "Herrmann" name to the magical family tree. Leon died in 1909, at the age of 42.<br />
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'''Compars "Carl" Herrmann''' (1816-1887) was the first of sixteen children in the [[Herrmann|Herrmann family]] which included his brother [[Alexander Herrmann]]. He left medical school at an early age to pursue a career as a magician and served as a role model and inspiration for Alexander.<br />
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Alexander joined his stage show at the age of eight and they toured the world together. Eventually they would go their separate ways, Compars returning to Europe and Alexander to America.<br />
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==Early years==<br />
Carl, was slender, somewhat demonic in appearance. He wore an imperial beard <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III</ref> and handlebar moustache to perpetuate or enhance the Mephistopheles (demon featured in German folklore) look. As he got older the hair on is head got thin. Carl’s humor was sly, and he presented his magic in a mysterious manner. He was from the old school of magic. The critics of his day said his performing ability was on par with the most talented actors, singers, and dancers of the 19th century. <br />
<br />
While attending classes at Grandes écoles, he tried to fit in with his upper crust classmates at the prestige’s school. He went to Fontainebleau(which was a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France) with his classmates. Fontainebleau was renowned for its large scenic forests which surrounded the city and dozens of villages. It was a favorite weekend getaway for Parisians, as well as for the reigning monarchs of the time. <br />
<br />
Young Carl played on the Palace grounds with his friends as a cavalcade came up the road. They realized they were trespassing so they fled leaving poor Carl to take the fall. So Carl swiftly climbed a tree in the dense Forest of Fontainebleau. Even though he was hidden by the thick foliage, he began to trill bird calls. <br />
<br />
Two young princes of King Louis-Philippe of France, Antoine and Henri, heard the trills. They wanted to catch a glimpse of the birds. They parted the leaves and saw the grinning Carl perched inside. The citizen king and the ladies in the carriage were so amused, they invited him to entertain at the palace.<ref name=ref3>cite Illustrated History of Magic by Milbourne Christopher 1973</ref><br />
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Carl lived in Paris as a young man. His father, Samuel, urged him to study medicine. But Carl was more interested in performing.<ref name=ref2>cite The Master Magicians by Walter B. Gibson 1966</ref> He had early success as a magician, but tried to please his father by earning a living away from the stage. He was in his twenties when he was out of work and desperate for money. So turned to the only profession he knew and that was magic.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Carl left school and joined a company of actors.<ref name="ref2"/> From there he branched out on his own. He started off like all magicians today and that is with doing school shows. Then he progressed to private performances. From there, he got hired to perform at theatre exhibitions. <br />
<br />
He practiced ventriloquism as well as magic. His career was interrupted by his services with the French Army.<ref name="ref2"/> When he left the army, he returned to France. While there, he was a constant visitor to the theatre of [[Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin]] starring the name sake, Robert-Houdin. He was most impressed by the many new illusions presented by the former watchmaker turned magician. Illusions were new at the time and Carl thought it would nice to own such fine tricks. <br />
<br />
He finally earned enough to buy equipment for a three hour production. He bought most of his illusions from Robert-Houdin’s trusted assistant LeGrande. LeGrand made replica’s of Houdin’s equipment and sold them to French magician Robin, Scottish magician [[John Henry Anderson]], and Carl. Herrmann set out to tour with his own show. <br />
<br />
First stop for Carl was England. He took the pirated tricks to London and first appeared at the [[Adelphi Theatre]]. In 1848, Carl performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London where he billed himself as ''the Premier Prestidigitateur of France and the First Professor of Magic ''. <br />
<br />
In 1848, The Illustrated London News critiqued the 32 year old magician’s performance in April. “He was not only adept at tricks of his predecessors Phillipe and Doebler had shown, he also introduced several striking new mysteries of his own.” They praised tricks like the ''' Inexhaustible Bottle ''', which produces endless quantities of different liquors in what seems to be an endless quantity; ''' The Portfolio''', items such as flowers, turtle doves, and a live boy would be produced from the empty portfolio; and the ''' Second Sight''', items are named from a blindfolded assistant. <br />
<br />
What the Illustrated London News didn’t know was that those ''marvels'' where created by Robert-Houdin in Paris. When he premiered in London later in the year at the St. James Theatre, Robert-Houdin was not happy with his friend presenting duplicates of his tricks. Also, he was annoyed by Carl’s title. He felt he was ''the Premier Prestidigitateur of France''. Herrmann was glad to let him have the title. But did keep ''The First Professor of Magic in the World''. <br />
<br />
Two years later he took Robert-Houdin’s pirated illusions and performed in Germany, Austria, and Italy. In Portugal, he was decorated by the king and became Chevalier Herrmann.<ref name="ref2"/> It was during this tour he was developing his sleight of hand skill and adapting them to his program. After producing four gold fish bowls, he would walk into the audience and invited the spectators to inspect his arms and his long coattails. Those that assumed that’s where they came from would not expect there could be more. Then from the same cloth, Carl produced a fifth bowl.<ref name="ref2"/><br />
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==Carl kidnaps little brother==<br />
After Carl finished his tour of Europe with, he returned to his parent’s home in Paris in 1853. He was greeted by his fifteen brothers and sisters. He was most taken in with the youngest Alexander. Carl was thrilled to find out that the eight year old Alexander was already showing an interest in magic.<ref name="ref2"/> So, without the family consent, Carl kidnapped the young man and took him to Saint Petersburg, Russia to teach him the art of magic. While there, he took his younger brother with him on a tour that started in Russia.<ref name=ref1>cite Magician's Handbook: Tricks And Secrets Of The World's Greatest Magician Herrmann The Great by H.J. Burlingame</ref> He suspended his young brother before Czar Nicholas I. The then nine year old acted as a blindfolded medium in the Second Sight. Czar Nicholas gave Carl an engraved gold watch decorated with diamonds, pearls, and amethysts. <br />
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Alexander remained with Carl until they arrived in Vienna. Samuel didn’t want Alexander to suffer the same fate as Carl.<ref name="ref2"/> His father was ready to bring kidnap charges against him. Samuel’s anger caused their mother to come there and insisted upon Alexander's return to Paris. They reached a compromise. Alexander would stay with Carl until the tour was over. Alexander continued his duties as assistant. <br />
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Alexander didn’t just learn how to pop out of boxes. Carl served as a role model and inspiration for his younger brother. He was teaching him advance sleight of hand.<ref name="ref2"/> Some that he had learned from their father. He also taught him new moves that Carl picked up on his own. He was thrilled that Alexander was an eager and willing student. Carl continued with this throughout their excursion threw Europe. After touring places like Germany, Austria, Italy, and Portugal, the tour ended in Vienna. Carl liked it so much, he made Vienna his home. As promised, he sent Alexander back home to Paris. <br />
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While there, Alexander showed what he had learned from Carl to their father. Samuel was impressed with Alexander’s skill. He decided to let him continue in magic. Carl was to mentor his young brother. Alexander stayed in Paris until he was about 11 years old. Then he returned to Vienna to meet up with Carl. He promised Samuel to teach Alexander things other than magic. While in Vienna Alexander attended college. But, it was sleight of hand that was to be his main interest.<br />
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==Carl mentors Alexander==<br />
Alexander went with Carl on nearly every tour. At first he returned to his role as assistant. This time though he did not float on a pole. Carl discarded those illusions from the last tour when Robert-Houdin discovered that LeGrand was responsible for selling replicas of the fruits of his creations. He had the mechanic arrested. It is not known whether Carl bought the illusions directly from LeGrand or from another source. What is known is that he discarded them in favor of tricks using pure sleight of hand. He found that the audiences enjoyed these tricks better. <br />
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His new approach brought him triumphs in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. In January 1861 he was in Havana, Cuba. His admirers said, “You don’t need a wand to work your imitable wonders. But,” they added, “We thought you merited the finest one ever made.” They presented him with a diamond sapphire gold wand. Engraved on the staff was his portrait along with an inscription. Carl added this to his ever growing collection. <br />
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From Cuba, they sailed to New Orleans. There he gave his first twenty-four performances in the United States at the St. Charles Theatre. The only thing that stopped the run was the outbreak of the [[American Civil War]]. Carl and Alexander packed their bags quickly and caught the last train north. Without any bookings, they sought the prominent New York opera impresario B. Ullman. Ullman arranged for the Herrmann’s to perform at the Academy of Music on 14th St. The impresario told reporters that Prof. Herrmann’s magic, “…was as much acknowledge in Europe as Jenny Lind’s was in music.” <ref name="ref3"/><br />
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Carl was impressed with the progress of his brother Alexander’s skills. He decided to have Alexander became a real part of Carl’s show. By the time they arrived in the United States in 1860, Alexander was seventeen. Audiences noticed his adroitness. His dexterity soon rivaled that of Carl. Jealously brewed on that tour, but never serviced.<br />
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They appeared at the Academy of Music which is generally known for their opera’s, but when the two Herrmann’s arrived, the music played second fiddle to the wonders the two wizards produced. The posters of the time mentioned that Herrmann’s, “… distinguishing feature is the entire absence of any apparatus, all effects being solely produced by extraordinary manual skill.” During the beginning of the their show, Carl announces that his younger brother was his successor-to-be.<br />
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Five weeks of full houses brought Carl receipts totaling thirty-five thousand dollars <ref name="ref3"/> that would be about $700,000 in today’s dollars). With the Civil War in full swing,the Herrmann’s headed for Central and South America. <br />
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A few years later, they parted company. Alexander appeared on his own until he met up with Carl in Vienna in 1867. They formed their second co-partnership and returned to the U.S. to resume their tour there. According to Walter B. Gibson’s book The Magic Masters, "...and implanted the name Herrmann quite firmly there." <ref name="ref2"/> The Herrmann name eventually became synonymous with magic. Eventually the two magic brothers would go their separate ways.<br />
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==Carl tours Europe==<br />
With the departure of Carl, Alexander began his own career in 1862. Carl returned to play to the capitals of Europe.<ref name="ref1"/> Alexander brought his own show to London in 1871 and began his three stretch at Egyptian Hall that he called his one thousand and one nights.<br />
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Carl retired during Alexander’s three stint at Egyptian Hall. Meanwhile, the financial panic of 1873 wiped out Carl. On May 9, the Vienna Stock Exchange crashed. They no longer where able to bankroll the corrupt mismanagement of the Deutsche Bank. A series of Viennese bank failures resulted. This caused a deflation of the money available for business lending.<br />
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He needed money and the only way to pay his debts was to return to performing. The two magical brothers met again in 1885 in Paris.<ref name="ref1"/> Carl was still miffed at Alexander from his triumph at Egyptian Hall. Carl was not about to retire until he regained his fortune. So, an agreement was made between the two brothers to split the world. Compars was to returned to Europe and Alexander to United States.<br />
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==The death of Prof. Herrmann==<br />
Alexander leaves Paris to go back to America. He becomes an established institution. A few years later, While in New York, Alexander heard the news of the death of his brother Carl. Professor Herrmann died on June 8, 1887 in Karlsbad in Germany.<ref>Max Dif - Historie et Évolution Technique de la Prestidigitation - Tome I, p. 271</ref> Alexander was very shocked. Even with the rivalry between them, he could not help but feel that he owed everything to him. "We've always had a warm and brotherly feeling towards each other," he told a newspaper. <br />
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After Carl's death in 1887, Alexander continued with the profession until his own death in 1896. The Herrmann name continued as Alexander's wife Adelaide became the first woman to win notable fame as a magician. Alexander's nephew Leon had accompanied Adelaide, adding another "Herrmann" name to the magical family tree. Leon died in 1909, at the age of 42.<br />
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'''Felix Alfred Herrmann''' (1881-1938), born Felix Alfred Kretschmann in London, performed as "The Great Herrmann", "Herrmann the Great" and "The Great and Only Herrmann". <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
For many years he was with his uncle [[Alexander Herrmann]]. After his death he traveled with [[Adelaide Herrmann]] and with his brother John was of great assistance to her in the act she presented after the departure of [[Leon Herrmann]].<br />
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Felix legally changed his name to Alfred Herrmann in Chicago, May 20, 1918. He had been billing himself as "The Great Herrmann" and "Herrmann the Great" for 14 years prior to that date. His aunt fought with him over using the name.<ref>"HERRMANN" NAME FIGHT, Variety, March 18, 1921.</ref><br />
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He settled down in New Orleans in 1928 where he died in comparative poverty. Members of the [[IBM]] in New Orleans conducted his funeral services.<br />
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== Family == <br />
Nephew of [[Alexander Herrmann]] and [[Adelaide Herrmann]]. Married to Gladys Herrmann.<br />
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* Cover, The Sphinx, Vol. 11, No. 9, November 1912, Felix Herrmann, page 163 <br />
* The Sphinx, Vol. 10, No. 12, February 1913, The Editor's Page, page 236, Correspondence, Adelaide Herrmann, page 239 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 18, No. 10, December 1938, Felix Hermann died, page 635 <br />
* The Sphinx, Vol. 37, No. 10, December 1938, Death of Felix A. Herrmann, page 252 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 30, No. 9, November 1950, Felix Kretschman, Recollections of Adelaide Herrmann's Nephew, by Newmann the Pioneer Mentalist, page 15 <br />
* Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Herrmann, Felix eig. Felix Alfred Kretschmann, engl. Zauberkünstler (*21.2.1881 London, †10.11.1938 New Orleans), page 157 <br />
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'''Felix Alfred Herrmann''' (1881-1938), born Felix Alfred Kretschmann in London, performed as "The Great Herrmann", "Herrmann the Great" and "The Great and Only Herrmann". <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
For many years he was with his uncle [[Alexander Herrmann]]. After his death he traveled with [[Adelaide Herrmann]] and with his brother John was of great assistance to her in the act she presented after the departure of [[Leon Herrmann]].<br />
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Felix legally changed his name to Alfred Herrmann in Chicago, May 20, 1918. He had been billing himself as "The Great Herrmann" and "Herrmann the Great" for 14 years prior to that date. His aunt fought with him over using the name.<ref>"HERRMANN" NAME FIGHT, Variety, March 18, 1921.</ref><br />
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He settled down in New Orleans in 1928 where he died in comparative poverty. Members of the [[IBM]] in New Orleans conducted his funeral services.<br />
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== Family == <br />
Nephew of [[Alexander Herrmann]] and [[Adelaide Herrmann]]. Married to Gladys Herrmann.<br />
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* Cover, The Sphinx, Vol. 11, No. 9, November 1912, Felix Herrmann, page 163 <br />
* The Sphinx, Vol. 10, No. 12, February 1913, The Editor's Page, page 236, Correspondence, Adelaide Herrmann, page 239 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 18, No. 10, December 1938, Felix Hermann died, page 635 <br />
* The Sphinx, Vol. 37, No. 10, December 1938, Death of Felix A. Herrmann, page 252 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 30, No. 9, November 1950, Felix Kretschman, Recollections of Adelaide Herrmann's Nephew, by Newmann the Pioneer Mentalist, page 15 <br />
* Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Herrmann, Felix eig. Felix Alfred Kretschmann, engl. Zauberkünstler (*21.2.1881 London, †10.11.1938 New Orleans), page 157 <br />
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'''Alexander Herrmann''' (1844-1896) was a French magician, better known as "The Great Herrmann" and "Herrman the Great" and was part of the [[Herrmann]] family name which has been called "first-family of magic". <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Herrmann was born in Paris to Samuel and Anna Sarah Herrmann, a physician who occasionally performed throughout Europe as a conjuror. Alexander's brother [[Compars Herrmann]] left medical school at an early age to pursue a career as a magician and served as a role model and inspiration for Alexander.<br />
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He joined his brother's stage show at the age of eight and the brothers toured the world together. Eventually they would go their separate ways, Compars returning to Europe and Alexander to America where he became a naturalized citizen in July 1876 in Boston. Throughout the 1870s and 1880s, Alexander and his wife [[Adelaide Herrmann]] performed together in elaborate stage shows. The pair adapted [[Robert Houdin]]'s [[Aerial Suspension]] routine and performed their own version of the [[bullet catch]].<br />
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After his death, his nephew [[Leon Herrmann]] moved to the U.S. to continue the act with his Aunt Adelaide.<ref>http://deadconjurers.blogspot.com/search/label/Alexander%20Herrmann</ref><br />
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Herrmann was one of the few magicians that actually produced a rabbit from a hat.<br />
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* Cover [[Linking Ring]], Vol. 9, no. 7, September 1929.<br />
* Photo [[Genii 1951 January]]<br />
* Cover [[Genii 1958 August]]<br />
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| birth_year = 1853<br />
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'''Adelaide Herrmann''' (1853 - 1932) was born of Belgian parents in London, England. She came to the United States in 1868, when sixteen years old, as a member of the Kiralfy family of celebrated dancers. After her marriage of [[Alexander Herrmann]] she was chief assistant for her husband. She continued his show after his death with his nephew [[Leon Herrmann]]. She later created and starred in her own oriental act. Adelaide died 1932 in the Community Hospital, 8 St. Nicholas PL, New York City, of pneumonia.<br />
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== Biography==<br />
Adele Celine Scarcez (Adelaide) met Alexander Herrmann while he was performing at [[Egyptian Hall]] in England. At the time she was part of the Kiralfy’s Dance Troupe. She later learned to ride a Velocipede, which was a unusual kind of bicycle, which became a specialty act that she could perform.<br />
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The two would run into each other again a short time later and began a relationship. On March 27th, 1875 Alexander and Adelaide were married in New York.<br />
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Adelaide was quickly brought into the Herrmann act, though in the earliest days she actually dressed in male clothes and was referred to as “Mr. Alexander”. Eventually, her male clothes gave way to female attire as Adelaide became an important part in the illusions presented by Herrmann. Their version of the Aerial Suspension was called “The Slave Girl’s Dream” and they created a unique presentation for the effect. Other routines which featured Adelaide included the Spirit Cabinet, The Cremation Illusion, and an act where Adelaide was shot out of a cannon!<br />
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They enjoyed a busy and prosperous life together until Dec 17, 1896 when Alexander passed away in route to Bradford, Pennsylvania. According the Adelaide, her husband had always intended to pass the show onto his nephew Leon Herrmann, so Adelaide summoned him from Europe to join her in a new show. Though he was a fine magician, Leon didn’t have the command of the language that Alexander had and therefore did not quite fill the shoes of the Great Herrmann. Leon and Adelaide performed together for three seasons and then split up and went their separate ways.<br />
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Adelaide soon returned to [[Vaudeville]] stages presenting her own solo act. She even learned difficult billiard ball manipulations and featured them in her show. She had a flair for beautiful costuming and also for developing clever twists to add to her show. She had a very successful solo career until 1926 when a warehouse fire destroyed all the Herrmann illusions and magic props and killed all the animals featured in her show.<br />
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With the help of fellow magicians, she was able to rebuild an act and continued to perform until her retirement from the stage in 1928.<ref>Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic</ref> <br />
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Adelaide was one of the few magicians to perform the infamous [[Bullet catch]] trick, which had been an occasional feature of her husband's act. On January 19, 1897, a month after his death, she stood in his place in front of a firing squad at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Publicity material describes her as catching six bullets fired at her by local militiamen.<ref>Cover, [[Genii 2000 August|Genii Magazine, Vol. 63, No. 8, August 2000]], Adelaide Herrmann, by James Hamilton, page 40</ref><ref>http://deadconjurers.blogspot.com/search/label/Alexander%20Herrmann</ref><br />
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==Books==<br />
*Adelaide Herrmann Queen of Magic: Memoirs, Published Writings and Collected Ephemera (2012)<br />
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* Cover, [[Sphinx|The Sphinx, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 1903]], Magician of the Month, page 15<br />
* [[Linking Ring|The Linking Ring, Vol. 12, No. 1, March 1932]], Mme. Adelaide Herrmann Dies in New York, by Clinton Burgess, page 10<br />
* [[Sphinx|The Sphinx, Vol. 31, No. 1, March 1932]], Mme. Herrmann Dies, page 23 <br />
* [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 70, No. 10, March 1981]], Ladies of the Hall of Fame, by Colette Cozea - Madame Adelaide Herrmann, page 17 <br />
* [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 98, No. 5, October 2008]], The Nielsen Gallery, M'lle Addie, page 60<br />
* Cover, [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 100, No. 12, May 2011]], Adelaide Herrmann & The Society of American Magicians, by Margret Steele, page 44 <br />
* Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Herrmann, Adelaide = Queen of Magic; Mlle. Addie, eig. Adelaide Scarsez, belg.-USA Zauberkünstlerin (*11.08.1853 London; †19.02.1932 New York), page 155 <br />
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* http://www.artefake.com/Adelaide-HERRMANN.html Adélaïde HERRMANN (1853-1932) <br />
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'''Servais Le Roy''' (1865-1953) was a Belgian magician, illusion designer and businessman. He is best known for the act Le Roy, [[Talma]] and [[Leon Bosco]] and as the inventor of the classic levitation illusion [[Asrah]].<br />
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== Biography==<br />
Servais (pronounce Ser-Vay) Le Roy began his career in Belgium but later moved to London, where he established a supply house for illusions and scenery. At one time he performed with German-born illusionist [[Imro Fox]] and [[Frederick Eugene Powell]] as "The Triple Alliance". However he is best known as a performer for the long-running act he developed with his wife Talma and Leon Bosco. Working as "Le Roy - Talma - Bosco", they were sometimes also billed as "The Comedians de Mephisto Co." or "The Monarchs of Magic". <br />
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Servais Le Roy and Talma first performed the Asrah levitation in London in 1914. In this trick, Talma would lie on a couch and Servais would cover her with a sheet. He would then appear to make her rise into the air, pass a large hoop over her floating body, and finally pull away the sheet to reveal that she had vanished. Le Roy is also credited with developing the Modern Cabinet, the Palanquin and the [[Costume Trunk]] illusions.<br />
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Le Roy later put his own show into storage and accepted a contract from [[Horace Goldin]].<br />
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On October 19, 1930, Le Roy was hit by a car walking across the streets in New York City. He was in the hospital with multiple injuries for nine days. He recovered and continued to invent, create and occasionally perform.<br />
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On June 6, 1940, at the age of 75, he performed his full evening show billed as "NEVER BEFORE SUCH A MAGIC SHOW" at the Heckscher Theatre in New York City. This was the idea of [[Sam Margules]], who was putting together the annual [[S.A.M.]] show. LeRoy was performing for the first time in years with a new set of assistants. Having only single rehearsal with this new crew, the show was a disaster. <br />
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* News [[Genii 1940 June]]<br />
* The Magic Circular, Vol. 47, No. 529, September 1953, SERVAIS LE ROY, by Milbourne Christopher, pages 403-407, SOME NOTES ON SERVAIS LE ROY, by Percy Naldrett, page 408 <br />
* Article [[Genii 1959 November]]<br />
* [[Servais Le Roy: Monarch of Mystery]] by [[Mike Caveney]] and [[William Rauscher]]<br />
* Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, LeRoy, Jean Henri Servais belg.–USA Zauberkünstler (*04.05.1865 Spa, Belgien, †02.06.1953 Keansburg, New Jersey), page 203 <br />
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'''Servais Le Roy''' (1865-1953) was a Belgian magician, illusion designer and businessman. He is best known for the act Le Roy, [[Talma]] and [[Leon Bosco]] and as the inventor of the classic levitation illusion [[Asrah]].<br />
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== Biography==<br />
Servais (pronounce Ser-Vay) Le Roy began his career in Belgium but later moved to London, where he established a supply house for illusions and scenery. At one time he performed with German-born illusionist [[Imro Fox]] and [[Frederick Eugene Powell]] as "The Triple Alliance". However he is best known as a performer for the long-running act he developed with his wife Talma and Leon Bosco. Working as "Le Roy - Talma - Bosco", they were sometimes also billed as "The Comedians de Mephisto Co." or "The Monarchs of Magic". <br />
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Servais Le Roy and Talma first performed the Asrah levitation in London in 1914. In this trick, Talma would lie on a couch and Servais would cover her with a sheet. He would then appear to make her rise into the air, pass a large hoop over her floating body, and finally pull away the sheet to reveal that she had vanished. Le Roy is also credited with developing the Modern Cabinet, the Palanquin and the [[Costume Trunk]] illusions.<br />
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Le Roy later put his own show into storage and accepted a contract from [[Horace Goldin]].<br />
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On October 19, 1930, Le Roy was hit by a car walking across the streets in New York City. He was in the hospital with multiple injuries for nine days. He recovered and continued to invent, create and occasionally perform.<br />
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On June 6, 1940, at the age of 75, he performed his full evening show billed as "NEVER BEFORE SUCH A MAGIC SHOW" at the Heckscher Theatre in New York City. This was the idea of [[Sam Margules]], who was putting together the annual [[S.A.M.]] show. LeRoy was performing for the first time in years with a new set of assistants. Having only single rehearsal with this new crew, the show was a disaster. <br />
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* News [[Genii 1940 June]]<br />
* The Magic Circular, Vol. 47, No. 529, September 1953, SERVAIS LE ROY, by Milbourne Christopher, pages 403-407, SOME NOTES ON SERVAIS LE ROY, by Percy Naldrett, page 408 <br />
* Article [[Genii 1959 November]]<br />
* [[Servais Le Roy: Monarch of Mystery]] by [[Mike Caveney]] and [[William Rauscher]]<br />
* Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, LeRoy, Jean Henri Servais belg.–USA Zauberkünstler (*04.05.1865 Spa, Belgien, †02.06.1953 Keansburg, New Jersey), page 203 <br />
* http://deancarnegie.blogspot.com/2011/02/when-heroes-fall.html<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Le Roy,Servais}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dr._James_William_Elliott&diff=82225Dr. James William Elliott2017-09-10T03:29:31Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_place = Milton Plantation, Oxford County, Maine<br />
| death_day = January 28, <br />
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'''Dr. James William Elliott''' (1874 - 1920) was a physician from Rumford, Maine who went on to become an accomplished magician. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
While attending college in Boston he befriended [[Harry Houdini]]. He worked with [[Servais Le Roy]] and [[Felix Herrmann]]. He gave up medicine for ten years to tour as the part of Bosco in the magic act [[Le Roy, Talma and Bosco]]. Even after returning to medicine he continued to practice and perfect card tricks as an amateur. <br />
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He was the treasurer for the [[Magic Mystic Fraternity]], one of the only magical society in existence at the time in 1898. He contributed to "[[New Era Card Tricks]]" and amongst professional card players of his time he was called "The Boston Kid."<br />
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In September of 1898, he published in "[[Mahatma]]" a challenge in which any-man in the world to dispute his claim to the title "Champion Card Manipulator of the World". He offered up to a $10,000 prize, a claim which was never accepted nor disputed.<br />
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He is believed to be the inventor of the Back Palm with cards which he taught to [[T. Nelson Downs]]. According to [[Dai Vernon]] in his [[Vernon Touch]] column for [[Genii 1982 March]], Elliott was the first to see the Back Palm performed by a Mexican gambler in Beadles' Magic Ship in New York, then went on to create his version.<br />
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Elliott died in Boston of intestinal nephritis before he could finish a book he was planning to write, but Houdini and Clinton Burgess filled in some of the missing explanations from Elliott's notes. He was buried in a family plot in the Abbott’s Mills Cemetery on the outskirts of Rumford. <br />
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[[IBM]] Ring #362 holds a Card Magic Contest every April in Rumford in memory to Dr. James Elliott. <br />
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==Books==<br />
*[[Elliott's Last Legacy]] by [[Clinton Burgess]] (1923) Edited by [[Harry Houdini]].<br />
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* http://www.ibmring362.org/contest1.html<br />
* http://deadconjurers.blogspot.com/2011/01/dr-james-elliotts-grave.html<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott,James}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rufus_Steele&diff=82224Rufus Steele2017-09-10T03:18:02Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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'''Rufus Steele''' (1881-1955) started out as a professional gambler and became a well known card expert. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Rufus grew up in New England and told his friend [[Robert Parrish]] that he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become an electrical engineer. His interest in magic came from meeting [[Dr. James William Elliott]]. Rufus never married nor had a family of any kind. He was very active in the magic community and the [[IBM]].<ref>[[Words about Wizards]] by [[Robert Parrish]] (1994)</ref> <br />
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He had lived for the past several years of his life at the Wacker Hotel, where [[Theo Bamberg]] and other magicians have made their home, often giving card lessons. <ref>Obit [[Genii 1955 October]]</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
*[[Card Tricks You Will Do]] (1928)<br />
*[[Card Tricks That are Easy To Learn]] (1935)<br />
*[[50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do]] (1946)<br />
*[[52 Amazing Card Tricks]] (1949)<br />
*[[Paul Rosini's Magical Gems]] (1950)<br />
*[[The Last Word On Cards]] (1952)<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 28, No. 7, September 1948, MYSTERY MAN EXPOSED (autobiography) by Frances Ireland, page 19 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 35, No. 8, October 1055, 1881 – William Francis (Rufus) Steele – 1955, page 16, William F. (Rufus) Steele Dies In Hospital by Frances Ireland, page 101 <br />
* The New Phoenix, Vol. 330, October 1955, Back Talk, page 131 <br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steele,Rufus}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rufus_Steele&diff=82223Rufus Steele2017-09-10T03:17:23Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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'''Rufus Steele''' (1881-1955) started out as a professional gambler and became a well known card expert. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Rufus grew up in New England and told his friend [[Robert Parrish]] that he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become an electrical engineer. His interest in magic came from meeting [[Dr. James William Elliott]]. Rufus never married nor had a family of any kind. He was very active in the magic community and the [[IBM]].<ref>[[Words about Wizards]] by [[Robert Parrish]] (1994)</ref> <br />
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He had lived for the past several years of his life at the Wacker Hotel, where [[Theo Bamberg]] and other magicians have made their home, often giving card lessons. <ref>Obit [[Genii 1955 October]]</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
*[[Card Tricks You Will Do]] (1928)<br />
*[[Card Tricks That are Easy To Learn]] (1935)<br />
*[[50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do]] (1946)<br />
*[[52 Amazing Card Tricks]] (1949)<br />
*[[Paul Rosini's Magical Gems]] (1950)<br />
*[[The Last Word On Cards]] (1952)<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 28, No. 7, September 1948, MYSTERY MAN EXPOSED (autobiography) by Frances Ireland, page 19 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 35, No. 8, October 1055, 1881 – William Francis (Rufus) Steele – 1955, page 16, William F. (Rufus) Steele Dies In Hospital by Frances Ireland, page 101 <br />
* The New Phoenix, Vol. 330, October 1955, Back Talk, page 131 <br />
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'''Rufus Steele''' (1881-1955) started out as a professional gambler and became a well known card expert. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Rufus grew up in New England and told his friend [[Robert Parrish]] that he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become an electrical engineer. His interest in magic came from meeting [[Dr. James William Elliott]]. Rufus never married nor had a family of any kind. He was very active in the magic community and the [[IBM]].<ref>[[Words about Wizards]] by [[Robert Parrish]] (1994)</ref> <br />
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He had lived for the past several years of his life at the Wacker Hotel, where [[Theo Bamberg]] and other magicians have made their home, often giving card lessons. <ref>Obit [[Genii 1955 October]]</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
*[[Card Tricks You Will Do]] (1928)<br />
*[[Card Tricks That are Easy To Learn]] (1935)<br />
*[[50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do]] (1946)<br />
*[[52 Amazing Card Tricks]] (1949)<br />
*[[Paul Rosini's Magical Gems]] (1950)<br />
*[[The Last Word On Cards]] (1952)<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 28, No. 7, September 1948, MYSTERY MAN EXPOSED (autobiography) by Frances Ireland, page 19 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 35, No. 8, October 1055, 1881 – William Francis (Rufus) Steele – 1955, page 16, William F. (Rufus) Steele Dies In Hospital by Frances Ireland, page 101 <br />
* The New Phoenix, Vol. 330, October 1955, Back Talk, page 131 <br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steele,Rufus}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Julien_Proskauer&diff=82221Julien Proskauer2017-09-10T02:56:40Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_year = 1893<br />
| birth_place = New York City<br />
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'''Julien J. Proskauer''' (1893-1958), an amateur magician and author was a head of a publishing firm. <ref>Broken Wand, Linking Ring, February 1959</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Proskauer became interested in magic since age of ten and contributor to many magazines and journals. His book "How'd ja do that ?" has been widely translated and was the subject of a motion picture. <ref>Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)</ref><br />
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In 1939 he wrote the introduction to [[Jean Hugard]]'s "[[Modern Magic Manual]]." He was a close friend of the [[Theodore Hardeen]].<ref>Obit, Hugard's Magic Monthly, January, 1939</ref><br />
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He was a stockholder of [[The Sphinx]], served as National President of the [[Society of American Magicians]] (1935-1936) and published [[Conjurors' Magazine]] from 1945 to 1947.<br />
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==Books==<br />
* Spook Crooks! (1932)<br />
* How'd ja do That? (1934)<br />
* Suckers All! (1934)<br />
* [[Fun at Cocktail Time]] (1938)<br />
* The Dead Do Not Talk (1946)<br />
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* Cover [[Genii 1940 May]]<br />
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'''Julien J. Proskauer''' (1893-1958), an amateur magician and author was a head of a publishing firm. <ref>Broken Wand, Linking Ring, February 1959</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Proskauer became interested in magic since age of ten and contributor to many magazines and journals. His book "How'd ja do that ?" has been widely translated and was the subject of a motion picture. <ref>Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)</ref><br />
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In 1939 he wrote the introduction to [[Jean Hugard]]'s "[[Modern Magic Manual]]." He was a close friend of the [[Theodore Hardeen]].<ref>Obit, Hugard's Magic Monthly, January, 1939</ref><br />
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He was a stockholder of [[The Sphinx]], served as National President of the [[Society of American Magicians]] (1935-1936) and published [[Conjurors' Magazine]] from 1945 to 1947.<br />
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==Books==<br />
* Spook Crooks! (1932)<br />
* How'd ja do That? (1934)<br />
* Suckers All! (1934)<br />
* [[Fun at Cocktail Time]] (1938)<br />
* The Dead Do Not Talk (1946)<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* Cover [[Genii 1940 May]]<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Proskauer,Julien}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Max_Holden&diff=82219Max Holden2017-09-10T02:28:43Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = August 20,<br />
| birth_year = 1884<br />
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts<br />
| death_day = July 03, <br />
| death_year = 1949<br />
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'''Max Holden''' (August 20, 1884 - July 3, 1949) was born William Holden Maxwell in Boston, Massachusetts (although some references claim Glasgow, Scotland). He spent much of his time as a boy traveling between New England and Scotland, accompanying his parents on junkets. He began as assistant to [[David Devant]] in 1901.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He enjoyed success in England before coming back to the United States to work in [[Vaudeville]]. He worked with wife as the team "Holden & Graham". His major act was a colored-light [[Shadowgraphy]]<ref>THE ART OF SHADOWGRAPH on [http://www.quick-change-artistry.com/shadowgraphy.html Quick Change Artistry]</ref><br />
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He also worked with Vivian Le Clair around 1910 in Massachusetts (their photo can be seen in the [[Conjuring Arts]]' exhibit "The Many Faces of Magic"<ref>http://conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/the-many-faces-of-magic/holden-and-le-clair/</ref><br />
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In 1914 Mr. Holden invented and patented a colored smoke picture trick called shadowgraphs, with which he toured Europe, Africa, Australia, the Par East and<br />
the United States as a headliner.<br />
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Holden spent his later life as a magic dealer, opening [[Max Holden Magic Shop]] in New York city (with branches in Boston and Philadelphia). He opened his first store in 1929 with support from [[Lewis Davenport]].<br />
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He was a member of the London Inner Magic Circle, the [[Society of American Magicians]], the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]] and the [[Magician's Guild ]].<br />
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Holden wrote a column which ran for several years in the [[Sphinx]] titled "Trouping Around In Magic". <br />
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Holden created the very popular [[Cross Cut Force]]. He also secretly helped Camel cigarettes with their series of magazine ads that explained magic tricks in 1933 under the tag line "It's Fun to Be Fooled, but It's More Fun to Know". It caused quite a scandal in the magic community, but no one found out Holden's involvement until after his death.<ref>[[Knack Magic Tricks]] by Richard Kaufman, page 29</ref><ref>Cover [[Genii 1948 December|Genii Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1948]], MAX and TESS HOLDEN, page 109</ref><ref>[[Bat|The Bat, Issue 68, August 1949]], reprint of New York Herald Tribune, Wednesday, July 6, 1949: Max Holden, Ex-Vaudeville Magician, Dies, page 529</ref><ref>Obituary [[Genii 1949 August|Genii Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 12, August 1949]], In Loving Memory, MAX HOLDEN, page 371</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
*[[Programmes of Famous Magicians]] (1937)<br />
*[[Manual of Juggling]] (1947)<br />
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* Cover, The Sphinx, Vol. 25, No. 7, September 1926, MAX HOLDEN, page 181 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 8, No. 12, February 1929, MAX HOLDEN, page 978 <br />
* The Sphinx, Vol. 31, No. 5, July 1932, Who’s Who in Magic, page 205 <br />
* The Sphinx, Vol. 40, No. 1, March 1941, MAX HOLDEN, page 79 <br />
* Goodliffe's Abracadabra, Vol. 7, No. 182, July 1949, IN MEMORIAM. Max Holden, Died 3rd July, 1949 by Goodliffe, page 412<br />
* The Sphinx, Vol. 48, No. 5, July 1949, Max Holden, page 138 <br />
* The Conjuror’s Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 6, August 1949, In Memory Max, by Julien J. Proskauer, page 7, William Holden Maxwell, page 17 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 29, No. 6, August 1949, William Holden Maxwell, 1884-1949, page 79 <br />
* Tops Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 8, August 1949, Max Holden Dies, page 25<br />
* Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Maxwell, William Holden = Max Holden, Holden & Graham, USA Zauberkünstler (*20.08.1884 Boston, Massachusetts; †03.07.1949), page 228<br />
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[[de:Max Holden]]</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Caryl_Fleming&diff=82218Caryl Fleming2017-09-10T02:02:42Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = October 13, <br />
| birth_year = 1890 <br />
| birth_place = Cedar Rapids, Iowa<br />
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'''Caryl "Carl" Fleming''' (1890-1940) was known for making special chemicals, like [[It's a Pip]] liquid which he created with Judge [[Charles W. Fricke]] in 1937.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
In 1917, he was employed by Film Craft Corporation in New York City as a motion picture director. Fleming worked as an actor, director, writer and amateur magician in New York and later in Los Angeles. <br />
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In 1938, he helped charter the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]] "Hollywood Ring 21" which was later changed to the "Caryl Fleming Ring". He was also a president of the [[Pacific Coast Association of Magicians]] and started the [[International Alliance of Magicians]].<br />
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He was known for making special chemicals, like [[It's a Pip]] liquid which he created with [[Charles W. Fricke]] (Judge) in 1937.<br />
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Fleming wrote a series of twelve articles in [[Genii]] entitled ''So Your Club Is Going to Give a Show'' from [[Genii 1936 September|September 1936]] to [[Genii 1937 August|August 1937]].<br />
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He died in Los Angeles while performing a card trick, just one month before his 50th birthday. <br />
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After his death a trophy was established for the IBM national convention of originality called the Fleming Perpetual award and held for 1 year. The wooden and lead trophy is currently in the IBM offices and in need of repair.<ref>Cover [[Genii 1936 December]]</ref><ref>Cover [[Genii 1938 December]]</ref><ref>Cover [[Genii 1941 September]]</ref><ref>http://www.ibmring21.org/fleminghistory.html</ref><ref>[[Tops|Tops Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 11, November 1940]], Caryl Fleming, by Lloyd E. Jones, page 10</ref> <br />
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* The Sphinx, Vol. 39, No. 7, September 1940, Caryl Stacy Fleming Dies, page 168 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 20, No. 8, October 1940, Caryl S. Fleming Passes On, page 587 <br />
* [[Tops|Tops Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 10, October 1940]], World of Magic Mourns Caryl S. Fleming, page 15<br />
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| birth_place = Strassbourg, Alsace Lorain (then Germany)<br />
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'''Henry C. Huber''' (January 17, 1886 - September 7, 1946) performed straight-jacket escapes and stage magic as "The Great Huber".<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], September, 1932</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He began performing professionally in 1904, just before moving to United States in 1905. <ref>Magic A Pictorial History History of Conjurers in the Theater by [[David Price]] (1985)</ref><br />
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Holden describes his act in [[Programmes of Famous Magicians]].<br />
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[[de:Henry Huber]]</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Henry_Huber&diff=82216Henry Huber2017-09-10T01:56:52Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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'''Henry C. Huber''' (January 17, 1886 - September 7, 1946) performed straight-jacket escapes and stage magic as "The Great Huber".<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], September, 1932</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He began performing professionally in 1904, just before moving to United States in 1905. <ref>Magic A Pictorial History History of Conjurers in the Theater by [[David Price]] (1985)</ref><br />
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Holden describes his act in [[Programmes of Famous Magicians]].<br />
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[[de:Henry Huber]]</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Richard_J._Weibel&diff=82215Richard J. Weibel2017-09-10T01:53:58Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_year = 1929<br />
| birth_place = Allentown, Pennsylvania<br />
| death_day = April 25, <br />
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'''Richard J. Weibel''' Richard J. Weibel was a magician and noted magic scholar. ]<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He was a long-time contributor to [[The Linking Ring]], writing the column, "Conjuring Psychology" for many years. <br />
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One of his most notable articles appeared in Genii magazine in 1980, entitled "Emporiums of Miracles" began a series or articles outlining the history of magic shops throughout the U.S. <br />
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He also contributed to The Sphinx magazine on the psychology of magic. <br />
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== Further Reading ==<br />
* First series of “Conjuring Psychology” published in The Linking Ring, Vol. 32, No. 1-8, January–August 1952 <br />
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{{References}}<br />
{{Wikipedia}}<br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 32, No. 3, May 1952, Richard J. Weibel, The Conjuring Psychologist, by Allen Towne, page 32<br />
* Cover, The Linking Ring, Vol. 74, N0. 9, September 1994, Our Cover, Richard J. Weibel, page 55 <br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weibel,Richard J.}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Edward_Massey&diff=81287Edward Massey2016-10-29T21:01:33Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = February 9,<br />
| birth_year = 1889<br />
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br />
| death_day = November 15,<br />
| death_year = 1964<br />
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'''Edward Massey''' (1889-1964) was an author, inventor, amateur magician and magic dealer. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He worked with various firms in Philadelphia in an advertising capacity and was a member of the [[S.A.M.]], [[I.B.M.]] and the [[M.D.A.]] He contributed articles to [[The Sphinx]] using his own drawings for illustrations.<ref>Cover, [[Sphinx|The Sphinx, Vol. 22, No. 12, February 1924]], Edward M. Massey, page 351</ref> <br />
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Massey created numerous magic effects including Squeezaway Block, Silk Cabby, Finger Guillotine, Rod Thru Body and Chinese Flame Clock, Indestructible Ribbon, Ribbon Fantastique, Corker, Baffler, Cabinet of Deodar, Card Dagger, Card in Glass, Century Silk Frame, Divination Slate of Fate, Chest of Wang, Wrist Chopper, Glass Penetration, and AmazRing.<ref>Obit, [[Genii 1964 November]]</ref> <br />
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== Books ==<br />
* [[New and Original Magic]] (1922)<br />
* New and Exclusive Magic (1922)<br />
* Left Hand Left (1932) (a detective novel, as "Morrell Massey")<br />
* Adventures of a Boy Magician (1934) (as "Morrell Massey")<br />
* Through the Lens (1933) (as Morrell Massey)<br />
* Five Were Called (1941) (as Morrell Massey)<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* [[Linking Ring|The Linking Ring, Vol. 27, No. 4, June 1947]], Edward Morrell Massey, by Luther Southworth, page 23<br />
* [[Genii 1953 June|Genii Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 10, June 1953]], News of The Magic Dealer Association – Edward M. Massey, page 427 <br />
* Cover, [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 45, No. 4, September 1955]], Edward Morrell Massey, magician-of-the-month, by Leslie P. Guest, page 148<br />
* [[Linking Ring|The Linking Ring, Vol. 44, No. 12, December 1964]], Broken Wand, Edward Morrell Massey, page 138 <br />
* [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 54, No. 8, January 1965]], Broken Wands, Edwad M. Massey, page 406 <br />
* [[New Tops|The New Tops, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1965]], Final Curtain, Edward M. Massey, page 5 <br />
* [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 103, No. 1, June 2013]], Massey’s Sawing Through an Arm, by Ken Klosterman, page 168 <br />
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[[de:Edward Massey]]</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=William_Becker&diff=81191William Becker2016-10-11T03:22:43Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = April 17,<br />
| birth_year = 1886 <br />
| birth_place = In a small town near Berlin, Germany<br />
| death_day = February 18,<br />
| death_year = 1985<br />
| death_place = Aurora, Illinois<br />
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'''William Becker''' (1886-1985), a successful full-time professional who began performing as '''Mystero''', spent 50 years working as a magician. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He came to America as an infant and has made Aurora, Illinois his home all his life.<br />
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He was accepted into the [[Society of American Magicians]] in early 1915 with membership #463. <br />
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By 1919 Becker was playing a successful show featuring the Mystic Fountain, Enchanted Barnyard and Witching Cave. Throughout the 1920s he was performing his Mystero show while moving to Indiana, back to Aurora then Iowa and once again back to Aurora. He also played [[Lyceum]] dates throughout Wisconsin. <br />
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Throughout the 1940s Becker placed holiday greeting ads in [[The Sphinx]] and [[Genii]], once billing himself as a "Master Transformist." <ref>http://itricks.com/news/2014/05/on-the-trail-of-the-mysterious-mystero/</ref><br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
Lifetime Membership to SAM (1980)<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* Cover, [[New Tops|The New Tops, Vol. 4, No. 3, Mach 1964]], Cover Portrait … William Becker, by Neil Foster, page 4<br />
* [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 74, No. 12, May 1985]], Broken Wands, William Becker, page 30 <br />
* http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30670422 William F Becker <br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Becker,William}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Herbert_Albini&diff=81190Herbert Albini2016-10-11T02:36:53Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = October 23,<br />
| birth_year = 1859<br />
| birth_place = Poland<br />
| death_day = May 28, <br />
| death_year = 1913<br />
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'''Herbert Albini''' (1859-1913), born Abraham Laski in Poland, had one of the largest illusion acts in [[Vaudeville]].<br />
== Biography ==<br />
Albini began performing in Britain, but moved to United Statses in 1891 where he appropriated the stage name of Lieutenant Ablini (Frederick Baxter Ewing) from the British Isles.<br />
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By 1911, as ''Albini the Great'', he owned one of the largest illusion acts in vaudeville and had twelve assistants. He was noted for his [[Egg Bag]] routine and for using a brand new deck of cards for each card trick scattering them to the floor. The stage would be filled with cards by the end of the show.<br />
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Albini died at the age of 53 in his Chicago hotel room.<ref>Sphinx, Vol. 12, No. 4, Page 68 notes day of death May 28th.</ref><br />
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[[Harry Blackstone]], then Harry Boughton, bought several pieces of Albini's equipment and later performed several of Albini's illusions.<br />
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* The Magical World, New Series, No. 4, June 1913, "Albini The Great" is Death, page 58 <br />
* [[Genii 1957 August|Genii Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 12, August 1957]], Dave Price writes from Egyptian Hall Museum, page 457 <br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Albini}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rolland_Hamblen&diff=81189Rolland Hamblen2016-10-11T02:31:28Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = December 26 <br />
| birth_year = 1897 <br />
| birth_place = Ottawa, Kansas<br />
| death_day = August 25 <br />
| death_year = 1964 <br />
| death_place = Eugene, Oregon<br />
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'''Rolland Hamblen''' (1897-1964) performed in [[vaudeville]] and later was a demonstrator for the [[Thayer Magic Company]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Born Rolland Allison Hamblen on Dec. 26, 1897 in Ottawa, Kansas. He was a veteran of the armed forces and served in World War I.<ref>www.findagrave.com, Rolland Hamblen, Eugene Register-Guard Newspaper, News item and Obituary, August 26, 1964, posted 2016 by Rebecca Boardman</ref> He married after the war and he and his fist wife Marjorie divorced in Modesto, California in 1924.<ref>Modesto Evening News, November 4, 1924</ref><br />
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In 1935, he played bit parts as a magician in 3 movies: ''The Little Colonel'' (with [[Shirley Temple]]), ''Orchids to You'', and ''Welcome Home''.<ref>www.imdb.com, The Internet Movie Database, Rolland Hamblen</ref> <br />
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He married Lucille Anlauf in 1936 in Klickitat, Washington. He and Lucille resided the final 22 years of his life (1942-1964) at McKenzie Bridge, Oregon where he was a member of the Springfield Elks Lodge #2145. He toured the country with his act for many years. After retiring, he and his wife Lucille hosted an act at a Eugene, Oregon nightclub for many years in the winter months. He was credited with doing more than 2,000 card tricks and was considered to be among the foremost experts in his time. He Died Aug. 25, 1964 at age 66 of a heart attack in a Eugene, Oregon area hospital.<ref>www.findagrave.com, Rolland Hamblen, Eugene Register-Guard Newspaper, News item and Obituary, August 26, 1964, posted 2016 by Rebecca Boardman</ref> <br />
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Although he did a vaudeville act, he had a greater success performing in Moose Lodges and Elks Clubs in the small towns of California, Oregon<br />
and Washington State. <br />
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A friend of [[Charlie Miller]], he was considered a top sleight of hand experts. Hamblen performed in many movies in the 1930's where they needed close-ups of hands in gambling or magic scenes. He also taught magic to many Hollywood actors including [[Orson Welles]], [[Chester Morris]] and Charlie Chaplin.<br />
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He eventually married and settled into a secluded home on the McKenzie River in Southern Oregon. He worked the rest of his life in private clubs. <ref>Life and Magic of Billy Bishop by [[Billy Bishop]] (2000)</ref><br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
*Hamblen's Four Possible Impossibilities (1933)<br />
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==Contributions== <br />
* [[Trick of the Month Club]] Series No. 2, No. 04: Cards That Change Their Coats (Oct. 1932)<br />
*Card Trick Inspired [[Genii 1940 August]]<br />
*E.S.P. in Flames, Magicana [[Genii 1969 April]]<br />
* PSEUDO MEMORY ACT [[Genii 1981 May]]<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamblen,Rolland}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=William_King&diff=81188William King2016-10-11T02:24:18Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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<div>{{See also | [[Mac King]]'s cousin and illustrator, [[Bill King |Bill King]]}}<br />
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| birth_day = November 19, <br />
| birth_year = 1925 <br />
| birth_place = Hagerstown, Maryland<br />
| death_day = May 12, <br />
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'''William (Bill) King''' (1925-2011), a magic collector with an astounding collection, was nationally known for his research of magic history. He authored books on magic history and biographies of magicians and published books under '''King Books'''.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He was a member of the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]]' Ring #94 of Hagerstown (which honored him by naming it the "King Ring") and the [[Society of American Magicians]] Assembly. He was also a member of the [[Magic Circle]] of London, England. <br />
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He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European theater and was awarded the Bronze Star.<br />
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He was a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University.<br />
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In the 1960s, he had a small business with selling origami dollar bills,opening "The Money Gift Shop" at his Hagerstown Bank.<ref>MAKING MONEY SELLING MONEY, Success Book Volume Two, Frances and Jay Marshall (1974)</ref> <br />
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He was a retired President and CEO of the Hagerstown Trust Company and Mid Atlantic Bancorp and died after a long series of illnesses.<ref>http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=244882#Post244882</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
* [[Folding Money]] (with [[Adolfo Cerceda]] - 1963)<br />
* [[Magic in Selling]] (1969)<br />
* [[The Artistic and Magical Life of Bob Kline]] (1999)<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* Cover, [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 55, No. 1, June 1965]], William E. King, Jr., magician-of-the-month, by Leslie P. Guest, page 6; Magical Application to Display and Promotion, by William E. King, Jr., page 7<br />
* The Success Book Vol. 2, by Marshall, Frances & Jay (1973), Making Money Selling Money, by Frances Ireland Marshall, page 448 <br />
* [[Linking Ring|The Linking Ring, Vol. 91, No. 7, July 2011]], Broken Wand, William E. King, Jr., page 108 <br />
* The Magic Circular, Vol. 105, No. 1143, August 2011, Obituaries, William (Bill) King 19 November 1925 - 12 May 2011, by Matthew Field, page 292 <br />
* [[M-U-M|M-U-M, Vol. 101, No. 3, August 2011]], Broken Wands, William E. (Bill) King, by David W. Bowers, page 24 <br />
* http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/%3Cbr%3Ehttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69800978 William E King, Jr. <br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:King,William}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Brian_McCullagh&diff=81187Brian McCullagh2016-10-11T02:17:34Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = July 21,<br />
| birth_year = 1942 <br />
| birth_place = Australia <br />
| death_day = January 19, <br />
| death_year = 2014<br />
| death_place = Sydney, Australia<br />
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'''Brian McCullagh''' (1942-2014), a teacher by profession, wrote a number of books and pamphlets on magic history and from 1990 to 1997 edited [[Geniis Magic Journal ]] from Sydney, Australia. <ref>http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=43844#p294384</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
McCullagh delivered papers to the [[Los Angeles Conference on Magic History]] and The [[Magic Circle]] Collectors' Day, the first Australian to have done either.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
* The degree of A.I.M.C. by The Magic Circle for his research. <br />
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== Books ==<br />
* Sydney's Magic Heritage (1994)<br />
* Chung Ling Soo's Mechanists (with Ernest Aldred)<br />
* Under the Southern Cross<br />
* With The Collectors<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* Magicana (New Zealand), Vol. 42, No. 245, April-May 1994, Brian McCullagh, page 14 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 94, No. 3, March 2014, Broken Wand, Brian P. McCullagh, page 117 <br />
* https://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace/brian-patrick-mccullagh/948255 Grave<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCullagh,Brian}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Harry_W._Swivel&diff=81119Harry W. Swivel2016-09-22T03:22:47Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = January 4, <br />
| birth_year = 1893<br />
| birth_place = Troy, New York<br />
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| death_year = 1953<br />
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'''Harry W. Swivel''' (1893-1953) was a semi - professional magician, beginning in 1912, working club and church shows.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], February, 1936</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
An executive for various companies, he performed on the side as "The Great Swivello". The New Brunswick Sundry Times of June 7, 1936, paid him several compliments, terming him one of the most popular amateur magicians in that part of the country.<br />
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He contributor to various magazines and won Second Prize for his "TELEVISED TELEPATHY" on page 29 of the December 1939 [[Tops]]. He was a member of the [[IBM]] and [[SAM]] and served as President of the Mystic Wand Society in New Brunswick, New Jersey.<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 19, No. 12, February 1940<br />
* Linking Ring, Vol. 32, No. 11 Jan 1953<br />
* Broken Wand, The Linking Ring, Vol. 33, No. 5, July 1953<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Swivel,Harry}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Harry_W._Swivel&diff=81118Harry W. Swivel2016-09-22T03:21:46Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_year = 1893<br />
| birth_place = Troy, New York<br />
| death_day = Feb. 21,<br />
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'''Harry W. Swivel''' (1893-1953) was a semi - professional magician, beginning in 1912, working club and church shows.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], February, 1936</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
An executive for various companies, he performed on the side as "The Great Swivello". The New Brunswick Sundry Times of June 7, 1936, paid him several compliments, terming him one of the most popular amateur magicians in that part of the country.<br />
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He contributor to various magazines and won Second Prize for his "TELEVISED TELEPATHY" on page 29 of the December 1939 [[Tops]]. He was a member of the [[IBM]] and [[SAM]] and served as President of the Mystic Wand Society in New Brunswick, New Jersey.<br />
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{{References}}<br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 19, No. 12, February 1940<br />
* Linking Ring, Vol. 32, No. 11 Jan 1953<br />
* Broken Wand, The Linking Ring, Vol. 33, No. 5, July 1953<br />
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'''Ed Marlo''' (October 10, 1913 - November 7, 1991), born Edward Stephen Malkowski in Chicago, Illinois, was a prolific author and creator of well over 2,000 routines. He coined the term "cardician" for magicians that perform card magic. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Marlo mentored and collaborated with many magicians including: [[Allan Ackerman]], [[Simon Aronson]], [[Steve Draun]], [[Bill Malone]], [[Jimmy Molinari]], [[Jon Racherbaumer]] and [[David Solomon]].<ref>Cover, [[Linking Ring]], Vol. 25, no. 11, January 1946, Eddie Marlo As I Know Him, by Frances Ireland, page 15</ref><ref>An Ed Marlo Bibliography, [[Ibidem]] Issue 8 (December, 1956)</ref><ref>Cover, Linking Ring, Vol. 37, No. 4, June 1957, Cardician Marlo, by Frances Ireland, page 19, Edward Marlo “No Cards” Parade, by John Braun, page 5</ref><ref>Cover, Linking Ring, Vol. 38, No. 11, January 1959</ref><ref>Cover, [[New Tops|The New Tops, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 1968]], Cover Portrait … Edward Marlo … the Man, by Jimmy Nuzzo, page 1</ref><ref> Cover, [[MUM|M-U-M, Vol. 68, No. 5, October 1978]], magician-of-the-month, The Amazing Mr. Marlo, by Bill Simon, page 10, Marlo Books, page 34<br />
</ref><ref>[[Genii 1992 March|Genii Magazine, Vol. 55, No. 5, March 1992]], Edward Marlo, The Cardician (1913-1991), page 364</ref><ref>[http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioKLM.htm Brief Biography at The Magic Nook]</ref><ref>[http://www.jimmycards.com/jcmmarlo.htm Jimmy "Cards" Molinari Marlo page]</ref><br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
Marlo was and is a controversial figure, often being accused of publishing material belonging to others including [[ATFUS]] and The [[Depth Illusion]].{{Youtube Thumb|od-8D21tJNc|350|Ed performing}}<br />
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[[Harry Lorayne]] stated in an interview with the Magic Newswire on July 29, 2008 that he finally determined Marlo's "code of ethic" was that if Marlo figured out a routine on his own, he felt it was fine to publish it. But if someone told him how it was done, he would not publish that version. <br />
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==Books==<br />
* [[Pasteboard Presto]] (1938)<br />
* [[Amazing Isn't It?]] (1941)<br />
* [[Card Fan Productions]] (1941)<br />
* [[Deck Deception]] (1942)<br />
* [[Let's See the Deck]] (1942)<br />
* [[Bullseye Coin Tricks]] (1942) with [[Laurie Ireland]]<br />
* [[Shoot the Works]] (1943)<br />
* [[Off the Top]] (1945)<br />
* [[Future Reverse]] (1945)<br />
* [[Matcho]] (1945)<br />
* [[Tricks With Daub]] (1945) with [[Bill Gusias]]<br />
* [[Marlo's Discoveries]] (1946)<br />
* [[Marlo in Spades]] (1947)<br />
* [[Unknown]] (1951)<br />
* [[Ed Marlo's Lecture Notes St. Louis]] (1951)<br />
* [[Control Systems]] (1952)<br />
* [[The Future Classic]] (1953)<br />
* [[The Cardician]] (1953)<br />
* [[Unlimited]] (1953) with [[Norman Osborn]]<br />
* [[Miracle Card Changes]] (Revolutionary Card Technique [[RCT]] 1) (1954)<br />
* [[The Magic Seven]] (1954) <br />
* [[Action Palm]] ([[RCT]] 2) (1956) <br />
* [[Fingertip Control]] ([[RCT]] 3) (1956) <br />
* [[Classical Foursome]] (1956) <br />
* [[Side Steal (Book)]] ([[RCT]] 4) (1957) <br />
* [[The Tabled Palm]] ([[RCT]] 5) (1957) <br />
* [[Coining Magic]] (1957)<br />
* [[The Faro Shuffle]] ([[RCT]] 6) (1958)<br />
* [[Faro Notes]] ([[RCT]] 7) (1958)<br />
* [[Marlo Meets his Match]] (1959)<br />
* [[Riffle Shuffle Systems]] (1959)<br />
* [[Seconds, Centers and Bottoms]] ([[RCT]] 8/9/10) (1960)<br />
* [[The Multiple Shift]] ([[RCT]] 11) (1961)<br />
* [[Card Switches]] ([[RCT]] 12)(1961)<br />
* [[Card To Wallet]] (1961)<br />
* [[Estimation]] ([[RCT]] 13/14) (1962)<br />
* [[The K.M. Move]] ([[1962]])<br />
* [[Tilt (Book)]] ([[1962]])<br />
* [[Early Marlo]] (1964)<br />
* [[Faro Controlled Miracles]] (1964)<br />
* [[The Patented Shuffle]] (1964)<br />
* [[Riffle Shuffle Finale]] (1967)<br />
* [[Ed Marlo on the Acrobatic Cards]] (1968) with [[Jon Racherbaumer]] & [[Bob Koch]]<br />
* [[Advanced Fingertip Control]] (1970)<br />
* [[The Shank Shuffle]] (1972)<br />
* [[Marlo's Objectives]] (1973)<br />
* [[The Ten Hand Poker Stack]] (1974)<br />
* [[The Unexpected Card Book]] (1974)<br />
* [[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 1]] (1976)<br />
* [[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 2]] (1977)<br />
* [[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 3]] (1979)<br />
* [[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 4]] (1981)<br />
* [[Marlo's 21st Century Card Magic]] (1981)<br />
* [[Unforgettable Wild Card]] (1982)<br />
* [[Marlo's Plus Package]] (1983)<br />
* [[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 5]] (1984)<br />
* [[Thirty Five Years Later]] (1986)<br />
* [[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 6]] (1988)<br />
* [[M.I.N.T., Vol. I]] (1988)<br />
* [[So Soon?]] (1989)<br />
* [[That's It]] (1990)<br />
* [[The Card Magic of Ed Marlo]] (1993)<br />
* [[M.I.N.T., Vol. II]] (1995)<br />
* Ed Marlo's [[Revolutionary Card Technique]] (2003)<br />
* Ed [[Marlo in the United Kingdom]] (2004) by [[Paul Gordon]] and Natzler Enterprises<br />
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==Marketed Tricks & Manuscripts==<br />
* Marlo's Miracle No. 1 : The Perfect Stop Trick (1945)<br />
* Marlo's Miracle No. 2 : Double Trouble (1945)<br />
* Marlo's Miracle No. 3 : Jab Revelation (1947)<br />
* [[A Devilish Miracle]] (1948) with [[Carmen D'Amico]]<br />
* Havana Deal (1948)<br />
* [[Marlo Miracle Deck]] (1951)<br />
* [[Pecking Bird|Yogi Bird]] Card Trick (1952)<br />
* A Twick As Wovely As a Twee (1953)<br />
* The M.S. Deck (1954)<br />
* PAPERANDCOIN (1954)<br />
* Marlo's Oddity (1957)<br />
* Marlo's Phantom Deck (1959)<br />
* Those Wild, Wild Aces (1971)<br />
* The Dealer's Delight (1976)<br />
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== Book contributions ==<br />
*1942 Ireland's Year Book<br />
*1942 [[Martin Gardner]] [[Cut the Cards]]<br />
*1943 Ireland's Year Book<br />
*1944 Ireland's Year Book<br />
*1945 [[Tarbell Course in Magic]], Vol. 4<br />
*1946 [[Rufus Steele]] [[50 Tricks You Can Do]]<br />
*1947 Ireland's Year Book<br />
*1948 Tarbell Course in Magic, Vol. 5<br />
*1949 Rufus Steele [[52 Amazing Card Tricks]]<br />
*1949 [[Al Leech]] [[For Card Men Only]]<br />
*1950 [[Rufus Steele]] [[Paul Rosini's Magical Gems]]<br />
*1952 Rufus Steele [[The Last Word On Cards]]<br />
*1955 Ireland's Year Book<br />
*1956 Ireland Magic Co. Ireland Card Annual<br />
*1957 Ireland Magic Co. Ireland Card Annual<br />
*1957 Don Tanner [[How To Do Cigarette Tricks]]<br />
*1959 Ireland's Year Book<br />
*1960 [[E.S.P. Handbook and Workshop Kit]]<br />
*1961 Ireland's Year Book<br />
*1961 [[Alton Sharpe]] [[Expert Hocus Pocus]]<br />
*1962 Ireland's Year Book<br />
*1963 [[36 Tricks with Fa-Ko Cards]]<br />
*1963 Tops 1963 Trick Annual<br />
*1964 Ireland's Year Book 1963/64<br />
*1966 [[J.B. Bobo]] [[New Modern Coin Magic]]<br />
*1968 [[Alton Sharpe]] [[Expert Card Conjuring]]<br />
*1969 Al Sharpe [[Expert Card Mysteries]]<br />
*1969 Bill Madsen [[Hex!]] 1964<br />
*1971 Al Sharpe [[Expert Card Chicanery]]<br />
*1971 [[Allan Ackerman]] [[The Esoterist]]<br />
*1971 [[Jon Racherbaumer]] [[On the Clock Effect]]<br />
*1972 Jon Racherbaumer [[The Universal Card]]<br />
*1973 [[Karl Fulves]] Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups<br />
*1976 Jon Racherbaumer [[The Ascanio Spread (book)]]<br />
*1976 Jon Racherbaumer [[Lecture Notes 1]]<br />
*1977 Jon Racherbaumer [[Good Turns]] Twistwist<br />
*1978 Jon Racherbaumer [[Arch Triumphs]]<br />
*1978 Magic Inc. [[Card Tricks For Cardicians]]<br />
*1979 [[Richard Kaufman]] [[CardMagic]]<br />
*1980 Jon Racherbaumer [[The Last Hierophant]]<br />
*1980 [[John Mendoza]] [[Don England T.K.O.s]]<br />
*1981 Jon Racherbaumer [[The Lost Pages of Kabbala]]<br />
*1981 Richard Kaufman [[Cardworks]]<br />
*1981 Wenk and Marlo [[Practical Miracles with E Pluribus Unum]]<br />
*1982 [[Harry Lorayne]] [[Best Of Friends, Vol. 1]]<br />
*1982 Jon Racherbaumer [[Card Finesse]]<br />
*1982 Aronson/Solomon [[Sessions]]<br />
*1982 Richard Kaufman [[The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 1]]<br />
*1983 Jon Racherbaumer [[The Card Puzzle and Other Diversions]]<br />
*1983 Jon Racherbaumer [[Marlo Without Tears]]<br />
*1984 Jon Racherbaumer At The Table<br />
*1984 Jeff Busby Epoptica Yearbook<br />
*1985 [[John Mendoza]] [[Randy Wakeman's Formula One Close-Up]]<br />
*1986 [[Ken Simmons]] Riffling the Pasteboards<br />
*1987 [[Randy Wakeman's Special Effects]]<br />
*1990 Jon Racherbaumer [[Cardfixes]]<br />
*1991 [[Daniel McCarthy]] [[Sly Glances]]<br />
*1992 Jon Racherbaumer [[Card Finesse II]]<br />
*1992 Jon Racherbaumer Pastiche<br />
*1992 Jon Racherbaumer [[Flashpoints: Edward Marlo's Full Tilt and Compleat Devilish Miracle]]<br />
*1994 Allan Ackerman [[Las Vegas Kardma]]<br />
*1994 Jon Racherbaumer Fasimile 1<br />
*1995 Jon Racherbaumer Fasimile 3<br />
*1996 Jon Racherbaumer Fasimile 4<br />
*1999 [[Jason Alford]] [[Cyber Sessions]]<br />
*2002 Randy Wakeman [[Marlo in The Linking Ring]]<br />
*2003 Dr. [[James Nuzzo]] [[Art and Ardor at the Card Table]]<br />
*2005 [[Paul Gordon]] [[Marlo in the United Kingdom]]<br />
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==Magazine contributions==<br />
*1937 [[Tops]] (as Edward (Marko) Malkowski)<br />
*1938 Tops (as Edward (Marko) Malkowski)<br />
*1939 Tops (as Edward (Marko) Malkowski)<br />
*1941 Tops (patter as Eddie Marlo)<br />
*1942 Tops (Ad for Let's See the Deck as Edward Marlo)<br />
*1942 [[Ireland's Year Book]] (pp. 3-11) <br />
*1945 The [[Phoenix]]<br />
*1947 The Phoenix<br />
*1948 The Sphinx<br />
*1949 The [[Linking Ring]], The Phoenix, The [[Sphinx]]<br />
*1950 [[Hugard's Magic Monthly]], The Linking Ring, The Phoenix, The Sphinx<br />
*1951 Hugard's Magic Monthly<br />
*1953 [[Genii]], [[M-U-M]], The Phoenix<br />
*1954 M-U-M, The New Phoenix<br />
*1955 The [[Gen]], The Linking Ring, The [[New Phoenix]]<br />
*1956 Hugard's Magic Monthly, [[Ibidem]], M-U-M, The Gen, The New Phoenix<br />
*1957 Ibidem, The Gen, The Linking Ring, The New Phoenix, The [[Pentagram]], M-U-M<br />
*1958 Ibidem, [[Ireland's Trick Talk]], M-U-M, The Pentagram<br />
*1959 Hugard's Magic Monthly, Ibidem, M-U-M, The Gen, The Linking Ring, The [[Cardiste]]<br />
*1960 Genii, Ibidem, The Gen, The Linking Ring, M-U-M<br />
*1961 Genii, ibidem, The Linking Ring, The [[New Tops]]<br />
*1962 Ibidem, The [[New Jinx]], The New Phoenix<br />
*1963 Hugard's Magic Monthly, Ibidem, The Linking Ring, The New Jinx, The New Tops<br />
*1964 M-U-M, The New Tops<br />
*1965 The New Tops, The Linking Ring<br />
*1966 The New Tops, Genii, [[Pallbearers Review]]<br />
*1967 The New Tops, Genii, [[Epilogue]], Pallbearers Review; M-U-M<br />
*1968 the New Tops, Genii, Ibidem, The Linking Ring, Epilogue, Pallbearers Review<br />
*1969 The New Tops, [[Hierophant]], Ibidem, The Linking Ring, Epilogue, Pallbearers Review, M-U-M<br />
*1970 The New Tops, Hierophant, M-U-M, [[Talisman]]<br />
*1971 [[Kabbala]], The Linking Ring, Magick<br />
*1972 The New Tops, Hierophant, Kabbala<br />
*1973 The New Tops, Kabbala, [[Avatar]]<br />
*1974 The New Tops, The Linking Ring, [[Pabular]], Magick<br />
*1975 The New Tops, Hierophant, The Linking Ring, [[Swami]], [[Blueprint]]<br />
*1976 The New Tops, Kabbala, Genii, The Linking Ring, Pabular, Swami, Blueprint<br />
*1977 The New Tops, [[Sticks and Stone]], The Linking Ring, Swami<br />
*1978 The New Tops, Sticks and Stone, The Linking Ring<br />
*1979 The New Tops<br />
*1980 The New Tops<br />
*1981 The New Tops, Kabbala, [[Abracadabra]], The Linking Ring, [[Magic Manuscript]], [[Sorcerer's Eyes]]<br />
*1982 The New Tops,[[ Apocalypse]], Magic Manuscript, Arcane<br />
*1983 The New Tops, New Pentagram, Apocalypse, Magic Manuscript, M-U-M, Arcane, [[Epoptica]]<br />
*1984 The New Tops, Apocalypse, West Coast Quarterly, [[Ollapodrida]]<br />
*1985 The New Tops, Apocalypse, [[New Directions]]<br />
*1986 The New Tops, Apocalypse, New Pentagram<br />
*1987 The New Tops, Apocalypse, New Directions<br />
*1988 Apocalypse, Genii<br />
*1989 Apocalypse, Genii<br />
*1990 The [[Olram File]], Apocalypse<br />
*1991 The New Tops, The Linking Ring, The Olram File<br />
*1992 The Olram File<br />
*1993 The Olram File, Apocalypse, [[Modus Operandi]]<br />
*1994 Modus Operandi<br />
*1995 The Linking Ring, [[Magic]]<br />
*1996 Magic, Modus Operandi, The Looking Glass<br />
*1997 The Linking Ring, Magic<br />
*1999 Magic<br />
*2003 Magic<br />
*2008 Genii<br />
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{{References}}<br />
{{Wikipedia}} <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 29, No. 2, April 1949, Chicago Parade, Ed Marlo, by John Braun, page 68 <br />
* Cover, [[The Gen|The Gen, Vol. 13, No. 2, June 1957]], Front Page Personality, Ed Marlo, by Harry Stanley, Page 35 <br />
* [[New Tops|The New Tops, Vol. 31, December 1991]], Sticks and Stones, by John Racherbaumer, page 28 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 72, No. 1, January 1992, Broken Wand, Edward F. Malkowski, a.k.a Marlo, page 117 <br />
* [[MUM|M-U-M, Vol. 81, No. 9, February 1992]], Broken Wands, Edward Marlo, page 37 <br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marlo,Ed}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=B._B._Keyes&diff=81116B. B. Keyes2016-09-22T03:07:08Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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'''Benjamin B. Keyes''' (1837-1895), born at Sandwich, Massachusetts was an illusion inventor and builder making goods for jugglers, trapeze artists, bicycle riders and magicians.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Invented many tricks and illusions, most notably the illusion of "[[Astarte]]" (with [[Milton Chase]]). He was also awarded many patents.<br />
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A love for [[automata]], Keyes constructed some of the most complete mechanical working figures. <br />
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He died in Chelsea, Massachusetts.<br />
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* [[Mahatma]] April 1898<br />
* http://www.themagicdetective.com/2016/09/the-man-who-invented-handcuff-act.html<br />
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'''Benjamin B. Keyes''' (1837-1895), born at Sandwich, Massachusetts was an illusion inventor and builder making goods for jugglers, trapeze artists, bicycle riders and magicians.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Invented many tricks and illusions, most notably the illusion of "[[Astarte]]" (with [[Milton Chase]]). He was also awarded many patents.<br />
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A love for [[automata]], Keyes constructed some of the most complete mechanical working figures. <br />
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He died in Chelsea, Massachusetts.<br />
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* [[Mahatma]] April 1898<br />
* http://www.themagicdetective.com/2016/09/the-man-who-invented-handcuff-act.html<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Keyes,B}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dr._William_Endlich&diff=81114Dr. William Endlich2016-09-22T02:51:07Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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'''Dr. William Endlich''' (1888-1954), a dentist and magician, helped form an [[IBM]] Ring in Philadelphia, the [[Keystone State Federation]], and [[M.A.E.S.]]<ref>MUM,March, 1954</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
The son of a dentist, he graduated from the dental school of the Medico-Chirurgical College and practiced in Philadelphia and Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Interested in magic from early boyhood, he worked professionally as an individual, as the straight man of a comedy team, and with the one time popular minstrels.<br />
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He was a partner in the Philadelphia Magic Shop and in 1927 he helped organize an IBM Ring in Philadelphia. <br />
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Endlich was a great factor in organizing the Keystone State Federation of IBM Rings, an organization that held eight State Conventions.<br />
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In 1943, he also helped form the Magicians Alliance of Eastern States, which he served as Secretary-Treasurer until his death.<ref>Broken Wand, Linking Ring, Mar 1954</ref><br />
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By 1946, he was residing in Baltimore, employed by the Davison Chemical Co.<ref>Linking Ring (Mar 1946)</ref><br />
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== Bibliogrpahy ==<br />
* Twenty Practical Liquid and Chemical Effects (1931) <br />
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'''Abb Dickson''' (1948-2016) was a professional comedy magician starting in the 1970s.<ref>Cover [[Genii 1989 January]]</ref><br />
== Biography ==<br />
Born in Atlanta to Pope Dickson and Edith Donahon Dickson, he inspired by magic at the age of ten after seeing a school show magician.<ref>Our Cover in The Linking Ring, Vol. 77, No. 7, July 1997, page 43</ref> <br />
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Dickson started doing comedy magic in his senior year in high school and went full time professional in 1970. He toured the United States, Canada, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico from 1975 to 1986 with his own "Presto!" illusion show that included a crew of thirty. <br />
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Dickson later specialized in trade shows. <br />
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He appeared in 8 [[Orson Welles]] films and as actor or magician in 5 other films.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225611</ref><br />
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Dickson worked for Pope Dickson and Son, Funeral Directors. <br />
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The "& son" of the Atlanta based "Pope Dickson and Son, Funeral Directors" was Abb.<br />
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In 2014, Dickson was in a care facility in Fayetteville, Georgia and died in 2016 after a long illness.<br />
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His funeral services is scheduld to be held on July 21, 2016 at 10:00 am. at Forrest Hills Memorial Park in Forrest Hills, GA. Wheeler Funeral Home in Coventington.<br />
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* http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=48545<br />
* http://www.magician.org/resources/broken-wand/past-i-b-m--president-abb-dickson-has-died?blogid=323 Broken Wand, Obituary for Abb Dickson <br />
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| birth_year = 1919 <br />
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'''Sidney Radner''' (1919-2011), a retired rug salesman from Holyoke, Massachusetts, was a Houdini enthusiast and gambling history expert.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/us/27radner.html?_r=1</ref> <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
In 1935, Radner was an aspiring magician using the stage name Rendar. At a convention in Springfield that year, Radner met [[Theodore Hardeen]], Houdini's brother. [[Hardeen]] considered Radner, when he was a student at Yale University, as his protégé. {{Youtube Thumb|XIAq2TcROUw}}<br />
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He eventually bought from Hardeen during the 1940s many Harry Houdini's items, eventually having one of the world's largest and most valuable collections of [[Harry Houdini]] artifacts.<br />
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During his Army service in World War II, he helped investigate card cheats on troop ships. He later wrote books about card games, including several on how to spot cheaters. <br />
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Radner organized the annual Official Houdini Seance beginning in the 1940, a tradition started in 1927 by Houdini’s widow, [[Beatrice Houdini|Bess]]. She held a séance on the anniversary of his death for 10 years, then gave up. But Houdini buffs like Radner carried on in his honor. <br />
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Radner allowed pieces of his collection to be displayed at The [[Houdini Magical Hall of Fame]] in Niagara Falls, Canada. In 1995, a fire destroyed the museum and many of the items.<ref>http://www.handcuffs.org/radner/</ref><br />
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Radner archived the bulk of his collection at the Houdini Museum in Appleton Wisconsin, but pulled it in 2003 to auction the collection off in Las Vegas on October 30, 2004. Many of the choice props, including the restored Water Torture Cell, are now owned by [[David Copperfield]]. More props were auctioned off in 2008.<ref>http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=247563 </ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
* Radner On Dice: How to Win, How Gamblers Cheat, Odds and Percentages (1957)<br />
* [[How to Spot Card Sharps and their Methods]] (Ghost written by [[Walter B. Gibson]], 1957)<br />
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* Obit [[Genii 2012 February]]<br />
* http://www.baroquepotion.com/2012/09/sidney-hollis-radner-1919-2011-a-personal-remembrance/<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Radner,Sidney}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lou_Gallo&diff=81038Lou Gallo2016-08-28T22:41:20Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = April 19,<br />
| birth_year = 1932 <br />
| birth_place = Dunmore, Pennsylvania<br />
| death_day = September 30, <br />
| death_year = 2004<br />
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'''Lou Gallo''' (1932-2004), born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was considered a trailblazer among close-up magicians. <br />
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== Biography==<br />
Gallo consider himself just a hobbyist that loved doing card tricks. He got involved with card tricks at the age 26 while working at Bethlehem Steel, where he continued working at until he retired in 1985.<br />
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He was a mainstay of the Buffalo, New York magic scene as a regular at the [[Forks Hotel]] and friend of [[Eddie Fechter]]. He influenced many magicians with his sleight of hand with cards and coins. <br />
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Considered one of the top card performers of his era, Lou Gallo was best-known for his [[Gallo Pitch]], regarded by some as one of the most original coin sleights of the 20th century.<br />
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In honor of Lou Gallo, the annual Most Valuable Person award at the [[4F]] convention is named the "Lou Gallo MVP Award." The award, which is voted on by all attendees, is given to the person whom they thought contributed the most to make the 4F convention a big success. [[Boris Wild]] was the recipient in 2008.<br />
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His two sons, [[Mike Gallo|Mike]] and [[Joe Gallo|Joe]] inherited some of their dad’s skill in magic.<br />
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* [[Lou Gallo: The Underground Man]] written by [[Richard Kaufman]] (1996)<br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 84, No. 12, December 2004, Lou Gallo (1932-2004), page 53, Broken Wand, Lou Gallo, page 132 <br />
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'''John Snyder, Jr.''' (1888-1946) was president of the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]] (1939-1941), magic creator and manufacturer.<ref>(cover) [[Genii 1941 June]]</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Snyder's first job was in the office of W. E. Bundy, the U. S. District Attorney at the age of 15, which was the same year he began his successful career in magic. Snyder was also employed by the government as a mechanic in the U. S. Post Office garage and later started his own "Snyder Auto Parts & Service Co."<ref>(cover) Linking Ring, September, 1940</ref><br />
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He maintained a home in Norwood, Ohio and a summer retreat in Fox Lake, Wisconsin, which he named his Fox Lake cards after. He was also a member of the [[Houdini Club]] of Wisconsin.<br />
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In the 1930s, Snyder, Jr. made an arrangement with the U.S. Playing Card<br />
Company to produce gaffed decks based on the Aviator Bridge style. <br />
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He sold his auto parts company in 1934 and retired from business life to devote his time to magic. In Norwood, he had a factory to manufacture magical apparatus.<ref>JOHN SNYDER, JR. An Appreciation by John Braun (obit), Linking Ring, July 1946</ref><br />
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John Snyder Jr. mentored [[Don Alan]] in magic starting at the age of twelve.<ref>[[In a Class by Himself: the Legacy of Don Alan]] by [[Jon Racherbaumer]] (2000)</ref><br />
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| birth_year = 1879<br />
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br />
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| death_year = 1973<br />
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'''James C. Wobensmith''' (February 9, 1879 - Dec. 28, 1973), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an author, an attorney who patented many of [[Thurston]]’s illusions and President of the [[S.A.M.]]<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Wobensmith fought in the Spanish American War and later became a patent attorney. He also performed magic and was a lecturer on silly patents. <br />
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Thurston employed Wobensmith for decades to patent and present new illusions for his "Wonder Show of the Universe." Among the illusions patented (or attempted to patent) were:<br />
* The Levitation of Princess Karnack<br />
* Edward Massey’s Vivisection<br />
* Vanishing Whippet<br />
* Mystic Follies<br />
* The Million-Dollar Mystery<br />
* Iasia<br />
* Buried Alive or Submerged Casket<br />
* Edward Massey’s Piercing<br />
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Correspondence confirmed that Thurston was somewhat of a cheapskate when it came to paying for patent work, always asking Wobensmith to give him a discount.<br />
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He was very active in the magic community. A member of the [[Yogi Club]], one of the early magic organizations in Philadelphia (founded in 1906). He was a founding member of both [[I.B.M.]] Ring #6 and [[S.A.M.]] Assembly #4 in Philadelphia. He succeeded [[Theo Hardeen]] as President of the S.A.M. in 1930. <br />
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Wobensmith wrote a series of articles in The Sphinx on patenting and protecting magical ideas and wrote a limited publication of magical patents.<br />
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He created a number of magic effects. Most famous was an improvement to the [[Afghan Bands]] by using muslin, which could be torn instead of the normal cutting. He also added additional twists that allowed for even more effects. Other effects he marketed were "Ultimate Rope and Ring Trick" and "Three Balls on a Ring."<br />
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His wife Josephine died in 1970, after 71 years of marriage and he eventually moved to a retirement home. He sold his collection to a scoundrel who agreed to pay him $2,000, but never did. The collection was later severely damaged in floods.<ref>Obit. [[Genii 1973 October]]</ref><ref>http://www.mahatmaland.com/magic.html (no longer active)</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
* Magic Patents: A Classified List of United States Patents Relating to Magic, Illusions, and Allied Subjects (1928)<br />
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== Honors and Awards ==<br />
* A bronze bust was created in his honor and installed in the S.A.M. Hall of Fame<br />
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* Cover, The Sphinx, Vol. 29, No. 5, July 1930, Reminiscences Wobensmith, page 227<br />
* Cover, M-U-M, Vol. 49, No. 10, March 1960, James C. Wobensmith, magician-of-the-month, by Leslie P. Guest, page 448 <br />
* M-U-M, Vol. 63, No. 10, March 1974, Broken Wand, James C. Wobensmith, by Brad Jacobs, page 9 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 54, No. 5, May 1974, Broken Wand, James Wobensmith, page 94 <br />
* M-U-M, Vol. 95, No. 11, April 2006, James C. Wobensmith, page 71<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wobensmith,James}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Kuda_Bux&diff=80893Kuda Bux2016-07-11T05:20:38Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_name = Khudah Bakhsh<br />
| birth_day = February 17,<br />
| birth_year = 1905<br />
| birth_place = Kashmir, Pakistan <br />
| death_day = February 5,<br />
| death_year = 1981<br />
| death_place = Hollywood, California<br />
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'''Kuda Bux''' (1905-1981) was an Indian mystic and magician born in Aknmur Kashmir, Pakistan as Khudah Bukhsh. One of his most famous tricks was one in which he would cover his eyes with soft dough, blindfold himself, swath his entire head in strips of cloth, and yet still be able to see. He was also a fire walker. Ironically, in his later life, he lost his eyesight to glaucoma. <br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He promoted himself as "The Man With X Ray Eyes" doing his blindfold act. In his early years, Kuda Bux was billed as Professor K. B. Duke.<ref>http://www.themagicdetective.com/2012/06/man-with-x-ray-eyes-kuda-bux.html</ref><br />
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During the 1930's and 40's Kuda Bux gave stage performances all over the world claiming his eyeless sight was due to his skill in yoga after decades of intense practice. <br />
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He even did an illusion show at times in Europe which included shooting a ribbon through a<br />
girl, his own version of the levitation. a coin ladder, and a girl who vanished by simply folding across her body two silken butterfly wings joined to her arms. {{Youtube Thumb|q6x_zO0IIsE}}<br />
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Later in life he would spend his evenings, when in Hollywood, playing cards nightly at the [[Magic Castle]] with [[Dai Vernon]]. <br />
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He died of a heart attack in Hollywood on Feb 5th, 1981, just a few days short of his 76th birthday and just a few days after performing at the [[Magic Castle]].<ref>http://deadconjurers.blogspot.com/2012/06/kuda-bux-grave.html</ref><br />
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The story of his life and career was written by Dr. [[John Booth]] and appears in the November 1980 issue of [[THE LINKING RING]]. Booth cryptically wrote about his age: ''"His passport states that he was born in 1905, but I am respecting his request not to tell how old he really is."'' <ref>The Linking Ring, Vol. 60 — No. 11, November 1980, “THE GENIUS OF KUDA BUX, BLINDFOLD EXPERT”, p.57</ref><br />
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== Feats == <br />
In 1934 he allowed a team of experts and scientists to seal his eyes shut with dough, tinfoil, gauze and layers of woolen bandages. He astounded them by being able to still read from books placed in front of him. In 1935, in front of an audience of scientists from the University of London Council for Psychical Research and news reporters, Kuda Bux demonstrated his firewalking. He walked across a twelve foot pit of burning coals unscathed. In 1937, he amazed onlookers in Liverpool by walking the entire length of a narrow ledge of a roof 200 feet above the ground while blindfolded. In 1945, Kuda Bux skillfully rode a bicycle through congested New York’s Times Square while his eyes were taped shut. <br />
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== Television ==<br />
He was on Robert L. Ripley's first televised "Believe It Or Not" show.<br />
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In 1950, Kuda Bux starred in his own CBS series as Kuda Bux, Hindu Mystic giving demonstrations in mind reading as well as eyeless vision. <br />
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He as been quoted saying "I believe in Card Reading but I don't believe m card readers I believe in Mentalism but I don't believe in Mentalists I believe in Spiritualism but I don't believe in Spiritualists"<br />
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He also appeared on the Johnny Carson show and "You asked for it" doing a [[Blindfold Drive]] through Santa Monica, California.<br />
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*Cover [[Genii 1976 May]]<br />
*[http://www.amazingabilities.com/amaze1a.html The Man With X Ray Eyes by Vincent J. Daczynski]<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416383/ ''Kuda Bux, Hindu Mystic'' at IMDB]<br />
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125499/ Kuda Bux IMDB]<br />
*http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/Bux,%20Kuda.html<br />
*http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/10/11/this-man-has-x-ray-eyes/<br />
* http://www.trivia-library.com/b/biography-of-eyeless-sight-wonder-k-b-duke-part-1.htm<br />
* http://itricks.com/news/2013/03/the-forgotten-legacy-of-the-first-magician-with-his-own-network-television-series/<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bux,Kuda}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=George_Staples&diff=80892George Staples2016-07-11T05:14:42Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = December 24,<br />
| birth_year = 1889 <br />
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| death_year = 1951 <br />
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'''George Staples''' (c.1890-1951) was a magician and entertainer in the Kansas, Missouri,Iowa, and Illinois area.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
A graduate of the Chicago Art Institute<ref>Tops, May 1945, page 11</ref>, Staples started in [[Lyceum]] about 1915 and did [[Chalk Talk]], Rag Pictures, Ventriloquist, Illusions, and a Monkey Act. He even trained one monkey just to open the curtains<ref>Tops, September 1936, page 4</ref> He set a record when he toured 13 consecutive summers on the [[Chautauqua]] Circuits of Topeka, Kansas. <br />
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In his later years he worked in the school assembly field. <ref>Tops, November 1951, page 27</ref><br />
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Staples collapsed and died while doing a show at the Manhattan (Kansas) Junior High School. He had gone through about 15 minutes of his act when he was stricken with a heart attack.<ref>Broken Wand, Linking Ring, November 1951</ref><br />
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His publicity photo can be seen at the [[Conjuring Arts]] exhibit "The Many Faces of Magic."<ref>http://conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/the-many-faces-of-magic/george-staples/</ref><br />
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'''George Staples''' (c.1890-1951) was a magician and entertainer in the Kansas, Missouri,Iowa, and Illinois area.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
A graduate of the Chicago Art Institute<ref>Tops, May 1945, page 11</ref>, Staples started in [[Lyceum]] about 1915 and did [[Chalk Talk]], Rag Pictures, Ventriloquist, Illusions, and a Monkey Act. He even trained one monkey just to open the curtains<ref>Tops, September 1936, page 4</ref> He set a record when he toured 13 consecutive summers on the [[Chautauqua]] Circuits of Topeka, Kansas. <br />
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In his later years he worked in the school assembly field. <ref>Tops, November 1951, page 27</ref><br />
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Staples collapsed and died while doing a show at the Manhattan (Kansas) Junior High School. He had gone through about 15 minutes of his act when he was stricken with a heart attack.<ref>Broken Wand, Linking Ring, November 1951</ref><br />
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His publicity photo can be seen at the [[Conjuring Arts]] exhibit "The Many Faces of Magic."<ref>http://conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/the-many-faces-of-magic/george-staples/</ref><br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Staples,George}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Al_Munroe&diff=80643Al Munroe2016-05-29T21:43:45Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_day = January 24,<br />
| birth_year = 1893<br />
| birth_place = Fall River, Massachusetts<br />
| death_day = January 21,<br />
| death_year = 1961<br />
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'''Al Munroe''' (1893-1961) was the editor of [[Al Munroe's Magical Miscellany]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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* Cover, Tops Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 7, July 1943, Al Munroe - The Man Who Muddles Magic! page 4 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 24, No. 3, May 1944, The Secretary Reports, Detroit Ring 22 Personality – Al Munroe, by Bob Ungewitter, page 60 <br />
* The Sphinx, Vol. 48, No. 6, August 1949, You Should Know Al Munroe, by Robert Lund, page 159 <br />
* Goodliffe's Abracadabra, Vol. 31, No. 784, February 1961, Albert Munroe Died, by Robert Lund, page 51 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 40, No. 12, February 1961, Broken Wand, Albert F. Munroe, by Robert Lund, page 96<br />
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| birth_day = January 24,<br />
| birth_year = 1893<br />
| birth_place = Fall River, Massachusetts<br />
| death_day = January 21,<br />
| death_year = 1961<br />
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'''Al Munroe''' (1893-1961) was the editor of [[Al Munroe's Magical Miscellany]].<br />
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* Cover, Tops Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 7, July 1943, Al Munroe - The Man Who Muddles Magic! page 4 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 24, No. 3, May 1944, The Secretary Reports, Detroit Ring 22 Personality – Al Munroe, by Bob Ungewitter, page 60 <br />
* The Sphinx, Vol. 48, No. 6, August 1949, You Should Know Al Munroe, by Robert Lund, page 159 <br />
* Goodliffe's Abracadabra, Vol. 31, No. 784, February 1961, Albert Munroe Died, by Robert Lund, page 51 <br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 40, No. 12, February 1961, Broken Wand, Albert F. Munroe, by Robert Lund, page 96<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munroe,Al}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Alfred_Battle&diff=80592Alfred Battle2016-05-26T03:35:46Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_name = Alfred J. Battle<br />
| birth_day = February 15, <br />
| birth_year = 1879 <br />
| birth_place = London, England<br />
| death_day = March 14, <br />
| death_year = 1952<br />
| death_place = Taft, California<br />
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'''Alfred J. Battle''' (1879-1952) was an assistant then finally partner with [[Dr. Ward]], a San Francisco magician. When his partner withdrew from act, continued by himself, appearing in theaters, halls and schools throughout the United States as '''Professor El-Tab'''.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
At the age of two, arrived in Boston, Massachusetts and bought his first magic set when twelve. At eighteen, served in Spanish American War. <br />
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Married to Aldia Carter in 1935. <br />
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As a performer over his lifetime, he performed a crystal gazing act, and what was known as a lightning cartoon act.<br />
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At one time, operated a magic shop in San Francisco on Kearney Street.<ref> My Best by Thompson, Jr., J.G. (1945)</ref><br />
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He took the tricks of the day and gave them his "El-Tab Twist". Inventor of magic effects under "Professor El-Tab" like "The Phantom Ship". <br />
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Battle was one of the founding members of the [[Oakland Magic Circle]] when formed on Wednesday, July 29, 1925 and also a member of [[I.B.M.]], [[S.A.M.]], [[I.S.J.M.]] and [[P.C.A.M.]].<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Battle,Alfred}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Welsh_Miller&diff=80591Welsh Miller2016-05-26T03:29:22Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_name = Henry Miller<br />
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| birth_place = Scotland<br />
| death_day = May 21, <br />
| death_year = 1936<br />
| death_place = Brooklyn<br />
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'''Welsh Miller''' (1864-1936), born Henry Miller, would achieved fame with his coin manipulation act, whom [[T. Nelson Downs]] called his most skillful imitator.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Miller would tell magicians he was born in Scotland and published several of his effects in [[The Sphinx]] just before his death by jumping from the fourth floor of the Mason Temple in Brooklyn. <br />
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He may have invented the Coin Wand along with many types of coin droppers. he would often perform on subway trains in New York, setting up a folding table in the aisle and actually present his act. <br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller,Welsh}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Herr_Dobler&diff=80509Herr Dobler2016-05-06T05:07:15Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_name = George William Smith Buck<br />
| birth_day = circa <br />
| birth_year = 1836<br />
| birth_place = Newark, Nottinghamshire, England <br />
| death_day = March 21, <br />
| death_year = 1904<br />
| death_place = Aberdeen, Scotland<br />
| resting_place = Allen Vale Cemetery, Aberdeen<br />
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'''Herr Dobler''' (1836-1904), the son of magician [[Professor Buck]], was the stage name of Aberdeen magician George William S. Buck. <ref>Mahatma, May 1904</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He started as an assistant to [[Dr. Shaw]]. Known among old-time magicians as "Smith of Bristol", he assumed the name of Herr Dobler and slyly gave out the impression that he was related to [[Ludwig Dobler]] (1801-1864).<ref> Conjurers' Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 1, Sept. 1907</ref><br />
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He was considered by [[Prof. Herwinn]] as one of the cleverest sleight-of-hand performers before the public in his day. he entertainments in Bristol were always well supported, and on many occasions were the old Athenceurn and the first Colston Hall crowded with delighted audiences. In other<br />
parts of the country he was an equally sure draw.<ref>Stanyon's Magic, April, 1904</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
* Expose of the Davenport Brothers (1869)<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dobler,Herr}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=E._G._Ervin&diff=80493E. G. Ervin2016-04-30T22:42:33Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_name = Edward George Ervin<br />
| birth_day = August 17, <br />
| birth_year = 1875<br />
| birth_place = Dubuque, Iowa<br />
| death_day = January 7,<br />
| death_year = 1947<br />
| death_place = Kansas City, Missouri <br />
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'''Dr. E. G. Ervin DDS''' (1875-1947) was a dentist in Kansas City, Missouri. <ref>[[Sphinx|The Sphinx, Vol. 32, No. 7, September 1933]], Who's Who in Magic, page 203</ref> He was also an amateur magician that invented several tricks.<ref>[[Tops|Tops Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 2, February 1947]], Dr. E. G. Ervin Dies, page 22</ref><ref>(cover) [[Genii 1945 May|Genii Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 9, May 1945]], Dr. E. G. Ervin, page 333</ref><br />
== Bibliography == <br />
* [[The Strange Invention of Dr Ervin]] by [[Dariel Fitzkee]] (1937)<br />
* [[Club Deceptions no. 1]] (1937)<br />
* [[Club Deceptions No. 2]] (1939)<br />
* [[Club Deceptions No. 3]] (1940)<br />
* [[Club Deceptions No. 4]] (1944)<br />
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==Contributions==<br />
* Wand Manipulations - Routine & Presentation of Mock Sad Alli in [[Genii 1937 June]]<br />
* Animated Grapefruit in [[ Genii 1937 November]]<br />
* The Ghost Tube in [[ Genii 1937 November]]<br />
* Glass of Water through the Hat in [[Genii 1937 December]]<br />
* The Okito Coin Box in [[Genii 1938 February]]<br />
* The Tying and Untying Silk in [[Genii 1938 March]]<br />
* One Hand Silk Production in [[Genii 1938 June]]<br />
* A Blind Fold Blackboard Test in [[ Genii 1938 August]]<br />
* Dr. Ervin's Straw Trick in [[Chap's Scrapbook]] October 1938<br />
* Impromptu Time Machine in [[ Genii 1938 October]]<br />
* Dr. Ervin's Psychic Cigarette in [[Chap's Scrapbook]] December 1938<br />
* The Die and Frame in [[Genii 1939 January]]<br />
* Any Card Called For in [[Genii 1939 March]]<br />
* Ice Cube in [[Genii 1939 May]]<br />
* The Impossible Coin Fold in [[Genii 1940 September]]<br />
* In Reply in [[Genii 1942 March]]<br />
* Tobacco Vanish in [[Genii 1966 April]]<br />
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* Cover, [[Sphinx|The Sphinx, Vol. 15, No. 6, August 1916]], E. G. Ervin, D.D.S., page 107<br />
* [[Genii 1947 May|Genii Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 7, May 1947]], Dr. E. G. Ervin Dies…, by Mrs. Edward G. Ervin, page 220 <br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ervin,E}}</div>Number 6https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Earle_Oakes&diff=80464Earle Oakes2016-04-25T04:30:13Z<p>Number 6: </p>
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| birth_name = Earle Dennis Oakes<br />
| birth_day = July 9,<br />
| birth_year = 1923 <br />
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br />
| death_day = September 18,<br />
| death_year = 2011 <br />
| death_place = Lankenau Hospital, Lower Merion, Pennsylvania<br />
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'''Earle Oakes''' (1923-2011) was a magic illustrator who has worked with [[Kaufman and Company]] and [[Hermetic Press]]. He did architectural renderings as a profession.<ref>http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20110927_Earle_Oakes__artist_loved_magic.html</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
An Army Aircorps pilot during World War II, Earle was a lifelong artist. He and his brothers produced architectural renderings of most major building projects in Philadelphia for forty years (1951-1992). Following "retirement" he applied his energy and talent to two of his passions–magic and origami–by illustrating books and magazines.<br />
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His work is noted for its remarkable detail and wonderful sense of line. The hands have an almost three-dimensional modeled quality.<br />
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According to Chuck Romano's book [[Art of Deception]], Oakes started doing magic illustrations part time in 1980 and went full-time in 1987, doing work for [[The Linking Ring]]. He began illustrating [[Magicana]] in [[Genii]] in 1999 when it was purchased from the Larsen family by [[The Genii Corporation]].<ref>http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=252970</ref><ref>http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/philly/guestbook.aspx?n=earle-oakes&pid=153726291</ref><br />
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*Master Lock Routine (1981)<br />
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== Books (as Illustrator) ==<br />
* [[Secrets Draun from Underground]]<br />
* [[Jennings '67]]<br />
* [[Magie Duvivier]]<br />
* [[Mastering the Art of Magic]] by [[Eugene Burger]]<br />
* [[Folding Money Fooling]] by [[Robert Neale]]<br />
* [[The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields]] by [[Jon Racherbaumer]]<br />
* [[Gene Maze and the Art of Bottom Dealing]]<br />
* [[Vis a Vis: A Jack Avis Book]]<br />
* [[The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser]]<br />
* [[Sankey Unleashed]]<br />
* [[Secrets of an Escamoteur]]<br />
* [[The Mysteries of My Life: Rene Lavand]]<br />
* [[The Berglas Effects]]<br />
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* The Linking Ring, Vol. 76, No. 3, March 1996, THE ART OF DECEPTION, by Chuck Romano, page 69<br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 91, No. 10, October 2011, In Memoriam, Earle D. Oakes July 9, 1923 - September 18, 2011, page 73<br />
* [[Genii 2011 November|Genii Magazine, Vol. 74, No. 11, November 2011]], Genii Speaks – The death of an 88-year-old man, page 11<br />
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 91, No. 11, November 2011, Broken Wand, Earle D. Oakes, page 110 <br />
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