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Frank Caesar
| Frank Caesar | |
| Born | March 2, 1872 Decorah, Iowa |
|---|---|
| Died | December 8, 1948 (age 76) Chicago, Illinois |
Frank Caesar was a professional magician that toured the United States starting the early 1900s.
Growing up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of a book binder, became interested in magic after seeing Alexander Herrmann in 1889.
A year later he was touring America as a magician. In 1896 he married Helen Babe Lewis and the began performing a"Trunk Substitution" which Caesar built himself. They performed in vaudeville for many years with great success.
In 1922, he went into the manufacturing magic.[1]
A photograph of him can be viewed at the Conjuring Arts' exhibit "The Many Faces of Magic."[2]
References
- ↑ Broken Wand, Linking Ring, January 1949
- ↑ http://conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/the-many-faces-of-magic/frank-caesar/