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R. G. Herrmann
| R. G. Herrmann | |
 From cover of Magic World April 1918 | |
| Born | Roscoe G. Herrmann August 14, 1879 Wapakoneta, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Died | June 12, 1941 (age 61) Wapakoneta, Ohio [1] |
R. G. Herrmann (1879-1941) was a professional magician in the early 1900s performing magic, illusions, mind reading, ventriloquism, shadowgraphs, hypnotism, handcuffs and escapes.[2]
Biography
After retiring from magic art he worked briefly with the Secret Service afterward becoming Deputy clerk of courts of Auglaize county Ohio. He also devoted time as a safe expert, opening and repairing safes.
He was very active in the IBM, which he was president of the IBM Ring No. 3 in Ohio and served as National Secretary in 1932.
Here is a description of his thirty minute act which was published in N.C.A. Digest (May 1921):
- Opened with Newspaper to silk flag which then changed into a six foot flag.
- Artists Dream in which he appears from painting
- Hat production, aerial treasury and egg bag
- A metamorphosis type trick using a bag with two assistants
- Silk productions
- Chinese Linking Rings
- A masked and robed assistant fires a pistol at a screen in which he was behind. When screen is removed, he has vanished but appears as the robed person that fired the shot.
- Multiplying billiard balls followed by Wine and Water
- Closed with a comedy spirit cabinet.
Contributions
- The Cigarette Bush - Magic World Vol 3. No. 3 June 1919
- Telepathic Visualization - Magic World Vol 3. No. 3 June 1919
- The New Trumpet - N.C.A. Digest (July 1921)
- An Original Effect - Linking Ring, Vol 5, No. 1 (1926)
- Chinese Linking Rings - Linking Ring, July 1927
- New Wrinkle and Patter for Egg Bag - Linking Ring, August 1927
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