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'''Al Zink''' (?-c.1960s) was a magician in the Detroit area. He M.C. and performed at [[Abbott's Get-Together]] in the 1940s.
 
'''Al Zink''' (?-c.1960s) was a magician in the Detroit area. He M.C. and performed at [[Abbott's Get-Together]] in the 1940s.
  
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Many of his effects in Abbott's catalog were created in collaboration with [[Al Munroe]] including Coke Surprise, Daylight Production Screen, Color-changing Spheres, and Improved Liquid Appear.
 
Many of his effects in Abbott's catalog were created in collaboration with [[Al Munroe]] including Coke Surprise, Daylight Production Screen, Color-changing Spheres, and Improved Liquid Appear.
  
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Revision as of 17:57, 22 August 2014

Al Zink
BornRumania
Diedcirca 1960
Flourished1940s.

Al Zink (?-c.1960s) was a magician in the Detroit area. He M.C. and performed at Abbott's Get-Together in the 1940s.

Biography

Many of his effects in Abbott's catalog were created in collaboration with Al Munroe including Coke Surprise, Daylight Production Screen, Color-changing Spheres, and Improved Liquid Appear.

He served as president of IBM Ring 22 in Detroit and his Coin Production was published in Tarbell Course in Magic - Volume 3

The Tops issue for January 1963, Karrell Fox ran a picture of Al Zink with Al Munroe and stated "Detroit's two beloved Als (both deceased)". Jay Marshall reported that Zink died in jail.[1]

A photograph of Zink can be viewed on the Conjuring Arts exhibit "Many Faces of Magic"[2]

References

  1. Al Zink Recalled by Jim Alfredson, Magicol, August 2001
  2. http://conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/the-many-faces-of-magic/al-zink/