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Frederic La Delle
| Frederic La Delle | |
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| Born | Frederick Clifford Kirkpatrick July 27, 1866 Newark, New Jersey |
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| Died | January of 1941 (age 74) |
| Flourished | 1884-1917 |
Frederic La Delle (b.1866-d.1941) had a career as a circus performer, magician and vaudeville performer.[1]
Biography
La Delle did an act in which he manipulated doves and chickens like other magicians did billiard balls.
With his three children, he presented an act of magic, illusions and singing and dancing as the "European Mystifiers."
Around 1916 he entered the mail order business selling tricks and books.
His son, Clifford P. Kirkpatrick (1893-c.1967), became a police office and performed as "Fort Wayne's cop magician" in Indiana.[2]
La Delle's unpublished autobiography "Memories of an Old Circus Trouper" was completed, with additional historical research, by his granddaughter Eleanor Swift.[3]
Books
- "A Complete Illustrated Course of Instruction" How to Enter Vaudeville (1913)[4]
- CLEVER CARD TRICKS ANY ONE CAN DO (1919)
References
- ↑ http://genforum.genealogy.com/kirkpatrick/messages/18.html
- ↑ Tops, Sept. 1941
- ↑ The Remarkable Career of Frederic La Delle: From 1884 - 1917 by Eleanor Swift (2009)
- ↑ http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_Enter_Vaudeville_cover.jpg
