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* ... [[Washington Irving Bishop]] was the originator of the [[Blindfold Drive]] in 1885 using a horse and carriage...
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* ... Author [[Clayton Rawson]] organized an informal exclusive magic organization in New York City called the [[Witchdoctors Club]]...
*...[[Charles T. Aldrich]], a popular Quick Change performer in vaudeville, was father of Gale Gordon, the actor that played Lucille Ball's boss on TV...  
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* ... George Casaubon was the pen name of [[Monsignor Vincent Foy]], a Roman Catholic priest and magic collector.
* ...The [[Magic Circle]] was going to called the [[Martin Chapender]] Magical Society...
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* ... [[Professor Henderson]] (Milton H. Grannat) was one of the crew on the Monitor, during the [[Civil War]]. After retiring from the Federal Navy at the close of the Civil War, became a magician. 
* ...[[Chris Charlton]]'s collection of magic magazines was one of the largest of his time...
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* ... [[Houdini]] wrote under the name "N. Osey" for both [[Mahatma]] and his own [[Conjurers' Monthly Magazine]]....
*... [[Hen Fetsch]]'s rope routines were the inspiration for the classic [[Professor's Nightmare]] effect.  
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* ... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as [[Jacques_Morintell]]...
* ... [[Stanley Collins]] and [[S.H. Sharpe]] shared the same birthday.
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* ... [[Max Katz]] was [[Ricky Jay]]'s grandfather ....
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* ... [[Kolar]] was the inspiration for "[[Seven Keys to Baldpate]]"...
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''See also  [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]]''.
* ... [[Jimmy Stewart]] starting out as an amateur magician and accordionist...
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* ... between 1906 and 1915 [[Theodore DeLand]] marketed almost 100 tricks using gimmicked cards and decks...
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  • ... Author Clayton Rawson organized an informal exclusive magic organization in New York City called the Witchdoctors Club...
  • ... George Casaubon was the pen name of Monsignor Vincent Foy, a Roman Catholic priest and magic collector.
  • ... Professor Henderson (Milton H. Grannat) was one of the crew on the Monitor, during the Civil War. After retiring from the Federal Navy at the close of the Civil War, became a magician.
  • ... Houdini wrote under the name "N. Osey" for both Mahatma and his own Conjurers' Monthly Magazine....
  • ... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as Jacques_Morintell...


See also Recent changes.