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Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia.

Points of interest

Opened in 1835, the National Theatre on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, three blocks from The White House, hosted performances of many magic acts.

Al's Magic Shop, started by selling gifts and novelties, in 1936 then added some magic tricks from S.S. Adams Company. The store would eventually evolve into a Magic Shop run by Al Cohen. It closed its doors on April 12, 2004.

Genii magazines headquarters is in Washington D.C.

Library of Congress stores collections from many prominent magicians, including Houdini's.


Magic clubs include the SAM assembly number 23 and IBM ring 50.

Magicians

Russell Swann was born here in 1901, Al Leech in 1918.

Robert Heller moved to Washington, D.C. to become a music teacher at one time.

Father Cyprian went to graduate school in Washington, D.C.

Theodore T. Golden was a noted Washington D.C. Lawyer and President of the Society of American Magicians from 1937 to 1938.


The Zancigs took up permanent residence in Washington, D. C. around 1915 and Agnes Zancig was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.[1]

Map

<googlemap lat="38.905985" lon="-77.033418" zoom="11" controls="large" type="normal" > 38.905985, -77.033418, District of Columbia District of Columbia , District of Columbia </googlemap>

References

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  1. Sphinx (April, 1916)