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| − | '''George W. Stock''' was a professional magician and founder of the Cincinnati Magicians Club.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], February, 1933</ref> | + | '''George W. Stock''' was a professional magician and founder of the Cincinnati Magicians Club.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], February, 1933</ref> His professional tours featured the spiritualist [[Anna Eva Fay]].<ref>Cincinnati Queen City Mystics Assembly No. 11 - 75th Annivesary, MUM, January 1998</ref> |
| − | His | + | His father toured Europe as a magician for twelve years then came to tour in America, settling in Cincinnati where he ran the LaFayette Mall Theatre during the Civil War.<ref>Trix and Chatter by Werner C. Dornfield (1921) </ref> |
Stock was president of the Cincinnati Magicians Club for over 30 years, which later became the Queen City Mystics and then an assembly No. 11 of the [[SAM]]. | Stock was president of the Cincinnati Magicians Club for over 30 years, which later became the Queen City Mystics and then an assembly No. 11 of the [[SAM]]. | ||
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He once sold a magic set for 9 cents which consisted of a piece of cardboard 9 inches wide by 13 inches long with 5 tricks. <ref>[[A-B-C of Magic Sets]] June 1981</ref> | He once sold a magic set for 9 cents which consisted of a piece of cardboard 9 inches wide by 13 inches long with 5 tricks. <ref>[[A-B-C of Magic Sets]] June 1981</ref> | ||
| − | Stock created the illusion of Sawing A Girl In Two In A Barrel which was featured at the Coney Island, Cincinnati's Amusement Park. In 1924, he did the illusion at a radio station in Cincinnati. Alvin Plough, the station publicity director, described it for the studio and home audience. On the same program, Stock presented a type of sword box in which brooms were used in lieu of sabers. | + | Stock created the illusion of Sawing A Girl In Two In A Barrel which was featured at the Coney Island, Cincinnati's Amusement Park. |
| − | <ref>Obit, Linking Ring, February 1957</ref> | + | |
| + | In 1924, he did the illusion at a radio station in Cincinnati. Alvin Plough, the station publicity director, described it for the studio and home audience. On the same program, Stock presented a type of sword box in which brooms were used in lieu of sabers.<ref>Obit, Linking Ring, February 1957</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:25, 30 January 2011
| George W. Stock | |
| Born | George W. Stock February 25, 1865 Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Died | January 6, 1957 (age 91) Springfield, Ohio |
George W. Stock was a professional magician and founder of the Cincinnati Magicians Club.[1] His professional tours featured the spiritualist Anna Eva Fay.[2]
His father toured Europe as a magician for twelve years then came to tour in America, settling in Cincinnati where he ran the LaFayette Mall Theatre during the Civil War.[3]
Stock was president of the Cincinnati Magicians Club for over 30 years, which later became the Queen City Mystics and then an assembly No. 11 of the SAM.
He was on the cover of the Sphinx three times.[4]
He once sold a magic set for 9 cents which consisted of a piece of cardboard 9 inches wide by 13 inches long with 5 tricks. [5]
Stock created the illusion of Sawing A Girl In Two In A Barrel which was featured at the Coney Island, Cincinnati's Amusement Park.
In 1924, he did the illusion at a radio station in Cincinnati. Alvin Plough, the station publicity director, described it for the studio and home audience. On the same program, Stock presented a type of sword box in which brooms were used in lieu of sabers.[6]
