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In 1942, the [[William Larsen Sr.]] purchased Floyd Thayer’s Magic Company. | In 1942, the [[William Larsen Sr.]] purchased Floyd Thayer’s Magic Company. | ||
[[Rudy Roxo]] then bought the company from Bill Larsen in 1950, running his plant from Traverse City, Michigan. | |||
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Revision as of 12:30, 27 July 2010
Thayer Magic Company was founded by Floyd G. Thayer in 1907 and made magical apparatus into the 1930's. The Thayer slogan was "Quality Magic".
Thayer started his Thayer Magic Co. making wands and advertised first in Mahatma as The Wand of The West. Ellis Stanyon was reported to have been his first customer.
The Thayers opened to the public their new home in western Los Angeles, named "Brookledge", in 1933. It included a Studio-theater. They published Thayer's Magical Bulletin starting in 1914.
In 1942, the William Larsen Sr. purchased Floyd Thayer’s Magic Company.
Rudy Roxo then bought the company from Bill Larsen in 1950, running his plant from Traverse City, Michigan.