One possibly relevant observation: while googling for magician photos, I noticed that very few magicians performed wearing glasses.
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Maybe...I remember some of the old spring rides could buck a kid off pretty easily. There's a video showing the casting process at...
Cast aluminum, per the links I found, made by Mexico Forge, originally of Mexico PA, later bought out by Kilgore (based in Ohio and later in...
Some old brochure pages at http://www.vintagespringriders.com/manufacturer/mexico%20forge/detail but don't show your item. The company was...
Great. There's a spring-ride resource at http://www.vintagespringriders.com/abc Yours looks like one they list as by "Mexico Forge," a brand and...
Full images are easier; you can edit your post: select "edit" and click "full image" for both photos.
Maybe....another photo of "Gilly" Davenport: [ATTACH] and from 1957, levitating his daughter Betty: [ATTACH]
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A tamper for a tobacco pipe? (And welcome!)
That's a good thought. I'd think that the assistant went into the box, which was then hoisted into the air....assistant has already crept out at...
There's a model semi with their logo on ebay now, but I suspect it is new, not vintage. Many similar items are shown at the bottom of the page,...
The old "vanishing cow in the box" trick? Or....in later versions of Houdini's milk can escape, the milk can was locked inside a chest. Perhaps...
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