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    Harry Kellar (born Heinrich Keller; July 11, 1849 – March 10, 1922) was an American magician who presented large stage shows during the late 19th and early...
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    Houdini claimed that the first part of his new name, Harry, was an homage to American magician Harry Kellar, who he also admired, though it was likely adapted...
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  • politician Harry Kellar (1849–1922), American magician (born "Heinrich Keller") Mark Kellar (1952–2023), American football player Scott Kellar (born 1963)...
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    As a child, he ran away to join the circus, where his future partner Harry Kellar also performed. Thurston was deeply impressed after he attended magician...
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    model of courtly, elegant predecessor magicians like Howard Thurston and Harry Kellar, and the last of that breed in America. He customarily wore white tie...
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    only by the back of a fold-up chair.[citation needed] American magician Harry Kellar performed a trick where his assistant, introduced as a Hindu princess...
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    such as John Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant, Howard Thurston, Harry Kellar, and Harry Houdini achieved widespread commercial success during what has...
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    Advertising poster, c. 1899; American magician Harry Kellar making a brüderschaft with the devil...
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  • decision not to perform the trick is commonly attributed to a letter from Harry Kellar, who wrote to Houdini stating (in part): "And you owe it to your friends...
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    An advertising poster depicting magician Harry Kellar performing the "Levitation of Princess Karnac" illusion, 1894, U.S. Library of Congress...
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  • Estabrook, television and film actress Ish Kabibble, comedian and actor Harry Kellar, magician Tina LeBlanc, ballet dancer, teacher and ballet master Emily...
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    created by the American public had elevated magicians Alexander Herrmann, Harry Kellar, Thurston and Dante to the position of the #1 magician in the country...
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  • the Fakir of Ava, was a 19th-century stage magician, the teacher of Harry Kellar. Hughes was born in Essex, England, but moved to the United States and...
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    at the time). By 1896, Robinson had performed his acts in shows for Harry Kellar and Alexander Herrmann. After Herrmann's death in 1896, Robinson decided...
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    Otis Houghton (1828–1914), lawyer, politician Harry Kellar (1849–1922), American magician who influenced Harry Houdini Fernando Lamas (1915–1982), Argentinian-born...
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    magicians of the era, including Dr. James William Elliott, Nate Leipzig, and Harry Kellar. He began to use the first name "Dai" after a newspaper used the abbreviation...
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    professionally as Will B. Wood and sometimes called "The Kellar of South America", in reference to mentor Harry Kellar (1849–1922), he was born in Pennsylvania in...
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  • donated to the London Museum by the Maskelyne family in 1934. In 1878, Harry Kellar visited England and had a copy Maskelyne's whist-playing automaton made...
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  • Thurston, F. B. Nightingale, Augustus Rapp, T. Nelson Downs, James Randi, Harry Kellar, Ottawa Keyes, Ricky Jay and Walter Gibson. The author also credits Carter...
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  • 12–14. In 2013, Bank Street College of Education included The Amazing Harry Kellar on their list of the year's best biographies for children ages 9–12....
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  • 2007-03-18. Laurie 1953, p. 30 Slide 1994, pp. 277–8 Senelick, Laurence, "Harry Kellar", in Banham 1995, pp. 593–4 Slide 1994, pp. 285–7 Slide 1994, pp. 287–9...
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    this and many other fine illusions of the time. Their only rival was Harry Kellar. During the Golden Age of Magic, America only allowed one King of Magic...
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    New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Jarrow, Gail (2012-06-01). The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician. Boyds Mills Press. ISBN 978-1-62979-170-8....
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  • the age of 10 when his father showed him an old poster of the magician Harry Kellar. However, in an interview with theory11, he is reported to have said...
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  • 1892) March 4 – Bert Williams, American entertainer (b. 1874) March 10 – Harry Kellar, American magician (b. 1849) March 19 – Max von Hausen, German general...
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  • film, similar rivalries include magicians John Nevil Maskelyne and Harry Kellar's dispute over a levitation illusion. Gary Westfahl of Locus Online also...
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    investigation was never made public. In 1868 the team was joined by Harry Kellar. Kellar and Fay eventually would leave the group to pursue their own career...
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    "Broom Suspension"). Levitation is also credited to American magician Harry Kellar, who in fact stole the illusion by bribing Maskelyne's technician, Paul...
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  • sister, Margaret Louise (1891-1959). When he was 10 years old, he saw Harry Kellar perform, which inspired him to develop his own card tricks. He moved...
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    (1928) Charles Murphy (1928, 1929, 1930) John Wooden (1930, 1931, 1932) Harry Kellar (1932) Ralph Parmenter (1933) Norm Cottom (1934) Emmett Lowery (1934)...
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