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[[Salo Ansbach]] (July 30, 1854 - ?), born in Germany and came to the United States in 1871, performed as a magician on the [[Lyceum]] circuit (starting in 1886).  He later was founder/manager of the Ansbach Correspondence School of Magic in Hillsdale, New Jersey.
[[Salo Ansbach]] (July 30, 1854 - ?), born in Germany and came to the United States in 1871, was a magic teacher and performed as a magician on the [[Lyceum]] circuit (starting in 1886).  He later was founder/manager of the Ansbach Correspondence School of Magic in Hillsdale, New Jersey.
 
Ansbach may have been  the first person to make a success as a traveling teacher of magic.


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* Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap Books by H. J. Burlingame (1891)
* Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap Books by H. J. Burlingame (1891)
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Revision as of 13:19, 23 March 2009

Advertisement from Scribner's Magazine (1905)

Salo Ansbach (July 30, 1854 - ?), born in Germany and came to the United States in 1871, was a magic teacher and performed as a magician on the Lyceum circuit (starting in 1886). He later was founder/manager of the Ansbach Correspondence School of Magic in Hillsdale, New Jersey.

Ansbach may have been the first person to make a success as a traveling teacher of magic.

References

  • Who's who in the lyceum By Alfred Augustus Wright (1906)
  • Leaves from Conjurers' Scrap Books by H. J. Burlingame (1891)