ON: WORD 2 – Parasites, Precursors, the Relativity of Originality, and the Grand Scheme of Things? by Jon Racherbaumer
ON:WORDS Jon Racherbaumer PARASITES, PRECURSORS, THE RELATIVITY OF ORIGINALITY, AND THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS? “Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.” -Chuck Palahniuk Consider the word “origin,” including its...
Images from Egyptian Hall: Will Nicola
Will Nicola (seen on the right) was another globe-trotting illusionist from America. Young Will learned the magic business as an assistant in his father’s magic act and his older brother, Charles, who would gain his own fame as Von Arx, also mentored Will in the...
Images from Egyptian Hall: Adelaide Herrmann
During the early morning of December 17, 1896 Adelaide Herrmann suddenly found herself not the co-star of the Herrmann the Great touring show but simply as the widow Herrmann. Her husband, Alexander Herrmann, had reigned supreme as America’s foremost magician...
Images from Egyptian Hall: Charles Carter
This exotic looking wizard did not travel to America from the mysterious East. His name was Charles Joseph Carter, born in New Castle Pennsylvania in 1874. As a teen-ager he was already performing as Carter –The Boy Magician and what he lacked in artistic ability and...
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