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[[Magician's Guild]] was started around 1942 with the slogan: "For good entertainment, demand a Magician".
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There were a few organizations known as a "Magician Guild".
  
One of the first goals of the Guild was to bring live magic shows to Broadway, which was realized on January 21, 1945 with "Mystery Time" at the Bealsco Theatre. The show included [[Cardini]], [[Hardeen]], [[Al Flosso]] and others.
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The [[Magicians Guild of America]] in Colon Michigan which began in 1938 and was formally called  the "Capitol Magic Club". <ref>Tops, May 1938, page 10</ref>  The [[Tops]] magazine bore the title as its Official Organ.
  
The Guild was one of the first groups to introduce regular magic lectures.
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Another was the [[Magician's Guild of America]] in New York City which was  a professional magic society started around 1943.
  
The [[Conjurors' Magazine]] was the first official organ for the group until it merged with [[Genii]]. In 1981, they selected [[Legerdemain]].
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A few IBM rings used the term such as the Magicians Guild of Lansing (Ring No. 54), the Edmonton Magicians Guild (Ring No. 28), and the London Magicians Guild (Ring No. 265) which was formed in London, Ontario, Canada (as a result of a name change from the "London Magic Club")<ref>http://magiclondon.brinkster.net/</ref>.
  
== Presidents ==
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There was also a [[Pasadena Magicians Guild]] in the 1930s and [[Atlantic States Magicians Guild]] in the 1960s.
* Cardini (1945)
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* Al Flosso
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* Blackstone
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* Richard Dubois
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Latest revision as of 14:59, 19 August 2012

There were a few organizations known as a "Magician Guild".

The Magicians Guild of America in Colon Michigan which began in 1938 and was formally called the "Capitol Magic Club". [1] The Tops magazine bore the title as its Official Organ.

Another was the Magician's Guild of America in New York City which was a professional magic society started around 1943.

A few IBM rings used the term such as the Magicians Guild of Lansing (Ring No. 54), the Edmonton Magicians Guild (Ring No. 28), and the London Magicians Guild (Ring No. 265) which was formed in London, Ontario, Canada (as a result of a name change from the "London Magic Club")[2].

There was also a Pasadena Magicians Guild in the 1930s and Atlantic States Magicians Guild in the 1960s.


References

  1. Tops, May 1938, page 10
  2. http://magiclondon.brinkster.net/