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Louis "Pop" Kreiger was a professional magician and known for his mastery of the cups and balls. <ref>Picture, [[Sphinx]], September, 1931, page 306</ref>
 
By 1890, Prof. Kreiger  was known as the society entertainer of New York. On a number of occasions, [[Frank Ducrot]] pass himself off as Kreiger to fulfill engagements he could not find time to fulfill in person. <ref>Obit, Goldston's Magical Quarterly, Autumn, 1934 </ref> He also would bill himself as The Russian Conjurer.
 
From 1895 to 1899, Kreiger was at the Thalia Theatre, Tony Pastor's and Huber's,
billed as Professor Kruger.<ref>Of legierdemaine and diverse juggling knacks by John Braun Linking Ring, June 1961 </ref>
 
[[Al Flosso]] married his daughter Lillian in 1924.
 
Kreiger was a close friend of [[Max Malini]] and was one of the charter members of the [[Society of American Magicians]] in 1902.
 
His son, [[Willie Kreiger]] also took up magic.
 
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