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[[Horace Marshall]] (June 12, 1902 - February 24,1976) was born Horace Marshall III in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents were a vaudeville team, featured on the Keith-Proctor circuit, under the name of "Mystic Marshall and Company". | [[Horace Marshall]] (June 12, 1902 - February 24,1976) was born Horace Marshall III in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents were a vaudeville team, featured on the Keith-Proctor circuit, under the name of "Mystic Marshall and Company". | ||
He began his own career in magic working the | He began his own career in magic working the Chataguaqa Circuit in 1923 with partner John Frye, using many of his own creations. In 1926, Horace decided to devote full-time to the creation, manufacture and sales of magical apparatus and started H. Marshall and Company, making all items by hand. | ||
Horace was a prop builder known for his Feather Flower bouquets built for [[Harry Blackstone]], Blackstone's "Light Bulbs Thru a Girl" and Houdini's "Flight of Time". | Horace was a prop builder known for his Feather Flower bouquets built for [[Harry Blackstone]], Blackstone's "Light Bulbs Thru a Girl" and Houdini's "Flight of Time". | ||
Revision as of 19:28, 18 January 2009
Horace Marshall (June 12, 1902 - February 24,1976) was born Horace Marshall III in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents were a vaudeville team, featured on the Keith-Proctor circuit, under the name of "Mystic Marshall and Company".
He began his own career in magic working the Chataguaqa Circuit in 1923 with partner John Frye, using many of his own creations. In 1926, Horace decided to devote full-time to the creation, manufacture and sales of magical apparatus and started H. Marshall and Company, making all items by hand.
Horace was a prop builder known for his Feather Flower bouquets built for Harry Blackstone, Blackstone's "Light Bulbs Thru a Girl" and Houdini's "Flight of Time".
In 1940, the Akron Magic Club was designated, "The Horace Marshall Ring No. 161", of the I.B.M.