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L. L. Ireland

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Laurie L. Ireland (1898-1954), known for his skill in sleeving and billiard ball manipulations, was a magician and Chicago magic dealer.]][1]
L. L. Ireland
BornLaurie Lowell Ireland
March 31, 1899
Round Lake, Minnesota [2]
DiedApril 27, 1954 (age 55)
his home Chicago

In 1925, he opened the L.L. Ireland Magic Co. in Chicago (which became Magic, Inc.) and met with his wife Frances Ireland.

Ireland had been a magician since childhood. By the time he was 25 he was developing and selling magical tricks of his own and then as the Ireland Magic Co.

He invented more than fifty tricks, most of them manipulative, including his line of golf ball tricks.[3][4]

He created the Multiplying Golf Balls and Otto the Duck (1936) (now called Joanne the Duck).[5]

Books

References

  1. The Linking Ring, Vol. 27, No. 6, August 1947, THE GREAT "L. L." by Leo Newman, page 19
  2. About the Author printed in the booklet "Ireland's Original Cup and Ball Routines" [1]
  3. Obit, The Linking Ring, Vol. 34, No. 4, June 1954, p.94
  4. The Final Curtain LAURIE IRELAND, Tops, Vol. 19, JUNE 1954, p.27
  5. Obit Genii 1954 May