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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Werner "Dorny" Dornfeld, a Chicago area magician who was a leader in several national organizations of magicians. The "Be... |
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| Description: | Dr. Earl Lockman, a well-known escape artist, and his handcuff collection. |
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| Description: | Magicians Dave (left) and Pauline Coleman performing their famous "Hindu Torture Board" trick using an anvil on a board full of nails positioned on the abd... |
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| Description: | Dr. Morton Greene, a graduate psychologist, performing his hypnotism act. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for a performance by Madison magician Ben Bergor. |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive. |
| Date: | 12 18 1947 |
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| Description: | Fletcher Mills doing a card trick for three children, with a clown looking on, at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 ... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Ben Bergor, a Madison magician, receiving the Houdini Award from the widow of Harry Houdini. Behind him is the trunk from which Bergor had escaped, and fou... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi... |
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| Description: | Magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing a trick on stage. With him are his wife, who performed as Madame Alva, and an assistant. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Magician Ben Bergor of Madison with the stage equipment he used for his performances. |
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| Description: | Professional magician Dick DeYoung of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on a stage with three other people. DeYoung had over five decades of experience as a club and s... |
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| Description: | Doc Mann of Beloit, Wisconsin, who performed novelty entertainment and "top hat magic" as Mandu the magician. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Cover of a Swedish advertising catalog for William Deering and Company farm machinery. Features an illustration of a wizard(?) surrounded by male and femal... |
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| Description: | Formal publicity portrait of magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing one of his sleight of hand tricks with lighted cigarettes. Bergor was billed as the ... |
| Date: | 04 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a skeleton on horseback, carrying a banner that reads, "Apocalypse". A skyline of Madison appears beneath, on fire, with the phrase "Heral... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | The Houdini Award, an album, presented to Madison magician Ben Bergor by the Houdini Club of Wisconsin. Because Bergor won the award three years in success... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | William R. Holmes, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a professional magician in front of a painted backdrop. Pictured with a m... |
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| Description: | View from window looking down at the escape act of Madison magician Ben Bergor. He is beginning to make the escape from the straightjacket while the crowd ... |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Madison magician Ben Bergor, who performed as Bennie Golden Berger during the early years of his career. He billed himself as the faste... |
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