Dante’s story is from
Dante: The Devil Himself
. Blackstone is discussed in
Blackstone: A Magician’s Life
. Diego Domingo has researched George White and finally discovered his history after Thurston and Dante. He was the most renowned assistant in the history of magic.
The Will Rock show is from Ken Klosterman. Gerald Heaney’s acquisition of the show is from the May 1956 issue of
The Linking Ring
. Harry Thurston’s obituary from the Columbus newspaper is from Jay Hunter.
Jane Thurston’s later career is from
Our Life of Magic
and from recollections of William Self, Mike Caveney, and Laurie Schaim. I was lucky enough to meet Jane Thurston on several occasions. She was always charming to magicians, modest about her part in her father’s show, but fiercely proud of her career and her success in the world of magic.
Bamberg and Germain’s conversation is from the December 1918 issue of
The Sphinx
.
INDEX
Abbott, David P.
Abbott, Percy
Abdul
Accidents, Houdini and
Aga Levitation
Agents
Aldrich, Charles
Amazement act
Amber, Maude
American Biograph Company, films
Amusement park rides
Animals, Thurston and
Appearing Elephant act
Art, mystery and
Assistants, to magic acts; Beatrice as; Grace as; White
Australia, Thurston’s tour
Autobiography of Thurston
Automobiles, special effects
Aviation, views of
Backhand Palm card trick; Downs and; Thurston and
Baldwin, Samri
Bamberg, David
Bamberg, Theodore (Okito)
Bangkok Bungalo act
Bangs sisters
Beck, Martin
Beechhurst, Long Island, Thurston home
Bell, C. Foster
Benjamin, Harry
Berean Baptist Church
Biographies of Thurston; autobiography
Birds of the Air trick
Black and White Budget
,
The
Blackstone, Harry
Blake, Winfield
Blocki, Fritz
Boomsky (assistant to Herrmann)
Booth, John
Bosco
Boston, George
The Boy, the Girl and the Donkey act
The Boy, the Girl and the Eggs act
Brentano, Lowell,
The Spider
Brice, Fanny
Britt (Arkansas policeman)
Broadway, Thurston’s first appearance
Broadway shows
Broome Street Tabernacle
Brotherhood of St. Christopher
Brown, A. Seymour
Brumfield, Doc
Bucha, Carl
Bucha, Fritz
Buck-and-wing dancing
Burgess, Clinton
Buried Alive act
Burnham Industrial Farm
Burnside, R. H.
Business, Thurston and; expansion of; investments; special effects construction
Butterworth, Grace E..
See also
Thurston, Grace Butterworth
Butterworth, Lida
Cadger, Reddy
Canary in Lamp act
Cannon Illusion
Capone, Al
Card tricks; Herrmann and; Houdini and; Thurston and
Carnegie, Dale
Carrington, Hereward
Carter, Charles Joseph
Carter, Lincoln
Carus, Paul
Champlin, Charles and Addie
Charous, Eva
Chase, Carl
Chicago, World’s Fair
Chicago Defender
, and White
Children, Thurston and; programs for
China, tour of
Chundra Bey
Claque system, music halls
Claude, Kenneth
Coconut shell act
Collier’s
magazine
Con games; kootch shows and; marriage to Grace as
Coney Island
Confidences of a Prestidigitator
,
The,
Robert-Houdin
Conjurer’s Monthly Magazine
,
The
Conversion of Thurston (Ryan)
Cooke, George A.
Coolidge, Calvin
Cos Cob farm; sale of
Couzens, Harry (Henry)
Crane, Lawrence
Curtis, H. B.
Cutler (Mount Herman professor), letters to
Dahomey Village
Dante (Harry Jansen); and Fasola; and Hanson; and Houdini; magic show; and new acts; and Sugden
Dante (Oscar Eliason)
Davenport Brothers
Davis, Harry
Dawson, Fred
Dearth, Emily
Dearth, Emma
Deceptions, Thurston and.
See also
Con games
DeKreko, George
DeKreko Brothers Congress of Eastern Oddities
Delhi (elephant)
Demon
,
The,
Thurston
Deslys, Gaby
Devant, David; Thurston and
Dida illusion
Dime museums; Grace Thurston at; Harry Thurston and
Divorces: Beatrice Thurston; Grace Thurston; Jane Thurston Harris
Dooly, John
Dornfield, Werner C.
Downs, Thomas Nelson
Doyle, Arthur Conan;
Our American Adventure
Duck, pet
Dunninger (magician)
Eakins, Olin M.
Edison motion picture machine
Edward, Prince of Wales
Eggs Extraordinary trick
Egyptian Hall, London
Elephant, purchase of
Eliason, Oscar (Dante)
Elliott, James William
“Entranced Fakir” act
Escapes, Houdini and
Europe, Thurston in
Evans, Clare
Evans, Henry Ridgely
Everett, M. Hudson
Everhart
Exchange illusions
Fakir of Ava (Isaiah Hughes)
Farm purchased by Thurston
Fasola, Gus; ideas from
Father, Thurston as
Fay, William
Fernanda (Lucille Myro).
See also
Princess Karnac act
Ferris, George
Ferris wheel, original
Fielding, Nina.
See also
Thurston, Leotha Willadsen
Fields, W. C.
Films; in Thurston’s shows.
See also
Motion pictures
Film scripts; Thurston and
Fire and Water act
Fish, Hyman
Fisher, E. E.
Five Cent Theater, Chicago
Fleming, Beatrice “Tommy.”
See
Foster, Beatrice; Thurston, Beatrice Foster
Flight of Princess Kiyo act
Floating Ball act
Floating tire illusion
Foo, Ching Ling
Ford, Arthur
Foster, Beatrice “Tommy,”; marriage to Thurston; Thurston and.
See also
Thurston, Beatrice Foster
Fox, Imro
Funeral of Thurston
Garden of Sleep (levitation act)
Geach, Edwin
George, Grover
Georgia, Thurston in
Germain, Karl
Gibson, Walter B.
Girl and the Rabbit act
Golden Butterfly act
Goldin, Horace; Jansen and; sawing illusion
Goldman, Herbert
Goldstein, Hyman.
See
Goldin, Horace
Goldston, Will
Gordon, Gene
Goshen, Routh
Great Automobile Surprise act
Great Country Circus
Greater Magic
, Hilliard
Greenwood, Fergus
Gresham, William Lindsay
Haja Hamid Troupe
Hanson, Herman
Hanson, Lillian
Harcourt, Robert
Harris, Harry
Harris, Jane Thurston; divorce.
See also
Thurston, Jane
Harris, John
Hawes, Ellen Fielding
Hawes, George
Health fads, Thurston and
Heaney, Gerald
Heller, Robert
Hellmann (magician)
Henry, Louis (Doc)
Herrmann, Adelaide Scarsez; and Robinsons
Herrmann, Alexander (the Great); assistant to; death of; Kellar and; stage of; Thurston and
Herrmann, Compars
Herrmann, Leon; Robinson and; Thurston and
Herrmann, Marie
Herrmann, Samuel
Hertz, Carl
Hilles, Charles D.
Hilliar, William
Hilliard, John Northern;
Greater Magic
; and Kellar; and Thurston’s autobiography
Hinckel, Paula (Mark).
See also
Thurston, Paula Mark
Hindu Rope Trick.
See
Indian Rope Trick
Hippodrome, New York
Hoffmann,
Modern Magic
Hollywood films, and magicians
Holzmueller, Charlie
Honeymoon Express
,
The
Hong Kong, Thurston in
Hoochie kootch shows
Horse races, Thurston and
Hospitals, performances at
Houdini, Bess (Mrs. Harry)
Houdini, Harry; at Chicago World’s Fair; Dante and; death of; and Kellar; loan to Thurston; in London; and mediums; performances; and SAM; and Thurston; touring show; Vanishing Elephant trick; and vaudeville
House of Industry, Ryan at
Howard Thurston’s Card Tricks
, Thurston
Hughes, Isaiah (Fakir of Ava)
Humor, Thurston and
Hunniford, John
Hurd, Tom
Hurd and Berry Great London Sideshow
Hussan, Bella
Hyman, Bernard
Iasia act
India, Thurston’s tour
Indian Rope Trick
Ink to Water Trick
Inventions; by father of Thurston
Ives, Barney
Jansen, Alvin
Jansen, Harry August.
See also
Dante (Harry Jansen)
Jarrett, Guy Ellsworth
Jolson, Al
Jones, Isham
Keating, Fredrick
Keith, Paul
Kellar, Eva; death of
Kellar Harry (Heinrich Keller); and Baldwin; and Blackstone; death of; and Devant; and levitation act; and Maskelyne acts; successor to; temperament of; and Thurston; and Thurston’s shows
Kelson, George
Kenna, Michael “Hinky Dink,”
Kleist, Paul
Klondike, Thurstons and
Korfmann, Henry
Korfmann Monkey Case
Lady and the Boy act
Lady and the Lion trick
Lano, David
Lastfogel, Abe
Laurant, Eugene
Lawsuits
Leat, Harry
Legal problems of Thurston
Le Roy, Servais
Le Roy, Talma “Queen of Coins,”
Levitation acts; Foster and; Kellar and; Le Roy; Princess Karnac act; theft of
Levy, Edythe
Levy, Leon (the Great)
Lincoln, Abraham
Lion illusion
Little Egypt (Spyropoulous)
London: magicians in; Thurston in
Long Island, Thurston home
Lubin, Siegmund
Lutz (plastic surgeon)
Lynn, Dr. (magician)
Lynn, Guy
McAdow, Dudley
McCormick, Langdon
McKinven, John
MacMahon, Thomas F.
Magic; Houdini and; Kellar and; knowledge of; Martinka’s emporium; music halls and; popularity of; Thurston and
Magician Among the Spirits
,
A,
Houdini
Magicians; and Backhand Palm trick; conflicts among; in London; magic shows and; motion pictures and; successors to; Thurston as; and vaudeville
Magic shows; competition to Thurston; first seen by Thurston; Harry Thurston and; Herrmann the Great; Houdini and;
New York Times
and; Thurston’s first performance —Thurston’s; additional; early; as Kellar’s successor; London; new acts; tours
Magic tricks, new, in Australian show
Mahatma
Maid of Mystery device
Maitland, Mabel
Mano, John
Margery (medium)
Mark, Paula.
See also
Thurston, Paula Mark
Marquis, George
Marriages of Thurston; to Beatrice; to Grace; to Leotha; to Paula
Martinka, Anthony and Francis
Mascot Moth act
Maskelyne, John Nevil; Kellar and
Maskelyne, Nevil
Masons, Thurston and
Massey, Edward Morrell
Maurer, Otto
Mediums, psychic, exposure of; Houdini and
Meinhold, Sam
Mickey (monkey)
Midway Plaisance, Chicago World’s Fair
Mile a Minute effect
Million Dollar Mystery
Ministry, Thurston and
Miser’s Dream act
Modern Magic
, Hoffmann
Monkeys; lawsuit
Monroe, Al
Monte Myro Troupe
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Moody Bible Institute
Morris, Elmer
Morris, William
Morritt, Charles
Morton, Charles; and Thurston
Motion pictures; Chicago theater; London music hall; Thurston and; in Thurston’s shows
Mount Herman Academy; Thurston and
Mulholland, John
Musgrove, George
Music halls; vaudeville and
My Life of Magic
, Thurston
Myro, Lucille (Fernanda).
See also
Princess Karnac act
Mysteries of India show
Mysterious Dice trick
Mystery, in art
Nest of Boxes act
New Era Card Tricks
, Roterberg
New Page act
Newsboy, Thurston as