S. S. Henry

S. S. Henry
Born	Sheldon Spahr Henry September 13, 1891 Jamestown, Ohio
Died	August 18, 1947 (age 55) Houston, Texas

S. S. Henry (1891-1947) was an artist and magician.

Biography

Born in Jamestown, Ohio, Henry attended art schools. He made rag and smoke pictures, sand paintings and chalk cartoons and also became a magician. By 1907 Henry was performing professionally on the Chautauqua and Lyceum circuits with his art and magic.

In the 1930s he, his wife Lucille and several assistants toured with a two-hour evening show. His "Vanishing Goat" illusion was a favorite of his. A goat was hustled into a slatted cage, the cage was hoisted into the air, and in a burst of smoke, it fell apart to show that the goat was gone. Henry's act was describe in Holden's Programmes of Famous Magicians.

Henry and his wife moved to Houston, Texas and lived there until his death.,

References

• The Linking Ring, Vol. 9, No. 10, December 1929, A Review of the S. S. Henry Show, by “Dom”, page 1046
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 1931, Maker of Magic for Magicians, page 18
• Cover, The Linking Ring, Vol. 12, No. 2, April 1932, Sheldon S. Henry, by W. W. Durbin, page 104
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 27, No. 7, September 1947, Sheldon S. Henry Dies, page 48
• The Sphinx, Vol. 46, No. 7, September 1947, S. S. Henry Dies, page 222
• The Bat, No. 46, October 1947, Sheldon S. Henry Dies, page 316
• The Linking Ring, Vol. 86, No. 1, January 2006, Rebo’s Vanishing Car or S.S. Henry’s Vanishing Goat, by Bev Bergeron, page 64
• Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Henry, Sheldon Spahr USA Zauberkünstler (13.09.1891 Jamestown, Ohio; †18.08.1947), page 154