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William Tourtellote

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William Tourtellote
BornWilliam H. Tourtellotte
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DiedSeptember 1, 1951
Webster, Massachusetts

William "Billy" Tourtellotte (-1951) was a magician and photographer.[1] (NOTE: often misspelled Tourtellote)

Biography

Tourtellotte started as an assistant to S. S. Henry[2], promoted on playbills as "electrician".[3] He later had his own show on the Swathmore Chatauqua Circuit.

After leaving show business he became a photographer-engraver for The Webster Times.

He took the plates for 48 of Silent Mora's publicity shots.[4]

Some of his effects were published in the magazine ORESTO from 1918 to 1920. Tourtellotte also wrote some of the "MASSACHUSETTS NOTES" columns for The Sphinx in 1920s.


References

  1. The Sphinx September 1951, page 202
  2. Then Sphinx, July 1927, page 163
  3. Linking Ring, Dec 1930, page 1314
  4. Broken Wand, Linking Ring, October 1951