Has anyone heard of this "Magician?"
Balloonist : The Story of T S C Lowe - Inventor, Scientist, Magician, and Father of the US Air Force
I came across him during my search for "Kengorn."
research on another magician of the past
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Re: research on another magician of the past
George
For your search here are a few possible helps. His full name was Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe. He is best know for his brave acts as a Balloonist during the Civil Car spotting troop movements for the North. The army commissioned several balloons, which were under his command. I have no information on him as a magician but he was very well known and probably in newspaper accounts of the day circa 1860s to 1870s.
Several books have been written about him. He was a strikingly handsome man, which if he did magic could not have hurt. PBS's History Detectives ran a segment on someone who had a piece of one of Lowe's balloons. Below is a link to a Harpers Weekly featuring him and his balloon from 1861.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundat ... alloon.htm
For your search here are a few possible helps. His full name was Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe. He is best know for his brave acts as a Balloonist during the Civil Car spotting troop movements for the North. The army commissioned several balloons, which were under his command. I have no information on him as a magician but he was very well known and probably in newspaper accounts of the day circa 1860s to 1870s.
Several books have been written about him. He was a strikingly handsome man, which if he did magic could not have hurt. PBS's History Detectives ran a segment on someone who had a piece of one of Lowe's balloons. Below is a link to a Harpers Weekly featuring him and his balloon from 1861.
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundat ... alloon.htm
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- Joined: January 17th, 2008, 12:00 pm
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Re: research on another magician of the past
Thanks, Tom.
There are so many unanswered questions about magicians of the past that it's mind boggling.
GO
There are so many unanswered questions about magicians of the past that it's mind boggling.
GO