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Showing posts with label Alexander Herrmann. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alexander Herrmann. Show all posts
Thursday, April 18, 2019

Bancroft Prince of Magicians

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This poster above belonged to a magician named Frederick Bancroft. This poster is beautiful to be sure. And apparently it was also humong...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

The Grave of Olive Dot Robinson, Wife of Chung Ling Soo

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Dot Robinson being floated by Harry Kellar When it comes to one of the greatest magician's assistants in history, surely one of the ...
Friday, May 26, 2017

Adelaide Herrmann For Kids

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I stumbled upon this book quite by accident. I found it while searching ebay for vintage magic props. What is it? It's a new childre...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Dot Robinson, Wife of Chung Ling Soo

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Olive 'Dot' Robinson was the wife of William Ellsworth Robinson, known professionally as Chung Ling Soo. She was born Olive Path a...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

More Forgotten Illusions-The Decapitation

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The Decapitation is an old illusion and I'm not 100% sure of the creator. I know the origin of the illusion dates back hundreds of y...
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Friday, February 14, 2014

The Golden Age of Magic - In Bronze

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I have posted many statues, sculptures, carvings, figurines and busts of magicians. But now it's time for the finest renditions of ...
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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Maid of the Moon Addition

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I wrote an article on an intriguing levitation illusion that had been presented by both Harry Kellar and Alexander Herrmann. It was calle...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Grave of Herrmann The Great

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photo courtesy of Kenneth Hughes Over on my DeadConjurers blog, I have posted photos of the graves of Adelaide Herrmann and her husba...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Maid of the Moon Illusion

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I have always been intrigued by the poster above, but was never quite sure what the actual effect of this illusion was. 'Maid of the ...
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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Adelaide Herrmann and the 1926 Fire

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Warehouse on 46St NYC This is a story I had read about in different books over the years, but always in snippets. I never quite knew the...
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Monday, August 6, 2012

The Queen of Magic - Book Review

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A while ago I mentioned that Margaret Steele had published the recently discovered memoirs of Adelaide Herrmann. But at the time I had n...
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Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Devil Made Them Do It

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The Devilish Connection Magic has a long history of being associated with the devil and the dark arts. The book, Discoverie of Witchcra...
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Friday, September 2, 2011

Houdini & The Herrmann Connection

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Houdini and Compars Herrmann I had heard speculation that Houdini and the Herrmann Family (Compars and Alexander) were related but I alwa...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Civil War Era Magicians Part 3

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In part 1 of this series, I told you about John Henry Anderson, The Great Wizard of the North who was actually Scottish. He was one of the e...