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'''Loring Campbell''' (1905 - 1979) performed full evening [[Lyceum]] and [[Chautauqua]] magic shows throughout North America.<ref>Cover [[Genii 1937 June]] with Mrs. Campbell</ref> | '''Loring Campbell''' (1905 - 1979) performed full evening [[Lyceum]] and [[Chautauqua]] magic shows throughout North America.<ref>Cover [[Genii 1937 June]] with Mrs. Campbell</ref> | ||
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A graduate of the Daques Business University, he began performing around around 1923.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, September, 1931</ref> He carried two complete 2-hour shows with a complete change of programs each year. | A graduate of the Daques Business University, he began performing around around 1923.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, September, 1931</ref> He carried two complete 2-hour shows with a complete change of programs each year. | ||
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Revision as of 14:09, 22 February 2014
| Loring Campbell | |
 Cover Genii 1975 March | |
| Born | Loring Alexander Campbell March 19, 1905 Sapulpa, Oklakohma |
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| Died | January 11, 1979 (age 73) |
| Categories | Books by Loring Campbell |
Loring Campbell (1905 - 1979) performed full evening Lyceum and Chautauqua magic shows throughout North America.[1]
Contents
Biography
A graduate of the Daques Business University, he began performing around around 1923.[2] He carried two complete 2-hour shows with a complete change of programs each year.
Campbell helped Fred Haenchen get into the field of magic apparatus manufacturing.[3]
Loring held membership Number 22 in the I.B.M., joining in 1924 and membership Number 1330 in the S.A.M., joining in 1926. He was also a member of the Hollywood Comedy Club. [4]
He wrote the column "The Campbell Caravan" for Tops.
Honors
- Elected to the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame (while still living).
Books
- This is Magic! (1945)
- Magic That Is Magic (1946)
References
- ↑ Cover Genii 1937 June with Mrs. Campbell
- ↑ Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, September, 1931
- ↑ Cover Genii 1975 March
- ↑ Obit, Genii 1979 March
- (cover) Genii 1943 August
