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* ... when [[Mahatma]] was started by George H. Little, it was was the only a [[Magic Periodical]] at the time in the United States devoted to the interests of magicians.
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* ... [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] (New White Magic Explained) by J. N. Ponsin was the first book written in French that dealt exclusively with magic...
 
* ... [[Nouvelle Magie Blanche Dévoilée]] was used by [[Prof. Hoffmann]] to write [[Modern Magic]]. A translation of parts not used by Hoffmann was published by [[S.H. Sharpe]] as [[Ponsin On Conjuring]]...
* ... [[Le Grand David]] and His Spectacular Magic Company was the longest consecutively running stage magic show in the world...
* ... [[Albert P. Smith]], The Mysterious Smith, publicity stunt was a coffin escape ...
* ... [[Jerry Andrus]] called his home the castle of chaos…
* ... [[MIKO]] (also known as the Three and a Half of Clubs trick) by [[Harold Sterling]] was named in honor of [[Milt Kort]]...
* ... [[Al Mann]] was at  [[Dunninger]]'s bedside when he died…
* ... [[The Magic Show]] starring [[Doug Henning]] had to be written around Doug's inability to sing...
* …[[Channing Pollock]] gave his act, including his birds, to his chauffeur...
* ... [[Edouard-Joseph Raynaly]] was one of the first magicians on film...
* …[[Tony Corinda]] had the magic concession in [[Hamley's]] Toy Shop and it was run by [[Ali Bongo]]…
* ... [[W.D. LeRoy]] was responsible for recruiting one of every six memberships of [[SAM]] during the first few years...
 
* ... [[Sidney H. Radner]] once owned one of the world's largest collections of [[Harry Houdini]] artifacts ...
* ... [[Washington Irving Bishop]] was the originator of the [[Blindfold Drive]] in 1885 using a horse and carriage...
 
*...[[Charles T. Aldrich]], a popular Quick Change performer in vaudeville, was father of Gale Gordon, the actor that played Lucille Ball's boss on TV...
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* ... [[Max Katz]] was [[Ricky Jay]]'s grandfather ....
* ... between 1906 and 1915 [[Theodore DeLand]] marketed almost 100 tricks using gimmicked cards and decks...

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