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Golden Gate Magic Company
Golden Gate Magic Co. was a mail order company and magic shop on Market Street in San Francisco, California, opened in the 1940s by Tom Dethlefsen (1892-1965).
Originally at 583 Market Street, it moved to 617 Market Street in early 1950s.[1]
Dethlefsen put the shop up for sale in 1960 on advise of his doctors due to a heart condition.[2]
It was sold by the end of the year to Lou Rossi and Leslie Mutchler. They eventually closed around 1966.
Bill Whittington reopened "Golden Gate Magic" in 1985 as a mail order company, first with Bob Koch from Chicago (until 1988) and then with Paul Chosse.[3]
The shop also published the Golden Gate Gazette in 1986 (for 2 issues).
References
- ↑ http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=272689
- ↑ Genii 1960 July
- ↑ Magic Manuscript March/April 1986