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H. A. Brauer

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H. A. Brauer
BornHarrol Andrew Brauer
September 27, 1888
Richmond, Virginia
DiedDecember 23 1980 (age 92)
Newport News, Virginia
Resting placeWesthampton Memorial and Cremation Park, 10000 Patterson Avenue, Richmond, Virginia

H. A. Brauer (1888-?) was an escape artist in Virginia.

Biography

Brauer became interested in sleight-of-hand at 15 and started performing in club and society entertainments throughout Virginia. He latter branched out to vaudeville.

A few years later he changed his performance to "The Challenge Handcuff Act" featuring escapes from Handcuffs, Mail bags, Straight Jackets and Packing cases. He would close with the Milk Can Escape, by allowing the committee to tie him up in a cloth bag previous to his being placed in the can filled with water. Brauer made several escapes from jails throughout Virginia. [1]

In the 1926, IBM membership listed Brauer as member number 574 with the address "c/o Car Accountant, Chesapeake & Ohio Ry., Richmond, Va".

Contributions

  • Challenge Packing Case Escape Vol. 01 No. 01 (April 1917)
  • Card to Confetti in Magic World Vol. 01 No. 08 (November 1917)
  • Packing Case Escape in Magic World Vol. 03 No. 04 (July 1919)
  • William L. Brauer, grandson and family genealogist

References

  1. Magic World November 1917