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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.
... Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée (New White Magic Explained) by J. N. Ponsin was the first book written in French that dealt exclusively with magic...
... 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...
... Albert P. Smith, The Mysterious Smith, publicity stunt was a coffin escape ...
... MIKO (also known as the Three and a Half of Clubs trick) by Harold Sterling was named in honor of Milt Kort...
... The Magic Show starring Doug Henning had to be written around Doug's inability to sing...
... Edouard-Joseph Raynaly was one of the first magicians on film...
... W.D. LeRoy was responsible for recruiting one of every six memberships of SAM during the first few years...
... Sidney H. Radner once owned one of the world's largest collections of Harry Houdini artifacts ...
... Washington Irving Bishop was the originator of the Blindfold Drive in 1885 using a horse and carriage...

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 * ... [[Sidney H. Radner]] once owned one of the world's largest collections of [[Harry Houdini]] artifacts ...
 * ... [[Washington Irving Bishop]] was the originator of the [[Blindfold Drive]] in 1885 using a horse and carriage...
-*...[[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...
-* ... [[Max Katz]] was [[Ricky Jay]]'s grandfather ....
-* ... between 1906 and 1915 [[Theodore DeLand]] marketed almost 100 tricks using gimmicked cards and decks...