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Ralph W. Hull
| Ralph W. Hull | |
| Born | July 05, 1883 Crooksville, Ohio |
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| Died | May 20, 1943 (age 59) |
| Categories | Books by Ralph W. Hull |
Ralph W. Hull (b.1883-d.1943), born in Crooksville, Ohio was a professional magician, author and inventor of a number of commercial effects.
Biography
Hull was a performer at Coney Island as the Chautauqua and Lyceum headliner.
He was also involved in his family business, Hull Pottery manufacturing company, in Ohio.
He is best know for the mechanical decks he developed using his Rough and Smooth principle. John Northern Hilliard's Greater Magic has a chapter devoted to Hull, "The Tuned Deck".
Bibliography
Marketed items
- Pop-eyed Popper Deck
- Cosmic Ray Cards
- Mental Discernment (1930)
- Delirium Tremens Deck (1934)
- Nudist Deck (or Mental Photography Deck) (1934)
- Krazy Kards (1935)
- Double Blank Card Trick (1940)
Books
- Eye-Openers (1932)
- More Eye-Openers (1933)
- Modernism in Pasteboard (with Nelson C. Hahne) (1934)
- Smart Magic (with Nelson C. Hahne) (1935)
- Fifteen Minutes With A Rope (1937)
- The Testament of Ralph W. Hull by Trevor Hall (1945)
- Hull's The Complete Eye Openers (2005) by Paul Gordon & Natzler Enterprises
References
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