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* ... when [[Mahatma]] was started by George H. Little, it was was the only a [[Magic Periodical]] at the time in the United States devoted to the interests of magicians.
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* ... [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] (New White Magic Explained) by J. N. Ponsin was the first book written in French that dealt exclusively with magic...
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[[File: Dante1.png |right|thumb|100px|[[ Dante]]]]
* ... [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] was used by [[Prof. Hoffmann]] to write [[Modern Magic]]. A translation of parts not used by Hoffmann was published by [[S.H. Sharpe]] as [[Ponsin On Conjuring]]...
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* ... [[Albert P. Smith]], The Mysterious Smith, publicity stunt was a coffin escape ...
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* [[ Paul Roling, Jr.]] taught Saturday magic classes at [[Haines House of Cards]]?
* ... [[MIKO]] (also known as the Three and a Half of Clubs trick) by [[Harold Sterling]] was named in honor of [[Milt Kort]]...
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*[[ Dante]] performed on "[[You Asked for It]]"?
* ... [[The Magic Show]] starring [[Doug Henning]] had to be written around Doug's inability to sing...
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*[[ George W. Stock]]’s  tours featured [[Anna Eva Fay]]?
* ... [[Edouard-Joseph Raynaly]] was one of the first magicians on film...
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* [[ Will B. Wood]] was sometimes called "The [[Kellar]] of South America."?
* ... [[W.D. LeRoy]] was responsible for recruiting one of every six memberships of [[SAM]] during the first few years...
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*[[ Bart Kennett]] was considered black America's [[Howard Thurston]]?
* ... [[Sidney H. Radner]] once owned one of the world's largest collections of [[Harry Houdini]] artifacts ...
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* ... [[Washington Irving Bishop]] was the originator of the [[Blindfold Drive]] in 1885 using a horse and carriage...
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*...[[Charles T. Aldrich]], a popular Quick Change performer in vaudeville, was father of Gale Gordon, the actor that played Lucille Ball's boss on TV...
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* ... [[Max Katz]] was [[Ricky Jay]]'s grandfather ....
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* ... between 1906 and 1915 [[Theodore DeLand]] marketed almost 100 tricks using gimmicked cards and decks...
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