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	AUTOGRAPHS - Harry Kellar
		Kellar was probably one of the most meticulous performers of his day, focusing on both his exacting presentation and his array of astonishing tricks.
		Harry Kellar, a man who performed extensively on five continents, was perhaps the most travelled magician of his day.
		Kellar died on March 10, 1922, at the age of 72.
	www.magicandillusion.com /muse/auto/a-kell/a-kell01.html (643 words)

	Harry Kellar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kellar was arguably the predecessor of Harry Houdini and the successor of Robert Heller.
		On one occasion, young Kellar reportedly blew a hole in the floor of his employer's drugstore and rather than confront the wrath of his parents, he stowed away on a train and continued life as a vagabond.
		Kellar was probably one of the most meticulous performers of his day, focusing on both his presentation and on his array of magic tricks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Kellar (485 words)

	Magic Web Channel hall of fame Harry Kellar
		Harry Kellar was born Heinrich Keller on July 11th, 1849 in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of German immigrants.
		Kellar showed a strong will from the start, playing dangerous games of "chicken" with oncoming trains to the delight of his friends.
		Never one for understatement, Houdini arranged for Kellar to be literally carried off in triumph after his final public performance, as six thousand spectators sang "Auld Lang Syne." It was indeed a fitting end to a magnificent magical career.
	www.magicwebchannel.com /hall_kellar.htm (900 words)

	BIOGRAFIA
		Kellar pareció convencido ante tal ofrecimiento pero tal iniciativo se transtornó cuando Kellar vió la función de "The fakir o Ava".
		Kellar pronto aprendió que la vida de un mago en la carretara es cualquier cosa menos fácil.
		En 1875 Fay dejó a Kellar volviendo junto a Davenport, más allá de renunciar Kellar monta un nuevo grupo llamado "The Royal Illusionists".
	www.magicworldweb.com /magazine/kellar.html (312 words)

	Harry Kellar's Search for a Successor
		Kellar was an excellent business man, and conceived the idea of running his own road show.
		Kellar, who was visiting this country at the time, saw Hercat's show, and decided the trick would do splendidly for presentation in the States.
		The older magician promised to teach him his illusions, and introduce him to American audiences as "Harry Kellar's Successor." It was understood, of course, that any new illusions that were added to the programme were to be performed in the true Harry Kellar tradition.
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	The American Experience \| Houdini \| People & Events \| Harry Kellar
		Their neighbors from Buffalo, the Davenport brothers, upped the ante by permitting themselves to be bound to seats in a large wooden cabinet on stage, then marshaling unseen forces to strum guitars, ring bells, and hurl tambourines through the dark.
		Long after Kellar had retired and just a few years before his death, Houdini cajoled his friend on stage for a mammoth show to benefit the families of the men who died when the troop transport Antilles was sunk by a German U-boat.
		Never one for understatement, Houdini arranged for Kellar to be literally carried off in triumph after his final public performance, as six thousand spectators sang "Auld Lang Syne." It was a fitting end to a truly magical career.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/houdini/peopleevents/pande05.html (769 words)

	Harry Kellar Magician - Famous Magicians Pictures Conjuring Lights Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Kellar was was named the 1st "Dean of American magicians", and during his performing lifetime was America's most popular magician.
		He undertook two world tours, A master of magic at all scales,Kellar is perhaps most famous for the Levitation of Princess Karnac, an illusion originated by Maskelyne, which Kellar revised and made his own.
		Napoleon Sarony, the portrait photographer, was almost as famous as Kellar, and from his studio in Union Square, New York, photographed the rich and famous of America's theatrical set.
	www.conjuringlights.com /CL/Portraits/Kellar/kellar_centreFrame.htm (116 words)

	Kellar, Harry -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Kellar opened his full evening show in the United States in 1884.
		His ability to skillfully free himself from ropes, chains, locks, and handcuffs made him world famous, and he was billed in theaters as “The Elusive American.” He was a master of the escape act.
		U.S. singer Harry Belafonte was a key figure in the popular folk music scene of the 1950s.
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	Lance Burton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harry Collins (the man who impressed Lance years before) was a full-time professional magician in Kentucky.
		Harry Houdini, the most famous escape artist of all time, was widely regarded as a magician and remains an international legend in the field of magic.
		One of the most famous was Harry Houdini's "Water Torture Death Tank" which he carried out for his NBC TV special "The Encounter." Houdini developed the illusion but never had the chance to do it.
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	Harry Kellar
		Harry Kellar (1849-1922) was born Heinrich Keller on July 11th, 1849 in Erie, Pennsylvania...
		Harry Kellar (1849-1922) Although Houdini his name from the great Robert-Houdin, his true professional father was Harry Kellar, one of the great American magicians of all time.
		Harry Kellar is acknowledged as one of the greatest names in American Magic but how did he rise...
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	Harry Kellar-Free posters and biography of the magician.
		After four years with the act Kellar felt ready to go solo again and in 1873 he and Mr Fay left to tour with their own act.
		Kellar became renowned for his perfectionist approach and his spectacular stage productions.
		Kellar struck up a long and close friendship with Harry Houdini.
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	Harry Kellar-Free magic posters and biography of the illusionist.
		Harry Kellar (1849-1922) was born Heinrich Kellar on July 11
		The young Kellar ran away from home when he was ten and soon found himself living with a minister in New York State and studying for the ministry himself.
		All that was soon to change: the young Kellar visited a travelling show and saw “The Fakir of Ava”.
	www.magicforall.com /html/harry_kellar__1_.html (167 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Kellar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Terry Kellar, Tyler Miller, and Greg Flewelling all scored for the Muskies in that one.
		Hueston Kellar (103, 4-5) and Zack McCray each was awarded a forfeit victory; Shaun Smith (140, 13-3 won by a technical fall; and Aaron Kelley (125, 8-5) and...
		Jennifer Kellar Erwin is a staff reporter/columnist for The Gaston Gazette in Gastonia, NC She may be reached at jennifer_erwin@link.freedom.com, or (704) 869...
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	Forbes.com: Heads Up! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Kellar had great success with levitation tricks, and his version of the levitation illusion was later sold to the magician Harry Blackstone.
		Kellar mounted lavish stage productions in which every trick went off perfectly, and he continually incorporated new ideas to keep his act fresh.
		Upon magician Robert Heller 's death in 1878, Harry Kellar was named "America's greatest magician." When he retired in 1908, Kellar passed the title on to Howard Thurston, thus beginning the American "royal dynasty of magic" whose contemporary representative is magician Lance Burton.
	www.forbes.com /2001/10/24/1024pow.html (380 words)

	www.GreenLawnAbbey.com - Howard Thurston
		Along with Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston would dominate the theatrical era during the first quarter of the twentieth century before the prominence of radio and motion pictures.
		On May 15, 1908, a dynasty of Masonic magicians began which continues to this day.
		Harry Kellar, the then reigning king of magicians, retired and passed his magician's wand to Howard Thurston after a performance at Ford's Theater in Baltimore.
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	Seybert Commission Report: Feb 13, 1885, Conjuror Harry Kellar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harry Kellar, a professional conjurer, at Egyptian Hall.
		Kellar sat at one side of the table, Mr.
		Kellar huye del espiritismo porque ya paso la epoca de ella, y solo da el ejercicio caracter de prestidigitacion.
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	Golden Age Mysteries - THE FLOATING LADY MURDER by Daniel Stashower
		Thus, when he reads that Harry Kellar, "the dean of American magicians," is hiring additional crew members for his troupe, Dash suggests that he, Harry and Bess apply.
		In his vanity, Harry balks at the notion until Dash and Bess persuade him of the wisdom of it.
		When one of the stagehands, Jim Collins, is arrested for murder, Harry and Dash are determined to prove his innocence and uncover the real murderer.
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	Magicians of the World_GKIndia.com
		Harry Kellar ran away from home at the age of twelve, one day while browsing through a paper, he saw an Ad placed by an English magician, the Fakir of Ava, he answered the ad and was hired as an assistant.
		As an inventor and builder of illusions and an assistant to other magicians of that era, including Harry Kellar, he became Alexander Herrmann’s stage manager and did Herrmann’s act when the master was indisposed.
		Harry Blackstone was a master showman and illusionists.
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	Harry Kellar - Biografías de Magos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		En uno de sus viajes tuvo muy malas experiencias, el barco en el que viajaban tuvo un accidente, estuvo perdido varios días en al mar, perdió todo su equipo y cuando llegó a Inglaterra debió comenzar todo de nuevo, porque además se había quedado sin un centavo!.
		Kellar se asocia con ellos en Panamá, en el año 1876, y realizan un gira por la costa de San Francisco.
		Kellar se asocia con Cunard, formando la sociedad "Kellar and Cunard", y viajan por la India, Persia, Asia Menor, Egipto y puertos del Mediterráneo.
	www.zonademagia.com.ar /magos/harry_kellar.htm (490 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Harry Houdini
		How did Harry Houdini do his signature "Metamorphosis" escape, the one where he was handcuffed inside a sack, locked in a trunk and yet somehow managed to switch places with an assistant on the outside.
		Even the great escape artist Harry Houdini wouldn't be able to untangle the mess of rhetoric being tossed around about the effect of the SOL on graduation rates in Virginia.
		HARRY HOUDINI HE AIN'T: An officer on foot patrol saw a 24-year old male sitting at the bar at a local watering hole, holding a baggie in his hand.
	history.surfwax.com /files/Harry_Houdini_America.html (4283 words)

	The Miracle Mongers, an Expose' - CHAPTER FIVE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		His best effect was the swallowing of a red-hot sword.[1] Another thriller consisted in fastening a long sword to the stock of a musket; when he had swallowed about half the length of the blade, he discharged the gun and the recoil drove the sword suddenly down his throat to the very hilt.
		Kellar later informed me that the resemblance was so strong that had he not seen the original Ling Look consigned to the earth, he himself would have been duped into believing that this was the man who had been with him in Hong Kong.
		The Salambos were among the first to use electrical effects in a fire act, combining these with the natural gas and ``human volcano'' stunts of their predecessors, so that they were able to present an extremely spectacular performance without having recourse to such unpleasant features as had marred the effect of earlier fire acts.
	worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/newage/MiracleMongers/chap5.html (2636 words)

	Kellar's Wonders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Harry Kellar is acknowledged as one of the greatest names in American magic but how did he rise to the pinnacle of his field?
		In Kellar's Wonders for example, you will be reacquainted with previous subjects such as David Devant, Buatier de Kolta, P.T. Selbit, Charles Carter, Servais Le Roy, Harry Houdini and St. George's Hall.
		And as important as Harry Kellar is to the history of magic, he is indeed a curious puzzle part.
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	Timeline
		That summer, Harry meets fellow performer Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner, and after a three-week courtship Harry and eighteen-year-old "Bess" are married.
		Harry also begins experimenting with public handcuff escapes, including exhibitions for police and reporters.
		Harry and Bess return to New York to live with his mother.
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	Kellar Harry: 3D View of the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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		Harry Kellar (1849-1922) - Harry Kellar (1849-1922) From the PBS network - a short biography.
	www.resolve3d.com /Arts/PerformingArts/Magic/Magicians/HistoricalFigures/Kellar,Harry (1171 words)

	Harry Houdini
		A diciassette anni ERICH WEISS diventò HARRY HOUDINI dal nome d'arte di due grandissimi maghi: HARRY KELLAR (1849-1922) e ROBERT HOUDIN (1805-1871) e insieme a Jack Haymann, anch'egli licenziatosi dalla "Ritcher's Son", tentò la scalata del successo.
		HARRY si faceva legare le mani dietro la schiena con una corda, poi entrava dentro ad un sacco sigillato per poi essere chiuso dentro ad una valigia a sua volta legata con una corda.
		Dopo un paio d'anni HARRY decise di proseguire da solo la scalata al successo e lasciato Haymann si mise in coppia con il fratello TEO che venne sostituito nel 1894 dall'inseparabile consorte BEATRICE RAHMER, conosciuta da HOUDINI durante un'esibizione al luna park di Coney Island.
	www.magosalvin.it /Houdini.htm (780 words)

	Mad Hatter Magic
		While his real name was Harry Broughton, this Chicago-born magician was the top illusionist by the end of the 1930’s.
		Harry August Jansen was hired by Howard Thurston who gave him his stage name “Dante.” This emigrant from Denmark’s stage trademark was to utter three nonsense words: “Sim Sala Bim,” during his performances to acknowledge applause.
		Kellar named Howard Thurston his successor upon his retirement.
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	Magic Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The first magician to wear a regular tuxedo rather than flowing robes was Robert Houdin, the number one magician in Europe in the mid 1800's.
		Kellar, born in Pennsylvania in 1849, and performing until 1912.
		Kellar's successor was Howard Thurston who became the greatest magician doing card tricks in the world.
	www.ferderbares.org /magic_assembly.htm (306 words)

	Magic and magicians - Emergence of Modern Magic
		Robert-Houdin is the man from whom the American magician Harry Houdini took his name a generation later.
		Prior to the appearance of Harry Houdini, the most outstanding American magician and showman was Harry Kellar.
		For more than 20 years he toured with a three-hour show and became known for his large stage illusions such as the "floating lady." In 1931 he shortened his program to appear as a stage attraction in movie theaters.
	www.lookd.com /magic/emergence.html (526 words)

	magicians vancouver - magic of Aaron Martini - magicians surrey magicians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Born un Erie, Pennsylvania, Kellar traveled America and made two World Tours with a full evening Magic Show.
		He was famous or his presentation of Maskelyne's Levitation, the Spirit Cabinet and several automations, including "Psycho." His posters featured little red devils which were copied by other performers.
		Kellar used many beautiful lithographs advertising his large show.
	www.aaronmartini.com /harrykellar.html (96 words)

	Who's Who in Magic History H-I-J-K \| MagicTricks.Com: the Magician's Magic Shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		To survive in vaudeville, Houdini invented the Escape Challenge, daring spectators to handcuff or tie him in unusual knots and devices- and Houdini was always able to escape.
		He is best known for his stunning version of the Levitation, in which a girl mysteriously rises up from a couch, floats across the stage to the audience, then disappears into thin air.
		On May 16, 1908, Kellar retired and in a grand onstage ceremony, removed his cape and placed it on the shoulders of his chosen successor, Howard Thurston.
	www.magictricks.com /bios/whoswhohijk.htm (2665 words)

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