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'''Professor Adolph Seeman''' learned magic assisting his father, [[Baron Hartwig Seeman]]. <ref>A pictorial history of the American carnival: Volume 1 by Joe McKennon (1972)</ref> | '''Professor Adolph Seeman''' learned magic assisting his father, [[Baron Hartwig Seeman]]. <ref>A pictorial history of the American carnival: Volume 1 by Joe McKennon (1972)</ref> | ||
Adolph Seeman carried on the entertainment after the death of his father, and the levitation illusion that he called "Electra". <ref>[[Magic: A Pictorial | Adolph Seeman carried on the entertainment after the death of his father, and the levitation illusion that he called "Electra". <ref>[[Magic: A Pictorial History of Conjurers in the Theater]] by [[David Price]] (1985)</ref> | ||
He performed professionally Pro until switching to managing carnivals around 1920. [[William Hilliar]] worked side show in a carnival constructed by Seeman in 1921 <ref>192. WILLIAM J. HILLIAR AND CARNIVAL DAYS IN THE NINETTEN-TWENTIES, [[Magic Circular]], Vol. 87, (1993) </ref><ref>MY LIFE IN MAGIC | He performed professionally Pro until switching to managing carnivals around 1920. [[William Hilliar]] worked side show in a carnival constructed by Seeman in 1921 <ref>192. WILLIAM J. HILLIAR AND CARNIVAL DAYS IN THE NINETTEN-TWENTIES, [[Magic Circular]], Vol. 87, (1993) </ref><ref>MY LIFE IN MAGIC | ||
Revision as of 06:23, 31 May 2011
| Adolph Seeman | |
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| Born | 1852 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Died | 1924 |
Professor Adolph Seeman learned magic assisting his father, Baron Hartwig Seeman. [1]
Adolph Seeman carried on the entertainment after the death of his father, and the levitation illusion that he called "Electra". [2]
He performed professionally Pro until switching to managing carnivals around 1920. William Hilliar worked side show in a carnival constructed by Seeman in 1921 [3][4]
References
- ↑ A pictorial history of the American carnival: Volume 1 by Joe McKennon (1972)
- ↑ Magic: A Pictorial History of Conjurers in the Theater by David Price (1985)
- ↑ 192. WILLIAM J. HILLIAR AND CARNIVAL DAYS IN THE NINETTEN-TWENTIES, Magic Circular, Vol. 87, (1993)
- ↑ MY LIFE IN MAGIC BY W. W. DURBIN, Linking Ring, July 1936