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'''Jesse Lybarger''' (1870-1934), a sewing machine salesman, was the first magician to publish a [[Sponge Ball]] manipulation routine with hand-carved balls (in 1926).<ref>[[Genii 2001 January|Genii, Vol. 64, No. 1, January 2001]]</ref> | '''Jesse Lybarger''' (1870-1934), a sewing machine salesman, was the first magician to publish a [[Sponge Ball]] manipulation routine with hand-carved balls (in 1926).<ref>[[Genii 2001 January|Genii, Vol. 64, No. 1, January 2001]]</ref> | ||
== Biography == | |||
He became interested in magic after going to a circus in Ohio at the age of 12. | He became interested in magic after going to a circus in Ohio at the age of 12. | ||
Lybarger was a member of the Executive Committee of the [[I.B.M.]]<ref>The Linking Ring, Vol. IV, No. 9, November 1934, IN MEMORIAM J. J. Lybarger, page 734 </ref> | Lybarger was a member of the Executive Committee of the [[I.B.M.]]<ref>The Linking Ring, Vol. IV, No. 9, November 1934, IN MEMORIAM J. J. Lybarger, page 734 </ref> | ||
{{References}} | {{References}} | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 20 April 2014
| Jesse J. Lybarger | |
 From cover of Linking Ring (April 1928) | |
| Born | August 1, 1870 Millwood, Ohio |
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| Died | November 6, 1934 (age 64) Harrisburg, Pa |
Jesse Lybarger (1870-1934), a sewing machine salesman, was the first magician to publish a Sponge Ball manipulation routine with hand-carved balls (in 1926).[1]
Biography
He became interested in magic after going to a circus in Ohio at the age of 12.
Lybarger was a member of the Executive Committee of the I.B.M.[2]
References
- ↑ Genii, Vol. 64, No. 1, January 2001
- ↑ The Linking Ring, Vol. IV, No. 9, November 1934, IN MEMORIAM J. J. Lybarger, page 734
- The Linking Ring, Vol. VIII, No. 2, April 1928, JESSE J. LYBARGER I.B.M. No. 535, page 97