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| − | + | '''Harry Usher''' (November 17, 1887 - October 29, 1950) was born in New York City. Also known as "Hal", he worked for a time as a sideshow act in places like [[Coney Island]], but by 1927 they had became [[vaudeville]] headliners doing magic and second sight act called "Fifty Years from Now". In the early part of his career, he worked in Chinese costume as "Ah Foon" a title given to him by the original "Ah Foon", [[George Little]]. He retired in 1935 to go into the horoscope business in Venice, California. The Ushers produced (2) different series of magic tokens with horoscope signs on them and are listed in Kuethe magic token booklet.<ref>[[Programmes of Famous Magicians]] (1937)</ref><ref>Cover [[Genii 1940 December]]</ref><ref>Obit [[Genii 1950 November]]</ref><ref>[[Magic: A Pictorial History of Conjurers in the Theater]] by [[David Price]] (1985)</ref> | |
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Revision as of 19:47, 9 March 2012
The Ushers were a Second Sight act consisting of Harry Usher and his wife Francis.
| Harry Usher | |
| Born | November 17, 1887 New York City |
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| Died | October 29, 1950 (age 62) |
Harry Usher (November 17, 1887 - October 29, 1950) was born in New York City. Also known as "Hal", he worked for a time as a sideshow act in places like Coney Island, but by 1927 they had became vaudeville headliners doing magic and second sight act called "Fifty Years from Now". In the early part of his career, he worked in Chinese costume as "Ah Foon" a title given to him by the original "Ah Foon", George Little. He retired in 1935 to go into the horoscope business in Venice, California. The Ushers produced (2) different series of magic tokens with horoscope signs on them and are listed in Kuethe magic token booklet.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Programmes of Famous Magicians (1937)
- ↑ Cover Genii 1940 December
- ↑ Obit Genii 1950 November
- ↑ Magic: A Pictorial History of Conjurers in the Theater by David Price (1985)
