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Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play Close-Up /Amico Papers Inventory

Close-Up Magic Materials/Michael J. Amico Papers

Processed by: Cheri Crist (2007); inventory revised by Doris C. Sturzenberger

Custodial History: The Library of The Strong acquired this group of papers related to the practice of close-up magic from Lars Sandel in July 1992. Sandel provided a comprehensive list of items included in the collection; however, there was no indication or record of the manner by which he came to acquire the items, nor is there any specific mention of the papers of Michael Amico. The original lot included books, booklets, and serials, which were added to the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play. The lot also included three-dimensional items, which were transferred to the Museum of Play collections.

The papers had been divided into two boxes: one that contained personal papers of Michael J. Amico, a local, semi-professional, close-up magician; the other, a large number of magic trick instructions, along with a few items that seemed to relate directly or indirectly to Michael Amico. Some of the Amico-related items in the second box were from the Society of American Magicians (both the local and national groups), of which Amico was a member, while others had the word Amico written on them. One item mentions Bob Follmer, who was a friend of Amico.

It is unknown how the two boxes are related. Because the same Object ID (93.7077) had been assigned to both sets of papers, the processor made the decision to integrate the two collections into one combined collection. In this way, researchers will be able to locate similar material relating to the practice of amateur magic in one collection, which also provides valuable insight into a local magician’s activities.

Conditions Governing Access and Use: This collection is open to research use by staff of The Strong and by users of its library. The seller has unconditionally given the papers, together with all intellectual property right or interest (including, but not limited to any copyright, trademark, and associated rights therein), to The Strong.

Size: 1 linear foot

Dates: 1921–1981

Collection Scope and Content Note: This collection of papers relates to the practice of close-up magic. It includes items relating to the practice of magic in the Rochester, NY, area; magic trick instructions; publications and promotional materials; magic event materials; and national and local magic organization material. Also included are personal papers of Michael J. Amico, a semi-professional close-up magician. Items of particular interest to researchers include a Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.) membership application with the history, scope, and purpose of the organization; election and nomination ballots for the International Brotherhood of Magicians (I.B.M.); and a document used for the purpose of contracting the services of a magician named Sherms.

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The collection has been arranged in the following series and sub-series: • Series 1 Michael J. Amico • Sub-series 1.1 Personal Papers • Sub-series 1.2 Professional Organization Materials • Series 2 Publications and Promotional Materials • Series 3 Magic Trick Instructions • Sub-series 3.1 Magic Trick Instructions in Original Envelopes • Sub-series 3.2 Loose Magic Trick Instructions • Series 4 Miscellaneous

Biographical Sketch: Michael J. Amico was a semi-professional magician from the Rochester area and was active in this pursuit from the late 1960s until his death in 2009. Amico performed at annual Magic Alliance of Western gatherings and the Second Annual Mohawk Valley Magic Day; served as emcee for various magic shows; appeared as a guest lecturer at the Close Encounters of the Magic Kind magic show; and appeared on Dante’s Magic Show. In 2004, he performed at the invitation-only convention for close-up magic, Fechter's Finger Flicking Frolic in Batavia, NY. Amico was an officer in the International Brotherhood of Magicians, was president of The Society of American Magicians Rochester Assembly #47 from 1972–1973, and was instrumental in the local Society of Junior Magicians, teaching young, aspiring magicians the art of close-up magic.

Biographical Sources: • Dawes, Robin. “The 2004 -- 4F Convention. Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic.” http://www.ffffmagic.com/stories/2004review.html (accessed June 20, 2007). • Keith Walker’s Close Encounters of the Magic Kind. “History.” http://www.closeencountersmagic.com/page1.php (accessed July 2, 2007). • “Michael J. Amico.” Obituary. Wayne County Star, March 17, 2009. http://wcs.wayuga.com/en/250/obits/9747/?tpl=236 (accessed July 20, 2010).

Subject Headings: • Card tricks • International Brotherhood of Magicians • Magic shows • Magic tricks • Magic tricks--Technique • Society of American Magicians • Society of Junior Magicians

Series Descriptions:

Series Number: 1

Series Title: Michael J. Amico

Sub-Series:

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1.1 Personal Papers 1.2 Professional Organization Materials

Sub-Series 1.1: Personal Papers

Sub-Series Dates: 1968–1981

Sub-Series Quantity: 1 folder

Sub-Series Arrangement: By subject

Sub-Series Scope and Content Note: This sub-series contains items related to magic activities in which Michael J. Amico was involved and includes handwritten trick instructions and trick lists for magic shows; various personal magic society membership materials; programs from magic shows at which Amico performed; graded tricks—presumably Amico’s comments on efforts made by members of the Society of Junior Magicians; and personal correspondence from friend and fellow magician Ron Zollweg. Also included are an award ribbon from an unknown competition, and a nametag.

Sub-Series Container/Folder List: Box 1: Personal Miscellaneous: • Letter to Mike Amico from Emil Loew Magicians Lecturing Service regarding Phoa Yan Tiong, Creator of Oriental Magic. March 19, 1969. 2 pages. • First place ribbon, Mike Amico, July 19, 1970, Spot Land M.A.R.S. Area. • Envelope addressed to Mike Amico. May 9, 1974. Stamped Ken Brooke’s Magic Place, 145 Wardour Street, , W.1. • Letter to Mike Amico regarding informal magicians’ get-together. May 22, 1976. • Mike Amico’s nametag for 10th Annual Magic Fest in Rochester. 1980. • Handwritten napkin trick instructions. May 19, 1981. Signed M. Amico. 3 pages. • Letter to Mike Amico from Ron about visit. March 13. n.y. On Ron Fredrick letterhead. • Index cards (3) from to Mike Amico regarding status of an order. n.d. • Professional photo, B&W 8x10. n.d. Hand-signed: To Mike, Best wishes from Ron, Martie, & Charlie. (Ron Zollweg/Fredrick) • Typewritten note, hand-signed Ron. n.d.

Society Materials: • S.A.M. #47 meeting reminder postcard. Jan 2, 1968. Addressed to Mike Amico. • Receipt for S.A.M. Rochester Assembly #47 membership dues for Mike Amico. October 15, 1974. • Envelope addressed to Michael J. Amico from I.B.M. March 4, 1975. • Dues reminder letter; S.A.M. #47 1976-1977 Schedule; Member list. August 9, 1976. Envelope addressed to Mike Amico. • It’s Magic! Presented by S.A.M. Rochester Assembly #47. October 2, 1976. Program and ticket. Mike Amico listed as M.C. Performers: Norm Rose, Don Adams & Dottie, Bob Follmer, Curt Higgins, Harold Bollotin, Jack & Shirley Alden.

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• Mike Amico’s International Brotherhood of Magicians membership certificate. n.d. • Second Annual Mohawk Valley Magic Day program. n.d. Mike Amico listed as close-up performer.

Sub-Series 1.2: Professional Organization Materials

Sub-Series Dates: 1968–1975

Sub-Series Quantity: 1 folder

Sub-Series Arrangement: By society, and then chronologically

Sub-Series Scope and Content Note: This sub-series includes documents such as meeting announcements, conference registration forms, member lists, and organizational bylaws pertaining to magic organizations with which Michael J. Amico was involved. Of particular interest are: a membership application for The Society of American Magicians; the by-laws of the Rochester chapter of S.A.M.; and ballots for the annual election of officers for the International Brotherhood of Magicians.

Sub-Series Container/Folder List: Box 1: The Society of American Magicians: • Magic Lecture #1 Junior Magicians. March 22, 1969. W. B. Parker. Handout with trick descriptions. 4 pages. • Ad rates for 1969 Convention Program on S.A.M. letterhead. • 41st Annual Conference Convention Registration Form.1969. • Form letter from S.A.M. VP Bill Dunbaugh concerning membership drive. June 6, 1973. • Proposition for Membership Application. n.d. Includes history, scope, and purpose of S.A.M.

The Society of American Magicians Rochester Assembly #47: • Bylaws. [1962?] 3 pages. • 1967 Christmas party announcement for January 6, 1968. • Handwritten Meeting Minutes. 5 pages. (one set dated December 6, 1968). • Address List. July 27, 1968. 2 pages. • Address List. October 1, 1972. President: Michael J. Amico.

Society of Junior Magicians: • Meeting announcement, April 11. n.y. The Bunny Box trick explanation and how-to figures from The Conjuror’s Magazine attached. 2 pages. • Meeting announcement, May 24. n.y. Junior magic performers. Tricky Road Sign trick instructions attached (presumably for the young magicians to practice before the meeting). • Meeting announcement, June 14th. n.y. Fuling U’s Postcards by Bob Gill attached. 2 pages. • Meeting announcement, September 13. n.y. • Schedule for Junior Magicians Training Sessions. December 3, n.y. List of effects demonstrated. • Sample meeting agenda. n.d. Includes descriptions of and teaching methods for several coin tricks, rising card tricks, silk tricks, and rope tricks. 5 pages.

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The International Brotherhood of Magicians: • Election Ballot, 1975. • Nomination Ballot, 1975.

Magic Alliance of Western New York: • Batavia Presents the 25th MAWNY, , NY. May 3, 1970. Dealers, close-up magic performers (including Mike Amico), auction, Junior Magicians show. 2 pages. • Batavia Magic Club Presents the 26th MAWNY, Alexander, NY. May 2, 1971. Dealers, the Junior show, Grandini lecture, close-up magic, night show. • MAWNY instructions for auction item submissions. n.d.

Series Number: 2

Series Title: Publications and Promotional Materials

Series Dates: ca. 1930s–1976

Series Quantity: 1 folder

Series Arrangement: By subject, and then chronologically

Series Scope and Content Note: This series contains magic-related articles, announcements for magic lectures in the Rochester area, items relating to the sale of magic goods and supplies, and promotional materials for magicians. Items of special note are a contract for a magic performance, and a professional black and white photo of an unknown magician.

Series Container/Folder List: Box 1: Articles/Publications: • ESP homemade folder containing: • Some Call it Extra Sensory Perception, Inez Haynes Irwin. Cosmopolitan. c. 1930s. pp. 36- 37, 92-95. • So You Think You’re Gambling! Michael MacDougall. Cosmopolitan. c. 1930s. pp. 42-43, 76-78. • The Blue Sheet. December 1963. Issue #6. (cover only) Published E. Rutherford, NJ. Sherms–Mighty Master of Mystery. 1967. Blank contract. • The Magic News. c. 1972. Zig Zag stage illusions; illusions; ESP course; ad/order form for sold-out Dictionary of Mentalism. • Observer-Dispatch (Utica, NY). January 30, 1976, p. 13. Teacher-Magician Dons Both Hats Successfully in Show at MVCC, Jonas Kover. Article about Ron Zollweg (stage name: Ron Fredrick). • Anatomy of a Magician. n.d. • Magic-related cartoons. n.d. 2 pages.

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• Pabular magazine. n.d. With advertisements for dice and card tricks; letter from editor. 2 pages. • Routined Manipulation, Part One, by . Booklet cover. n.d.

Events/Lectures: • The Hade-E-Gram Magizette, p. 26. January 1965. Calgary Magic Round-Up advertisement. • Eric Lewis lecture. November 19, 1969. • Magic for Entertaining. n.d. Syllabus for a ten-week course in close-up magic. Instructor, Robert H. Little. 2 pages. • G. W. Moss show (Juggling instructor at R.I.T.). n.d. (2 copies) • Pavel lecture. October 6. n.y. Featuring stand-up effects, close-up magic, mental experiments, vanishing and appearing canes.

Magic Supplies: • Gene Gordon’s Magic Shop (Buffalo, NY) moving announcement. April 1, 1972. • Letter soliciting orders for The Miracle Makers, by J. G. Thompson, Jr., following his death. September 29, 1975. • List of supplies needed for a magic show. n.d. Handwritten on Cunningham Information Switching Systems letterhead. • Lou Tannen’s Ultrasilk size 12 x 12, product insert. n.d. Includes care and trick instructions. • Sylvian’s Magic receipt. n.d. 10¢ ea. 100 lots. • Irv Weiner (Mr. Fingers) letter apologizing for delayed orders. n.d.

Promotional Materials: • Jondu Brycini, magician. Business card. n.d. • Deceptions by Ron Fredrick. Business card. n.d. • Oversized dollar bill promoting Jack Alden, The Jack of All Tricks. n.d. • Patti and the Boyfriend brochure. Adult humor and . n.d. • Professional photo, B&W, 5x7 of unknown magician. n.d.

Series Number: 3

Series Title: Magic Trick Instructions

Sub-Series: 3.1 Magic Trick Instructions in Original Envelopes 3.2 Loose Magic Trick Instructions

Sub-Series 3.1: Magic Trick Instructions in Original Envelopes

Sub-Series Dates: 1972

Sub-Series Quantity: 3 folders

Sub-Series Arrangement: Alphabetical

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Sub-Series Scope and Content Note: This sub-series contains close-up magic trick instructions in their original envelopes, which feature trick-related graphics. Some tricks are marked with a price as well as the manufacturer of the trick.

Sub Series Container/Folder List: Box 1: • Berland’s Kit of Jumbo Card Tricks. n.d. $1.00. 2 pages. (card) • Blasted Jr. (One Cent Style) by Louis Tannen. n.d. $3.00. (coin) • Cavorting Sponge Balls. Magic By Gosh. Copyright 1972 Louis Tannen. (sponge ball) • Devious Dice, Fabjance Studios. n.d. $1.00. (die) • Domino Delight by Jim Zee. n.d. $2.00. (domino) • Hamilton’s Scientific Rope. n.d. $2.00. 3 pages. With handwritten notes. (rope) • Hum the Bug, by Walt Rollins and Gene Gordon. n.d. $2.00. 2 pages. • Invisible , The. September 7, 1972. By Larry West & Al Cohen. Alco. $2.50. (card) • Ireland’s Little Smeller. n.d. L. L. Ireland. (card) • Jumping Gems. Ken Allen Products. n.d. $2.00. (rod) • Message from Hades by Jack Avis. n.d. $2.00. (card) • Spellbound. Envelope stamped M & C Magic Co., P. O. Box 806, Syracuse, NY 13201. A Spell from India--A U.F. Grant Exclusive--Purchased from Sgt. Benning. Also Breeze of India and Kiss of India. $ n.d. 2.00. 4 pages. (mentalist/illusionist) • Thought Transcribed, by Clever and Thompson. n.d. Fourth Release, No. 281. $1.00. (card) • Thumb Fun by Sid Lorraine. n.d. 2 pages. (thumbprint/ink) • Wedding Ring Mystery. n.d. Neff Madhouse of Mystery. (ring illusion) • Wild Wild West by Larry West. n.d. $4.00. 3 pages. (card)

Sub-Series 3.2: Loose Magic Trick Instructions

Sub-Series Dates: 1921–1978

Sub-Series Quantity: 5 folders

Sub-Series Arrangement: Alphabetical

Sub-Series Scope and Content Note: Included in this sub-series are printed instructions for the performance of close-up magic tricks. (See Trick Index for a list of tricks organized by type of trick.) Some of the tricks have handwritten notes. Many tricks also include suggested patter for the magician to use with the trick. The type of trick is indicated in parentheses.

Sub-Series Container/Folder List: Box 2: • Abbott’s Phantom Clock Trick. Howard Melson. n.d. (clock cutout/handkerchief) • Abbott’s Rabotine. Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co. n.d. 2 pages. (silk, card) • Absolutely Impossible. With four additional routines. 1967. Ken Brooke’s Magic Place. 6 pages. (wallet/card)

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• Adams’ Peenie Weenie Shakers. n.d. (shell) • The Agreeable Deck. n.d. 2 pages. (card) • Al Baker’s Ball and Glass Trick. n.d. $3.00. (goblet/tumbler/ball/silk) • Presents Sharpshooter. n.d. $4.50. Patter for Alan Alan’s Sharpshooter Trick by Gene Gordon. Louis Tannen. (card) • Albert Goshman Presents The Card In the Purse. October 1968. Copyright Albert Goshman. 4 pages. (card) • Amazing Color Changing Rope. Zanadu. n.d. (rope) • Annemann’s Diabolo Pellet Reading. n.d. (paper/envelope) • Annemann’s Mental Masterpiece. Annemann, Waverly, NY. Price $2.50. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • Annemann’s Two Card Slate Prophecy. Annemann, Waverly, NY. n.d. (slate/card) • Annemanus Eyes of the Unknown. n.d. H/W notes: Jack keep this; Very good--What say? - J.G. 2 pages. (card) • Any Cards Prediction. From . Gloye. n.d. (card) • Ball and Lemon Routine by William S. Houghton. Another Dream Product. n.d. (card) • Barrel of Fun. Copyright Circle Magic, NYC. n.d. (mini-barrel) • A Basic Sponge Ball Routine by Al Goshman. n.d. (sponge ball) • A Basic Sponge Ball Routine by Al Stevenson. Hugard’s Magic Monthly (June 1962). 2 copies. (sponge ball) • A Basic Sponge Ball Routine. Albert Goshman Magic By Gosh. n.d. (sponge ball) • A Basic Sponge Ball Routine. Magic by Gosh. Crafted by Albert Goshman. n.d. (sponge ball) • The Bean Routine by Ed Hubbard. July 11, 1973. 2 pages. (handkerchief/bean) • Berland’s Dice Routine. Samuel Berland. 10 pages. n.d. (die) • Berland’s Purse Swindle. 5 pages plus 2 pages of visual step-by-step. Copyright 1972 by Samuel Berland. Card Berland The Great Purse Swindle. $10.00. (purse/envelope/card) • Berland’s Sealed Envelope. Samuel Berland. 3 pages. 5 empty envelopes. n.d. (envelope/card) • Berland’s Thimble Routine by Samuel Berland. n.d. (thimble) • Berland’s Thimble Routine. 39-step poster. n.d. (thimble) • The Big 10. From the Private Files of Chanin. Philadelphia, PA. $2.00. n.d. (tear and restore) • Bingo-Bonds by R. M. Jamison from Hugard’s Magic Monthly (December 1943). (paper bill) • Bob Follmer, various tricks: Dynamic Thoughts, The Dead or Alive Mystery, Card Naming, Deluxe Pellet Reading, A Good After Dinner Trick. 4 pages. n.d. (paper, card, fork) • The Bolt of Lightning. (Invented by Finn Hauger, Oslo, Norway.) A Gene Gordon Product. $2.00. n.d. (box/nut/bolt) • The Burning Witch or Which Witche’s Wish? by Kirk Stiles. Dist. By Guest Magic Service, Summit, NJ. $2.00. n.d. (fire/coin) • Burst. Roy Johnson. Copyright Ken Brooke’s Magic Place. n.d. (card) • Card Magic. From Course in Magic. 12 pages. Photocopy. n.d. (card) • Cash Paddle. Louis Tannen. n.d. (paddle/bill/coin) • The Cat’s Eye. A U. F. Grant Creation. 2.25 n.d. (marble/box) • Center-Tear by Neil Foster. Abbott’s Magic Manufacturing Co., Colon, MI. 3 pages. n.d. (card) • Chanin’s Hand Size Paper Coils--20 in 1. n.d. (coil)

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• Chip Gigant. Ein Werry-Produkt. In German. n.d. (chip) • Chip Stack. Copyright Supreme Magic Co., Bideford, Devon. 3 pages. n.d. (die/chip) • Christian’s Original Colour Changing Firelighter. (improved version). Christian Stelzel, Vienne. 3 pages. n.d. (lighter) • The Coin In the Ball of Wool. From Mark Wilson Course In Magic. 4 pages. Photocopy. n.d. (ball of wool/matchbox/container/handkerchief) • The Color Changing Knives. Routine Instructions and Patter by Enardoe. Copyright 1949 by E.O.D. & Co. (pocket knife) • Commercials. As used with great success by Eric Williams, The Nitwit. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. Various gags based on real commercials. 5 pages. n.d. (card) • Confucius Say Card Trick. Max Holden’s. n.d. (card) • Cork Thru. $6.50. n.d. (cork) • Crosstown. n.d. (paddle) • . 2 copies. n.d. (cup/ball) • The Decoy Die. n.d. (dice/card) • Devious Dice. Fabjance Studios (Bethalto, IL). n.d. (die) • Dick Piser’s Fooling With the Fu-Can. A Miracle Exclusive. Miracle Made Magic. Instructions No. 29. $2.00. n.d. (can) • Dick Piser’s Gremlin Glass. A Miracle Exclusive. Miracle Made Magic. Instructions No. 14. n.d. (glass) • Die-Golly. Idea by Ken Allen. With help from Ed Drane. Ken Allen Products, Box 8501, Thurston Station, Rochester, NY 14619. n.d. (die) • Die-Namic Prediction. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. $4.00. 2 pages. n.d. (die) • Dippy Magnets. Louis Tannen. n.d. (magnet/matchbox/card) • Dizzy Diamonds. Ken Allen Products. n.d. (plaque/gem) • Dizzy Dominoes. Louis Tannen. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • The Dodging Pip. Mariano Palhinha. n.d. (card) • Domino Delight. Jim Zee. Magic Workshop. n.d. (domino) • Dot’s A Dandy. Henry Durkin, Ken Allen. A Ken Allen Product. 3 pages. n.d. (card) • Double X. Louis Tannen. n.d. (coin) • DRamatiK Dart by Dr. K. 2 pages. n.d. (dart/card) • Dubious Dominoes by Robert Swadling. Instructions copyright by Unique Magic Studio. 6 pages. n.d. (card) • Duplicate Dizzy Diamonds. Ken Allen Products. n.d. (gem-studded plaque) • Egg in Paper Plus. Ideas by Ken Allen, Red Kirkland, Duke Stern. 3 pages. Ken Allen Products. Union City, NJ. n.d. (newspaper/egg) • Elusive Silk. (silk) • ESPecially Mental by Norman Vincent Pangloss. Owen Magic. August 1961. (card/envelope) • Extra Tube-It Routine. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. Missing small piece of bottom left corner. n.d. (tube/handkerchief) • Extra Tube-It Routine. Illustrations. All Performer’s View. Supreme Magic Co. n.d. (card) • Fantastic by Roydon. Product of the Devoe-Sterling Magic Company. n.d. (cardboard/card/magnet) • Faria’s Disintegrating Card. Directions by Ed Mishell. n.d. (card) • Farmyard Frolics. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. $10.00. 4 pages. n.d. (folder)

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• Find the Lady. Per Cyro. n.d. (card) • 50 Tricks with a : A Manual of Thumb Tip Magic. By . Sehm Magic Studio, Rochester, NY. 13 pages. n.d. (thumb tip/ink) • Five Cards and Five Pellets. n.d. (card) • The Four Blacks by Dr. Stanley Jaks. $2.00 n.d. (card) • Frank Monaghan’s Ju-Ju Stick. Instructions copyright Harry Stanley, Unique Magic Studio. 11 pages. n.d. (paddle) • Galloping Corks. n.d. (cork) • Gant’s Temple Screen. Published by U.F. Grant. $5.75. n.d. (panel, bag, screen) • Gene Gordon’s Gollywog. 3 pages. n.d. (wind-up) • George Washington Stopped Here. Gene Gordon. n.d. (card) • Gerald Kosky’s Pieces of Ten. April 1947. (prediction) • German Passe-Coins. $2.00 n.d. (cup/coin/magnet) • Wallet. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. $2.00. 2 pages. n.d. (wallet/card) • Glorpy the Gerkulating Ghost. Madblood Creations. Bill Madden/Bernie Trueblood. n.d. (silk) • Grant’s Crystal Card Box. n.d. (box/card) • Grant’s Devils Napkin. Bottom left of page is missing. $3.00. n.d. (napkin) • The Great Blackstone’s Four Card Problem. n.d. (card) • Guess It (Will de Seive) Presented by William H. Wilson, 219 Melville Lane, Sewickley, PA. (page[s] missing) n.d. (card) • Hair Restorer by Edwin. 2 pages. (tear and restore) • Harris A. Solomon’s That’s What Drove the Postman Crazy. With suggested dialogue. n.d. (card/box) • Heaven and Hell. n.d. (folding/tearing) • High-Ball Cup. Copyright Harry Stanley Unique Magic Studio London, W1.1, . $8.50. n.d. (cup/ball) • Holmes’ Master Forcing Pack. Copyright 1921 Donald Holmes. (card) • Hot Rod. n.d. (rod) • The Impossible Four-Time Spelling Trick by Mike Zerence (Harrisburg, PA). April 21, 1947. No. 3119. (card) • Improved Gypsy Torn & Restored Thread by Tony Spina. Louis Tannen. (thread) • The Indian Cups and Balls. Charlie Miller Version. A Herb Morrissey Product. 2 pages. Reprinted from Genii, The Conjurors Magazine (November/December 1968 issues). (cup/ball) • Jack Avis’ Poker Pot with Roy Johnson’s additions; the Ken Brooke Climax; Something From Nothing, Ken Brooke. Ken Brooke’s Magic Place. 4 pages. n.d. (card) • Jacob’s Ladder. $1.50. n.d. (Clik Clak Blox) • Jardine Ellis Ring On Stick (by arrangement with L. Davenport & Co., London). Copyright Holden’s Magic, New York & Boston. n.d. (ring/stick) • Jim Ryan’s Bill Tear. n.d. (paper bill) • The Johnson Ring Trick. Copyright 1967 Ken Brook’s Magic Place. 4 pages. (ring) • Jokers Wild. Written and illustrated by Ed Mishell. n.d. (card) • Junior Folio 4B, Stage Magic. Cards from the Ether (With Borrowed Cards). Stamped Sehm Magic Studio (328 Webster Ave., Rochester, NY). 30¢. 4 pages. n.d. (card)

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• Kanter’s Improved Indetectable Nickels to Dimes Trick. No. 1145. Copyright 1945 by Mitchell Kanter. Kanter’s Magic Shop, Philadelphia, PA. (card) • The Kanttear Paper. George Lydiatt. U.F. Grant. Missing top of page. n.d. (trick paper) • Ken Brooke’s Routine for the Endless Chain. Instructions by Lewis Canson. Paper brittle and ripped in half. n.d. (card) • Ken Perks Crazy Three . n.d. (shell) • Kleen-Kut Milko. A U.F. Grant Release. n.d. (glass, silk) • Ku-Plink Ku-Plunk. A James Rainho Creation by Simplex Magic. James Rainho Products. 1966. 4 pages. Includes list of other ‘original’ creations from Simplex Magic. (cup/tube/coin) • The Lady in Red. Larry Hess Studio, Barneveld, NY. n.d. (card) • The Linking Pins by . Manufactured by Star Magic Co. Small envelope labeled Gimmicked Pin. 8 pages. n.d. (safety pin) • The Little Gem Washing Machine. Another Dream Product. n.d. (handkerchief/box) • Long Distance Mind Reading Cards. n.d. (card) • Magic Heat by Eddie Joseph. Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co. n.d. (tinfoil/special liquid) • The Magic Match. Copyright 1950 Royal Magic & Novelty Co. (match) • Magic Reprint. n.d. (card) • Magical Joe’s Five Will Get You Ten. n.d. (fake bill) • Marconick’s Lassoing A Card. $2.50. n.d. (rope/card) • Marked Card and Borrowed Bill. 2 pages. n.d. (purse/card) • Marked Card in Purse, Samuel Berland. n.d. (purse/card) • Marv Longs’ Anything But...The Multiplying Wild Cards. n.d. (card) • Match to Flower. An Earl Morgan Invention. Dist. L.L. Ireland Magic Co., Chicago, IL. $1.25. n.d. (card) • A Matter of Policy. Annemann. Holden’s Magic Shop, Boston, MA. n.d. (card) • Micro Die. $1.50. n.d. (die) • Miracle Coins. Supreme Magic Co. n.d. Missing page. (coin) • Glass. n.d. (glass/handkerchief) • Monte Zooma by . Copyright Supreme Magic Co. n.d. (rope/tube) • Moon Hunt -- a space trick by Ken Allen Products. An idea by Jack Hughes. Improved by Ken Allen. Pages 1, 2, 4. n.d. (balloon) • Multiball by Dr. Jaks. n.d. (sponge cube) • for Magic. A Fabjance Studios Project. Bethalto, IL. n.d. (record, ribbon) • The Mystery of the Chinese Idol. Supreme Magic Co. List of apparatus supplied. n.d. (card) • Mystify Your Friends with These Easy-to-do Tricks. Gene Gordon. n.d. (card, number, optical illusion) • Neil Foster’s Dove Production. Abbott’s Magic Manufacturing Co. 5 pages. n.d. (silk/dove) • New Passe-Coins. Louis Tannen. n.d. (cup/coin/magnet) • No Gimmick Card Rise. Plastic $8.00. n.d. (houlette/card) • Norman’s Hydrostatic Glass. U.F. Grant. n.d. (glass) • Nu-Idea Forcing or Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper Deck by Ralph W. Hull. Haines House of Cards, Norwood, OH. Copyright 1942. (card) • Number 7 Plaque. Ken Allen Products. n.d. (plaque/gem) • Odd-Even-Odd. Louis Tannen. $2.00. n.d. (card) • Okito Coin Box Routine. (This is the box approved by Okito himself.) n.d. (coin/box) • instructions. In Chinese. n.d. (paper folding)

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• Palhinha’s Punch Climax to Stanley Collins Four Ace Routine. n.d. (card) • Pay-Off by Roy Baker. 45, Salisbury Avenue, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent. 2 pages. n.d. (match/matchbox) • Pea in the Bottle. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. 2 pages. n.d. (bottle) • The Penetrative Card Frame. Thayer Magic Mfg. Co. n.d. (card) • Pepso by H. Walter Adrian (Portland, OR). 3 pages. n.d. (card) • Permeate. James Rainho Products. 2 pages. n.d. (card/glass) • Phantom Base Ball. n.d. (optical illusion) • Phantom Diminishing Cards by Leslie P. Guest. M-U-M. December 1960. (card) • Phantom Poker. Hal Long. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • Phantom Silk and Matchbox by . Hugard’s Magic Monthly. p. 548. n.d. (silk/matchbox) • Pin Up Girl. A Supreme Exclusive effect (by arrangement with Eric Lewis of Magikraft Studios, 1957). Originated by Eric Williams. Copyright The Supreme Magic Co. (envelope/picture) • Pin-Nut. Routine by Harvey Rosenthal. Louis Tannen. n.d. (pin/nut/string) • Puff Handkerchief Production. $2.50. n.d. (silk/cigarette) • Quintupaddle. A Bob Kline Product. Patter Routine by Gene Gordon. A Kay-Gee Product. n.d. (paddle) • R. W. Hull’s Nudist or Mental Photography Deck. Haines House of Cards. Copyright 1951. (card) • Rainbow Chips. Copyright 1978 by Sam Dalal. Made in India. (chip/magnet) • Rainbow Ropes by Max Londono. Louis Tannen. $2.00. n.d. (rope) • Red and White Rope Mystery. . Louis Tannen. $2.00. n.d. (rope) • Ribbon Revelation. Includes Gene Gordon’s version. $3.00. n.d. (card) • Ring-Go. Louis Tannen. $5.00. n.d. (ring/box) • Roydon’s Bunco Beads. An A&B Product. Distributed by Roydon’s Magic Co. n.d. (ball/cord) • Roydon’s Hypnotic. Manufactured by Roydon’s Magic Co. n.d. (card/hypnosis) • Roydon’s Little Fooler. Manufactured by Roydon’s Magic Co. Pat. 1958. (plastic box) • Sales Talk by Len Belcher. Reproduced from December 12, 1959, Abracadabra Weekly. (card) • The Secret Move. n.d. (card) • The Serpentine Card Trick. Louis Tannen. n.d. (box/card) • Short Change. n.d. (coin) • Silk Maze. Ken Allen Products. 2 pages. n.d. (silk) • Silk on Rope. Originated by Dino. Edited by Don Tanner. A U.F. Grant Release. 2764. 2 pages. n.d. (silk/rope) • Silks Between. 6.50. n.d. (silk/stand) • Six Old-English Pennies: The Supreme ‘Stack O’ Pence.’ List of apparatus supplied. Supreme Magic Co. n.d. (coin) • Skippo. A Johnny Giordmaine Trick for Children. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • Smoke Cloud from Finger-Tips. Finger-tip Flash Pot. Originated by Harold M. Whipps. Released by U.F. Grant. n.d. (flash paper/cap) • Soda cracker trick. Missing pages. p. 152 of unknown publication. n.d. (card) • Solid Through Solid. n.d. (handkerchief/frame)

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• A Spelling Bee Trick. April 17, 1947. (card) • The Split Deck by Bob Haskell. (card) • Sponge Ball Magic. From Mark Wilson Course in Magic. 10 pages. Photocopy. n.d. (sponge ball) • Spooky Dice of Hatboro. Bob Ostin. 2 pages. n.d. (die) • Spot Sticks, R. M. Jamison. Copyright Ken Brooke’s Magic Place. 4 pages. n.d. (paddle) • Spring-Across Circles. (Werry) Supreme Magic Co. Missing page 2. n.d. (plastic circle) • Square-Ball, An N. M. C. Presentation Routine of. No. M260. With ideas and routines suggested by Johnny Paul, Senator Crandall, , and Jim Sherman. National Magic Company, 119 S. State St., Chicago 3, IL. n.d. (ball) • Star Puzzle. n.d. (paper folding) • Stripper Cards. Haines House of Cards Inc. n.d. (card) • Super Chips. $2.50. Louis Tannen. n.d. (disc/shell) • Supreme Square to Spheres-Plus. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. 2 pages. n.d. (sponge ball) • Sure-Shot Chinese Dice Box. $1.00. n.d. (die/box) • Sympathetic Cards. n.d. (card) • Technicolor Thimbles. $2.50. n.d. (thimble) • The Test of the Tiber. Theo. Annemann. 1105. 3 pages. n.d. (book/paper) • That’s What My Grandfather Said by Frank Lane. 3105. n.d. (card) • ThinAir Bowl Vanish. Louis Tannen. Used 8.50 for Amico. (bowl) • Think. A Miracle Type Think Of A Card Mystery Mental Marvel by U. F. Grant. May 9, 1947 (envelope/card) • Tissue papers to hat with breakaway fan and wand. Lawton Lecture Notes. p. 8. n.d. (tissue paper/hat/fan) • Traffic-Lite. Copyright 1960 Conrad H. Haden. (checker/disc) • Traffic Lite, additional instructions. Copyright 1960 by Conrad H. Haden. (checker/disc) • Traffic-Lite. (slightly different version from above) Copyright 1960 Conrad H. Haden. (checker/disc illusion) • Transparent Okito Coin Box. A U. F. Grant Creation. Edited by Don Tanner. 4 pages. n.d. (box/coin) • The Travellers. Illustrated by Ed Mishell. Louis Tannen. n.d. (coin) • Tricky Drinks. Supreme Magic Co. 2 pages. n.d. (barrel/wine list/drink) • Trilogy -- A three phase mental effect by John Derris. Louis Tannen. 2 pages. n.d. (card/paper/pencil) • Unnamed trick. Mimeograph. n.d. (ribbon/card) • Unnamed trick; poster with twelve step-by-step pictures. n.d. (chip) • Unnamed trick. n.d. 2 pages. (chip) • Unnamed trick. n.d. Page 2 only. (rope/magnet) • Unnamed trick. n.d. 3 pages. First page missing top half. Extremely brittle. (tear and restore) • Unnamed trick setup. n.d. Page 28 of booklet. • Ureliar. n.d. As done by McGrath. (card) • The Vanish of the Handkerchief. n.d. From Mark Wilson Course in Magic. 3 pages. Photocopy. (handkerchief) • The Voice From Another World. A Hal Newton Mystery. n.d. Patter routine by Gene Gordon. 2 pages. (card) • Wacky Matches. n.d. (match)

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• The Whispering Queens. n.d. Gene Gordon. Bottom right corner missing. (card) • Wild Card by Frank Garcia. n.d. Dist. Louis Tannen. $2.00. (card) • Wollaks Paddleorama. n.d. 1½ pages. (paddle) • Zerancism. A Mental Card Miracle by Nike Zerance. n.d. $3.00. 2 pages. (card) • Zip-Chip. Louis Tannen. n.d. $1.00. (chip)

Series Number: 4

Series Title: Miscellaneous

Series Dates: 1948–?

Series Quantity: 1 folder

Series Arrangement: By subject

Series Scope and Content Note: This series contains items such as envelopes, jokes, lists of names, and notes of unknown origin. Of special note are blueprints and instructions for building a concession booth and a ventriloquists’ dialogue.

Series Container/Folder List: Box 2: Envelopes (all empty, no dates): • 1-2-1 Best Rope Trick • Stars of Magic/Wild Fire/Series 1, No. 1 • ’s Dirty Deal • Don Alan Egg Trick Card Small piece of cardstock with crescent shape printed on it • Stamped George’s Sealed Surprise • Handwritten: MIKO-OKIM

Trick/Performance-Related: • Graded (?) close-up card tricks with comments about trick. n.d. 2 pages. • Index card with handwritten note. n.d. • Just for Fun. n.d. An original ventriloquial dialog by Bob Brethren. $5.00. • Magic Notes. n.d. Steno pad with handwritten close-up trick instructions: Fusion, La Lashue Gu, Blank Amazement, Bones, Aces to Card Box. Notes on spirituality, word definitions, list of names. 16 pages. • Magic show setlists. n.d. Handwritten. 2 pages. • Note card with 4-step ball and rope trick. n.d. • Note card with handwritten trick notes. n.d. • Notes on card control. n.d. Handwritten. • One-liners and jokes. n.d. Labeled p. 7. • Trick moves that must be practiced daily. n.d. Handwritten. • Various handwritten trick instructions. n.d. 10 pages. • What Can Happen to You. n.d. For Frank Carney per P. P. Estee handwritten at bottom.

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Other Miscellaneous: • The Book House, Paul J. Amico. Business card. n.d. • Ditto sheet with math problems. Name: Michele. n.d. • List of names and elapsed times. n.d. • Plans for building concession booth. Copyright 1948 A.K. Brill. 2 pages. • Solar Zodiac Chart for birthdate August 11, Number 821. n.d.

Trick Index Box Tricks: • The Bolt of Lightning. (Invented by Finn Hauger, Oslo, Norway.) A Gene Gordon Product. $2.00. n.d. (box) • The Cat’s Eye. A U. F. Grant Creation. $2.25. n.d. (box) • Grant’s Crystal Card Box. n.d. (box) • The Little Gem Washing Machine. Another Dream Product. n.d. (box) • Okito Coin Box Routine. (This is the box approved by Okito himself.) n.d. (box) • Ring-Go. Louis Tannen. $5.00. n.d. (box) • Roydon’s Little Fooler. Manufactured by Roydon’s Magic Co. Pat. 1958. (box) • The Serpentine Card Trick. Louis Tannen. n.d. (card) • Sure-Shot Chinese Dice Box. $1.00. n.d. (box) • That’s What Drove the Postman Crazy. Harris A. Solomon. With suggested dialogue. n.d. (box) • Transparent Okito Coin Box. A U. F. Grant Creation. Edited by Don Tanner. 4 pages. n.d. (box)

Card Tricks: • Absolutely Impossible. With four additional routines. 1967. Ken Brooke’s Magic Place. 6 pages. (wallet/card) • The Agreeable Deck. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • Alan Alan Presents Sharpshooter. $4.50. Patter for Alan Alan’s Sharpshooter Trick by Gene Gordon. Louis Tannen. n.d. (card) • Albert Goshman Presents The Card in the Purse. October 1968. Copyright Albert Goshman. 4 pages. (card) • Annemann’s Mental Masterpiece. Annemann, Waverly, NY. Price $2.50. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • Annemann’s Eyes of the Unknown. 2 pages. Handwritten notes: Jack keep this; Very good-- What say? -J.G. n.d. (card) • Annemann’s Two Card Slate Prophecy. Annemann, Waverly, NY. n.d. (slate/card) • Any Cards Prediction. From the Linking Ring. Gloye. n.d. (card) • Ball and Lemon Routine by William S. Houghton. Another Dream Product. n.d. (card) • Berland’s Purse Swindle. 5 pages plus 2 pages of visual step-by-step. Copyright 1972 by Samuel Berland. Card Berland the Great Purse Swindle. $10.00. (purse/envelope/card) • Berland’s Sealed Envelope. Samuel Berland. 3 pages. 5 empty envelopes. n.d. (envelope/card) • Burst. Roy Johnson. Copyright Ken Brooke’s Magic Place. n.d. (card) • Card Magic. From Mark Wilson Course in Magic. 12 pages. Photocopy. n.d. (card) • Cavorting Sponge Balls. Albert Goshman Magic by Gosh. n.d. (card)

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• Center-Tear by Neil Foster. Abbott’s Magic Manufacturing Co., Colon, MI. 3 pages. n.d. (card) • Comedy Commercials. As used with great success by Eric Williams, The Nitwit. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. Various gags based on real commercials. 5 pages. n.d. (card) • Confucius Say Card Trick. Max Holden’s. n.d. (card) • Dizzy Dominoes. Louis Tannen. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • The Dodging Pip. Mariano Palhinha. n.d. (card) • Dot’s a Dandy. Henry Durkin, Ken Allen. A Ken Allen Product. 3 pages. n.d. (card) • Dubious Dominoes by Robert Swadling. Instructions copyright by Unique Magic Studio. 6 pages. n.d. (card) • ESPecially Mental by Norman Vincent Pangloss. Owen Magic. August 1961. (card/envelope) • Extra Tube-It Routine. Illustrations. All Performer’s View. Supreme Magic Co. n.d. (card) • Fantastic by Roydon. Product of the Devoe-Sterling Magic Company. n.d. (card/magnet) • Faria’s Disintegrating Card. Directions by Ed Mishell. n.d. (card) • Find the Lady. Per Cyro. n.d. (card) • Five Cards and Five Pellets. n.d. (card) • The Four Blacks by Dr. Stanley Jaks. $2.00 n.d. (card) • Ghost Wallet. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. $2.00. 2 pages. n.d. (wallet/card) • The Great Blackstone’s Four Card Problem. n.d. (card) • Guess It (Will de Seive) Presented by William H. Wilson, 219 Melville Lane, Sewickley, PA. Page[s] missing. n.d. (card) • George Washington Stopped Here. Gene Gordon. n.d. (card) • Holmes’ Master Forcing Pack. Copyright 1921 Donald Holmes. (card) • The Impossible Four-Time Spelling Trick by Mike Zerence (Harrisburg, PA). April 21, 1947. No. 3119. (card) • Jokers Wild. Written and illustrated by Ed Mishell. n.d. (card) • Jack Avis’ Poker Pot with Roy Johnson’s additions; the Ken Brooke Climax; Something From Nothing, Ken Brooke. Ken Brooke’s Magic Place. 4 pages. n.d. (card) • Junior Folio 4B, Stage Magic. Cards from the Ether (With Borrowed Cards). Stamped Sehm Magic Studio, 328 Webster Ave., Rochester, NY. 30¢. 4 pages. n.d. (card) • Kanter’s Improved Indetectable Nickels to Dimes Trick. No. 1145. Copyright 1945 by Mitchell Kanter. Kanter’s Magic Shop, Philadelphia, PA. (card) • Ken Brooke’s Routine for the Endless Chain. Instructions by Lewis Canson. Paper brittle and ripped in half. n.d. (card) • The Lady in Red. Larry Hess Studio, Barneveld, NY. n.d. (card) • Long Distance Mind Reading Cards. n.d. (card) • Magic Reprint. n.d. (card) • Marked Card in Purse, Samuel Berland. n.d. (purse/card) • Marv Longs’ Anything But...The Multiplying Wild Cards. n.d. (card) • Match to Flower. An Earl Morgan Invention. Dist. L.L. Ireland Magic Co., Chicago, IL. $1.25. n.d. (card) • A Matter of Policy. Annemann. Holden’s Magic Shop, Boston, MA. n.d. (card) • The Mystery of the Chinese Idol. Supreme Magic Co. List of apparatus supplied. n.d. (card) • Odd-Even-Odd. Louis Tannen. $2.00. n.d. (card) • No Gimmick Card Rise. Plastic $8.00. n.d. (houlette/card)

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• Nu-Idea Forcing or Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper Deck by Ralph W. Hull. Haines House of Cards, Norwood, OH. Copyright 1942. (card) • Palhinha’s Punch Climax to Stanley Collins Four Ace Routine. n.d. (card) • The Penetrative Card Frame. Thayer Magic Mfg. Co. n.d. (card) • Pepso by H. Walter Adrian, Portland, OR. 3 pages. n.d. (card) • Phantom Diminishing Cards by Leslie P. Guest. M-U-M. December 1960. (card) • Phantom Poker. Hal Long. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • R. W. Hull’s Nudist or Mental Photography Deck. Copyright 1951 Haines House of Cards. (card) • Ribbon Revelation. Includes Gene Gordon’s version. $3.00. n.d. (card) • Roydon’s Hypnotic. Manufactured by Roydon’s Magic Co. n.d. (card/hypnosis) • Sales Talk by Len Belcher. Reproduced from Abracadabra Weekly, December 12, 1959. (card) • The Secret Move. n.d. (card) • Skippo. A Johnny Giordmaine Trick for Children. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • Soda Cracker Trick. Missing pages. p. 152 of unknown publication. n.d. (card) • A Spelling Bee Trick. April 17, 1947. (card) • The Split Deck by Bob Haskell. (card) • Stripper Cards. Haines House of Cards Inc. n.d. (card) • Sympathetic Cards. n.d. (card) • That’s What My Grandfather Said by Frank Lane. #3105. n.d. (card) • Think. A Miracle Type Think of a Card Mystery Mental Marvel by U. F. Grant. May 9, 1947. (envelope/card) • Trilogy--A Three Phase Mental Effect by John Derris. Louis Tannen. 2 pages. n.d. (card/paper/pencil) • Ureliar. As Done by McGrath. n.d. (card) • The Voice From Another World. A Hal Newton Mystery. Patter routine by Gene Gordon. 2 pages. n.d. (card) • The Whispering Queens. Gene Gordon. Bottom right corner missing. n.d. (card) • Wild Card by Frank Garcia. Dist. Louis Tannen. $2.00. n.d. (card) • Zerancism. A Mental Card Miracle by Nike Zerance. $3.00. 2 pages. n.d. (card)

Chip/Disc Tricks: • Chip Gigant. Ein Werry-Produkt. In German. n.d. (chip) • Chip Stack. Copyright Supreme Magic Co., Bideford, Devon. 3 pages. n.d. (dice/chip) • Rainbow Chips. Copyright 1978 by Sam Dalal. Made in India. (chip/magnet) • Spring-Across Circles. (Werry) Supreme Magic Co. Missing page 2. n.d. (disc) • Super Chips. $2.50. Louis Tannen. n.d. (disc/shell) • Traffic-Lite. Copyright 1960 Conrad H. Haden. (checker/disc) • Traffic Lite, additional instructions. Copyright 1960 by Conrad H. Haden. (checker/disc) • Traffic-Lite. (slightly different version from above) Copyright 1960 Conrad H. Haden. (checker/disc illusion) • Unnamed trick; poster with twelve step-by-step pictures. n.d. (chip) • Unnamed trick. 2 pages. n.d. (chip) • Zip-Chip. Louis Tannen. $1.00. n.d. (chip)

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Coin/Bill Tricks: • Bingo-Bonds by R. M. Jamison from Hugard’s Magic Monthly, December 1943. (paper bill) • The Burning Witch or Which Witche’s Wish? by Kirk Stiles. Distributed by Guest Magic Service, Summit, NJ. $2.00. n.d. (fire/coin) • Cash Paddle. Louis Tannen. n.d. (paddle/bill/coin) • The Coin in the Ball of Wool. From Mark Wilson Course in Magic. 4 pages. Photocopy. n.d. (coin) • Double X. Louis Tannen. n.d. (coin) • German Passe-Coins. $2.00 n.d. (coin) • Jim Ryan’s Bill Tear. n.d. (paper bill) • Ku-Plink Ku-Plunk. A James Rainho Creation by Simplex Magic. James Rainho Products. 1966. 4 pages. Includes list of other ‘original’ creations from Simplex Magic. (coin/cup/tube) • Magical Joe’s Five Will Get You Ten. n.d. (fake bill) • Marked Card and Borrowed Bill. 2 pages. n.d. (paper bill) • Miracle Coins. Supreme Magic Co. n.d. Missing page. (coin) • New Passe-Coins. Louis Tannen. n.d. (coin/cup/magnet) • Short Change. n.d. (coin) • Six Old-English Pennies: The Supreme ‘Stack O’ Pence.’ List of apparatus supplied. Supreme Magic Co. n.d. (coin) • The Travellers. Illustrated by Ed Mishell. Louis Tannen. n.d. (coin)

Cup and Ball Tricks: • Cups and Balls. 2 copies. n.d. (cup/ball) • High-Ball Cup. Copyright Harry Stanley Unique Magic Studio London, W1.1, England. $8.50. n.d. (cup/ball) • The Indian Cups and Balls. Charlie Miller Version. A Herb Morrissey Product. 2 pages. Reprinted from Genii, The Conjurors Magazine, November/December 1968 issues. (cup/ball)

Dice Tricks: • Berland’s Dice Routine. Samuel Berland. 10 pages. n.d. (dice) • The Decoy Die. n.d. (dice/card) • Devious Dice. Fabjance Studios, Bethalto, IL. n.d. (dice) • Die-Golly. Idea by Ken Allen. With help from Ed Drane. Ken Allen Products, Box 8501, Thurston Station, Rochester, NY 14619. n.d. (dice) • Die-Namic Prediction. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. $4.00. 2 pages. n.d. (dice) • Micro Die. $1.50. n.d. (dice) • Spooky Dice of Hatboro. Bob Ostin. 2 pages. n.d. (dice)

Paddle Tricks: • Crosstown. n.d. (paddle) • Frank Monaghan’s Ju-Ju Stick. Instructions copyright Harry Stanley, Unique Magic Studio. 11 pages. n.d. (paddle) • Quintupaddle. A Bob Kline Product. Patter Routine by Gene Gordon. A Kay-Gee Product. n.d. (paddle) • Spot Sticks, R. M. Jamison. Copyright Ken Brooke’s Magic Place. 4 pages. n.d. (paddle)

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• Wollaks Paddleorama. (1½ pages) n.d. (paddle)

Paper Tricks: • Annemann’s Diabolo Pellet Reading. n.d. (paper/envelope) • The Big 10. From the Private Files of Chanin. Philadelphia, PA. $2.00. n.d. (tear and restore) • Chanin’s Hand Size Paper Coils--20 in 1. n.d. (streamer) • Grant’s Devils Napkin. Bottom left of page is missing. $3.00. n.d. (napkin) • Hair Restorer by Edwin. 2 pages. (tear and restore) • Heaven and Hell. n.d. (folding/tearing) • The Kanttear Paper. George Lydiatt. U.F. Grant. Missing top of page. n.d. (trick paper) • Origami instructions. In Chinese. n.d. (paper folding) • Smoke Cloud from Finger-Tips. Finger-tip Flash Pot. Originated by Harold M. Whipps. Released by U.F. Grant. n.d. (flash paper/cap) • Star Puzzle. n.d. (paper folding) • The Test of the Tiber. Theo. Annemann. No. 1105. 3 pages. n.d. (book/paper) • Unnamed trick. 3 pages. First page missing top half. Extremely brittle. n.d. (tear and restore)

Ring Tricks: • Jardine Ellis Ring on Stick. (By arrangement with L. Davenport & Co., London). Copyright Holden’s Magic, New York & Boston. n.d. (ring/stick) • The Johnson Ring Trick. Copyright 1967 Ken Brook’s Magic Place. 4 pages. (ring)

Rope Tricks: • Amazing Color Changing Rope. Zanadu. n.d. (rope) • Marconick’s Lassoing a Card. $2.50. n.d. (rope/card) • Monte Zooma by Stewart James. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. n.d. (rope/tube) • Rainbow Ropes by Max Londono. Louis Tannen. $2.00. n.d. (rope) • Red and White Rope Mystery. Peter Warlock. Louis Tannen. $2.00. n.d. (rope) • Silk on Rope. Originated by Dino. Edited by Don Tanner. A U.F. Grant Release. 2764. 2 pages. n.d. (silk/rope) • Unnamed trick. Page 2 only. n.d. (rope/magnet)

Silk/Handkerchief Tricks: • Abbott’s Phantom Clock Trick. Howard Melson. n.d. (handkerchief) • Abbott’s Rabotine. Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co. 2 pages. n.d. (silk, card) • The Bean Routine by Ed Hubbard. July 11, 1973. 2 pages. (handkerchief) • Elusive Silk. (silk) • Extra Tube-It Routine. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. Missing small piece of bottom left corner. n.d. (handkerchief) • Glorpy the Gerkulating Ghost. Madblood Creations. Bill Madden/Bernie Trueblood. n.d. (silk) • Phantom Silk and Matchbox by Jean Hugard. Hugard’s Magic Monthly. p. 548. n.d. (silk/matchbox) • Puff Handkerchief Production. $2.50. n.d. (silk/cigarette) • Silk Maze. Ken Allen Products. 2 pages. n.d. (silk) • Silks Between. $6.50. n.d. (silk/stand)

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• Solid Through Solid. n.d. (handkerchief/frame) • The Vanish of the Handkerchief. From Mark Wilson Course in Magic. 3 pages. Photocopy. n.d. (handkerchief)

Sponge Ball Tricks: • A Basic Sponge Ball Routine by Al Goshman. n.d. (sponge ball) • A Basic Sponge Ball Routine by Al Stevenson. Hugard’s Magic Monthly, June 1962. (sponge ball) • A Basic Sponge Ball Routine by Al Stevenson. Hugard’s Magic Monthly, June 1962. (sponge ball) • A Basic Sponge Ball Routine. Albert Goshman Magic by Gosh. n.d. (sponge ball) • A Basic Sponge Ball Routine. Magic by Gosh. Crafted by Albert Goshman. n.d. (sponge ball) • Multiball by Dr. Jaks. n.d. (sponge ball) • Sponge Ball Magic. From Mark Wilson Course in Magic. 10 pages. Photocopy. n.d. (sponge ball) • Supreme Square to Spheres-Plus. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. 2 pages. n.d. (sponge ball)

Miscellaneous Prop Tricks: • Adams’ Peenie Weenie Shakers. n.d. (shell) • Al Baker’s Ball and Glass Trick. $3.00. n.d. (ball/glass) • Barrel of Fun. Copyright Circle Magic, . n.d. (mini-barrel) • Berland’s Thimble Routine by Samuel Berland. n.d. (thimble) • Berland’s Thimble Routine. 39-step poster. n.d. (thimble) • Bob Follmer, various tricks: Dynamic Thoughts, The Dead or Alive Mystery, Card Naming, Deluxe Pellet Reading, A Good After Dinner Trick. 4 pages. n.d. (paper, card, fork) • Christian’s Original Colour Changing Firelighter (improved version). Christian Stelzel, Vienne. 3 pages. n.d. (lighter) • The Color Changing Knives. Routine Instructions and Patter by Enardoe. Copyright 1949 by E.O.D. & Co. (pocket knife) • Cork Thru. $6.50. n.d. (cork) • Dick Piser’s Fooling With the Fu-Can. A Miracle Exclusive. Miracle Made Magic. Instructions No. 29. $2.00. n.d. (can) • Dick Piser’s Gremlin Glass. A Miracle Exclusive. Miracle Made Magic. Instructions No. 14. n.d. (glass) • Dippy Magnets. Louis Tannen. n.d. (magnet/matchbox/card) • Dizzy Diamonds. Ken Allen Products. n.d. (plaque/gem) • Domino Delight. Jim Zee. Magic Workshop. n.d. (domino) • DRamatiK Dart by Dr. K. 2 pages. n.d. (dart/card) • Duplicate Dizzy Diamonds. Ken Allen Products. n.d. (plaque/gem) • Egg in Paper Plus. Ideas by Ken Allen, Red Kirkland, Duke Stern. 3 pages. Ken Allen Products. Union City, NJ. n.d. (newspaper/egg) • Farmyard Frolics. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. $10.00. 4 pages. n.d. (folder) • 50 Tricks with a Thumb Tip: A Manual of Thumb Tip Magic. By Milbourne Christopher. Sehm Magic Studio, Rochester, NY. 13 pages. n.d. (thumb tip/ink) • Galloping Corks. n.d. (cork)

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• Gant’s Temple Screen. Published by U.F. Grant. $5.75. n.d. (panel, bag, screen) • Gene Gordon’s Gollywog. 3 pages. n.d. (wind-up) • Gerald Kosky’s Pieces of Ten. April 1947. (prediction) • Hot Rod. n.d. (rod) • Improved Gypsy Torn & Restored Thread by Tony Spina. Louis Tannen. (thread) • Jacob’s Ladder. $1.50. n.d. (Clik Clak Blox) • Ken Perks Crazy Three Shell Game. n.d. (shell) • Kleen-Kut Milko. A U.F. Grant Release. n.d. (glass, silk) • The Linking Pins by Jerry Andrus. Manufactured by Star Magic Co. Small envelope labeled Gimmicked Pin. 8 pages. n.d. (safety pin) • Magic Heat by Eddie Joseph. Abbott’s Magic Novelty Co. n.d. (tinfoil/special liquid) • The Magic Match. Copyright 1950 Royal Magic & Novelty Co. (match) • Mirror Glass. n.d. (glass/handkerchief) • Moon Hunt--A Space Trick by Ken Allen Products. An idea by Jack Hughes. Improved by Ken Allen. Pages 1, 2, 4. n.d. (balloon) • Music for Magic. A Fabjance Studios Project. Bethalto, IL. n.d. (record, ribbon) • Mystify Your Friends with These Easy-to-Do Tricks. Gene Gordon. n.d. (card, number, optical illusion) • Neil Foster’s Dove Production. Abbott’s Magic Manufacturing Co. 5 pages. n.d. (silk/dove) • Norman’s Hydrostatic Glass. U.F. Grant. n.d. (glass) • Number 7 Plaque. Ken Allen Products. n.d. (plaque/gem) • Pay-Off by Roy Baker. 45, Salisbury Avenue, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent. 2 pages. n.d. (match/matchbox) • Pea in the Bottle. Copyright Supreme Magic Co. 2 pages. n.d. (bottle) • Permeate. James Rainho Products. 2 pages. n.d. (card/glass) • Phantom Base Ball. n.d. (optical illusion) • Pin Up Girl. A Supreme Exclusive Effect. By arrangement with Eric Lewis of Magikraft Studios. 1957. Originated by Eric Williams. Copyright The Supreme Magic Co. (envelope/picture) • Pin-Nut. Routine by Harvey Rosenthal. Louis Tannen. n.d. (pin/nut/string) • Roydon’s Bunco Beads. An A&B Product. Distributed by Roydon’s Magic Co., South Bend, IN. n.d. (ball) • Square-Ball, An N. M. C. Presentation Routine of. No. M260. With ideas and routines suggested by Johnny Paul, Senator Crandall, Joe Berg, and Jim Sherman. National Magic Company, 119 S. State St., Chicago 3, IL. n.d. (ball) • Technicolor Thimbles. $2.50. n.d. (thimble) • ThinAir Bowl Vanish. Louis Tannen. Used 8.50 for Amico. (bowl) • Tissue papers to hat with breakaway fan and wand. Lawton Lecture Notes. p. 8. n.d. (tissue paper/hat/fan) • Tricky Drinks. Supreme Magic Co. 2 pages. n.d. (barrel/wine list/drink) • Unnamed trick. Mimeograph. n.d. (ribbon/card) • Wacky Matches. n.d. (match)

NOTE: The following items from this collection consist of uncataloged booklets, pamphlets, and bound publications relating to the practice of magic. They are located in Box 3.

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(The) Magic Magazine. Max Andrews, London. v. 2 no.3 (June 1953); v. 3 no. 6 (Oct. 1954); v.3 no. 12 (March 1955) Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Society of American Magicians, Rochester, NY. v. 3 no. 2 (Oct. 1980) Aces High, Horowitz & Daley. 1950s, 11 pp., photo-illus. Ideal Entertainment. 12 pp., illus. Anverdi’s Lezing Lecture Holland, 1963, 24 pp., illus., translated in 3 languages. Anverdi’s Miracles with Liquids. Holland, 1965, 44 pp., illus. Are You Seein’ Things? Ross A. Burley. 45 pp. The BIG Little Things, A Lecture, Eric C. Lewis. Signed, 1968, 20 pp., illus. The Blue Ribbon Combination UF Grant, 1935, 4 pp. Boy Meets Girl. Ireland Magic. 1965, 16 pp., illus. Card Manipulations, Jean Hugard. Series #1& 2. Early 1930s, 44 pp., illus. Card Manipulations, Jean Hugard. Series #4. 1935, 45 pp., illus. Cut and Restored Rope Manipulation, Dariel Fitzkee. 1930s-1940s, 33 pp., illus. Dingles Deceptions: Lecture Notes. 1960s, 13 pp. Eric Lewis’ Rope Routine. Signed. 1960s, 26 pp., illus. The Famous Pulse-Stopping Test. Signed Calostro. 1920s-1930s, 2 pp. Flight Three: The Ten & Ten Card Trick Glorified. Herman Weber. 1947, 2 pp. Lecture. 1970s, 11 pp., London, England. The Ghost Show Package. 1960s?, 14 pp. instructions, 6 pp. Accessories, show material, and press releases. Hen Fetsch’s Hoppy the Magic Frog. 1950s?, 3 pp. Ideal Handkerchief Manipulation. Ireland Magic. 1950s-1960s, 8 pp., illus. Improved Question Reading. Ed Mellon. 1957, 7 pp., illus. A Basic Manual: The International Brotherhood of Magicians. A manual of public relations and publicity. 1963. The International Brotherhood of Magicians. Public Relations & Publicity: A Basic Manual. Irving M. Lewis. A manual of public relations and publicity. 1963. Irv Weiner’s Cups and Balls. 1950s?, 3 pp. Irv Weiner’s New Complete Cigar Act. 1960s?, 5 pp. The Jeffrey Atkins Lecture-Demonstration: British Made Magic. 1950s?, 8 pp. illus. Jose de la Torre Presents Grandini’s Lecture Notes, Close Up #1. 1970, 24 pp. Ken Allen’s Do It Yourself Lecture #1. 1962, 29 pp., illus. Larry West’s Per-Plex-Ed. 4 pp. Magic by Jan Torell. Printed in West Germany. 1975, 30 pp., illus. Manipo. 1920, 4 pp., illus. Miniature Mysteries. Nelmar. 1930s, 16 pp. More Card Manipulations. Jean Hugard. 1939, 52 pp., illus., cover loose. New Balls to Hat Routine. Irv Weiner. 1950s, 5 pp. The Novel Magic by Pavel. Switzerland. 1950s-1960s, 26 pp. Novelty Card Magic. Howard P. Albright. 1935, 20 pp., illus., includes stickers. One Handed Shell Game. Bob McAllister. 4 pp., illus. Original Tricks. Eddie Joseph. 1940s, 20 pp., illus. A Practical Lesson on Cups and Balls. Eddie Joseph. Calcutta, India. 1930s-1940s, 8 pp. Premonition. Abbott’s Magic. 1949, 4 pp. Refresher Notes for the Steward Judah Version and the U. F. Grant Version of the Three-Card

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Monte. U.F. Grant. 4 pp. Routined Acts. Supreme Magic. 21 pp., illus. Secrets of Sundu. Paul Stadelman. 1933, 22 pp. A Session of Tricks and Tips and Patter: Lecture Notes. Sid Lorraine. Signed. 1972, 20 pp., biographical info., illus. Sharp Magic. Val Don. 1948, 7 pp. Sick Sorcery. Bob Olson Pearce. 1961, 48 pp., illus. Six Trix for 1944. Bob Hummer. 4 pp. Soft Dice and Irv Weiner Manu-Secret #1. 1973, 5 pp. Supreme Chapeaugraphy Act. Supreme Magic. 11 pp., illus. for Toddlers. Douglas Sim. 1930s. 4 pp. Tricks with Paper Cups. Samuel Berland. #5112. 1943, 24 pp., illus., 1/2000. World’s Greatest Mental Tests. : VOLTA. 1932, 22 pp., illus.

NOTE: The following materials from this collection have been cataloged and are located in the museum’s library holdings. Title, author, publication information, and call number are shown for each item.

BOOKS Annemann's Exclusives with Unprepared Deck. Annemann, Theodore. T. Annemann, 193-? GV1549.A56 A56

Blackstone's Secrets of Magic. Blackstone, Harry, 1885- Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958. GV1547.B63 1958

Cardmagic. Kaufman, Richard. R. Kaufman and A. Greenberg, 1979. GV1549.K38 1979

The Collier Quick and Easy Guide to Magic. Vermes, Hal G. New York: Collier Books; London: Collier-Macmillan, 1963. GV1547.V47 1963

Don't Be a Sucker: The Low-Down on Card Sharps and Dice Hustlers. MacDougall, Michael, 1906- New York: Malba Books, 1945. GV1247.M32 1945

Don't Look Now! The Smart Slant on . Leech, Al.

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Chicago: L.L. Ireland, 1948. GV1547.L43 1948

Ever So Sleightly: The Professional Card Technique of Martin A. Nash. Minch, Stephen. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: M. Hades International, 1975. GV1549.M55 1975

Exclusive Magic: Original Effects for Stage and Close Up. El Duco. Malmö, Sweden: El Duco's Magic, 1978. GV1547.E4 1978

The Ghost Book of Dark Secrets. Columbus, OH: Nelson Enterprises, n.d. GV1559.G45

Grant's Annual of Magic. Grant, U. F. (Ulysses F.), 1901-1978. Chicago: Nelmar System, 193-? GV1547.G72

Here's Rollins: With a Touch of Magic; A Bit of Hokum; A Medley of Surprises. Rollins, Walt. Kenova, WV: Walt Rollins, 196-? GV1547.R64 H47

How to Answer Questions for and Mind Reading Acts: Explaining the Burling Hull Method of Reducing the Subject to a System, by Classifying Questions in Four Divisions and Rendering Answers According to a Set of Prescribed Principles for Each Classification. Hull, Burling. New York: Stage Magic Co., 1927. BF1331.H84 1927

Impromptu Magic. De Lawrence, George. Chicago: T.S. Denison & Co., 1922. GV1547.D45 1922

Magic Made Easy: An Introduction to Conjuring. March, Carl. New York: Croyden Publishing Co., 1953. GV1547.M37 M33 1953

Magic Made Simple. Gibson, Walter Brown, 1897-

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1963. GV1547.G526 196

A Pictorial History of Magic and the . Bessy, Maurice, 1910- London, New York: Spring Books, 1970, 1964. BF1412.B43313 1970

The Travelling Ghost and Other Effects. Howatt, Gordon M. Chicago: L. L. Ireland, 1942. GV1547.H75 T72 1942

The Universal Card. Racherbaumer, Jon. Jon William Racherbaumer, 1972. GV1549.R38 1972

Visions of Tomorrow. Nelson, Robert A. Columbus, OH: Nelson Enterprises, 1941. BF1171.N44 V57 1941

Wehman's Wizard's Manual: A Practical Treatise on Mind Reading, According to Stuart Cumberland and the Late . as Practiced by Valentine Vox and Others. . Secrets and Methods of Performing Many Marvelous Mysteries, Such as Have Astonished the Public of All Nations. Skinner, W. E. New York: Wehman Bros., 1895. GV1547.S54 1895

TRADE CATALOGS The Ace Place. Ace Place. London: Ace Place, ca. 1985. GV1561.A34 A34 1985

Ali Bongo's Penny Express Has Everything a Children's Trick Should Have… Ken Brooke's Magic Place. London: Ken Brooke's Magic Place, ca. 1975. GV1561.K4566 A555 1975

Catalog of Popular Magic, No. 14. Louis Tannen New York: Louis Tannen, 1980. GV1561.L679 C37 1980

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Checklist of Micky Hades Magic For Sale. Micky Hades. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: The Firm, ca. 1965. GV1561.M52455 C484 1965

Condensed List of Poker Size Gaffed Cards… Martin the Magician. Lancaster, CA: Martin the Magician, ca. 1976. GV1561.M3736 C658 1976

Dante Presents: Dante's Do It Yourself Magic Show… Dante Productions Inc. Rochester, NY: Dante, 1964. GV1561.D35875 D358 1964

For Balloon Workers. Ken Allen Products. Rochester, NY: Ken Allen Products, 1966. GV1561.K4565 F67 1966

Enter the Magical World of Coins… Bob Little. Hatboro, PA: Bob Little, ca. 1965. GV1561.B634 E58 1965

Ken's Komments: Number 1, April 1973. Ken Brooke's Magic Place. London: Ken Brooke's Magic Place, 1973. GV1561.K4566 K457 1973

Larry Weeks’ Convention Specials: 1966 IBM Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana… Larry Weeks. The Firm, 1966. GV1561.L3777 L3777 1966

The Latest Magic Books. Micky Hades. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: The Firm, 1964. GV1561.M52455 L577 1964

The Latest of the World’s Best Magic: Catalog No. 8. Max Holden's Magic Shops. New York: Max Holden’s, 1941. GV1561.M38674 L377 1941

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Magic Catalog No. 14. L.L. Ireland. Chicago: The Firm, ca. 1955. GV1561.L32544 M345 1955

Mail Order Portfolio: A Practical and Time-Tested Plan for the Sale of Publications and Novelties by Mail. Nelson Enterprises. Columbus, OH: Nelson Enterprises, 1955. GV1561.N4557 M355 1955

Magic News: Vol. 1 No.2. Ken Allen Products. Rochester, NY: Ken Allen Products, ca. 1965. GV1561.K4565 M345 1965

The Multiplying Martini’s: A Great Feature Trick! Ken Brooke's Magic Place. London: Ken Brooke's Magic Place, ca. 1975. GV1561.K4566 M755 1975

Simplex Magic. James Rainho Products. Medford, MA: J. Rainho, ca. 1960. GV1561.J358475 S56 1960

Solving Your Gift Problems: Abbott's Special Customer List No. 3. Abbott Magic Co. Colon, MI: The Company, ca. 1960. GV1561.A325 S655 1960

Supreme de Luxe Giant Find the Lady… Supreme Magic Co. Bideford, England: Supreme Magic, 1970. GV1561.S96555 S966 1970

This Here’s My Uncle Vincent… Ken Allen Products. Rochester, NY: Ken Allen Products, ca. 1970. GV1561.K4565 T485 1970

This Is It! During the Past Year We Have Had the Pleasure of Presenting… Yogi Magic Mart. : Yogi Magic Mart, ca. 1955. GV1561.Y6465 T485 1955

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Tiny's Magic: Catalogue No. 1, Lifetime Loose-Leaf Edition. Tiny's Magic Co. Tiny Grant, 1946. GV1561.T5567 T558 1946

The Ultimate in Modern … Pressley Guitar Creations. Abilene, TX: Pressley, ca. 1970. GV1561.P7447 U484 1970

[Untitled catalog] Mr. Fingers Magic. Needham, MA: Mr. Fingers Magic, ca. 1970. GV1561.M5745 C38 1970

[Untitled sheet] Ken Allen Products. Rochester, NY: Ken Allen Products, 1970. GV1561.K4565 S484 1970

Zig-Zag List. Supreme Magic Co. Bideford, England: The Company, ca. 1965. GV1561.S96555 Z545 1965

PERIODICALS The Gen, August 1951. London: Harry Stanley, 1951. GV1541.G46 1951 VOL.7 NO.4

The Gen, October 1951. London: Harry Stanley, 1951. GV1541.G46 1951 VOL.7 NO.6

The Gen, July 1969. London: Harry Stanley, 1969. GV1541.G46 1969 VOL.25 NO.3

The Jinx, July 1935. Waverly, NY: Theo Annemann, 1935. GV1541.J65 1935 NO.10

The Jinx, August 25, 1941. Waverly, NY: Theo Annemann, 1941. GV1451.J65 1941 NO.146

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Wilford Hutchinson’s Conjurers Chronicle, November-December 1933. Ashton-under-Lyne, England: Wilford Hutchinson, 1933. GV1541.W54 1933 VOL.15 NO.4

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