Flowers and Flags?

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Flowers and Flags?

Postby Ravenspur » November 29th, 2022, 7:41 pm

Hi,

I'm researching Dr. I.R Calkins who was president of the Society of the American Magicians (1936-1937). He's the namesake of Assembly #17. He's an interesting character. He was a surgeon and a marksman who competed internationally and earned a gold medal in the 1908 Olympics with the pistol team.

Research his career as an amateur magician has been difficult. He certainly performed, but I've only found a reference to a trick he performed: "flowers and flags." He performed it in May, 1936 at the 8th Annual S.A.M. Conference in Springfield, MA.

I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on what exactly he might have performed.

Thanks,

Mark

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Re: Flowers and Flags?

Postby Richard Kaufman » November 29th, 2022, 8:55 pm

You would find your work much easier if you joined The Conjuring Arts Research Library so you could do a search through The Sphinx and Genii very easily.
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Re: Flowers and Flags?

Postby Ravenspur » November 30th, 2022, 6:46 am

Thanks, Richard.

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Re: Flowers and Flags?

Postby Richard Kaufman » November 30th, 2022, 6:09 pm

And The Linking Ring, Tops, and so on. You'll be amazed what you can find!
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Re: Flowers and Flags?

Postby hugmagic » February 6th, 2023, 9:03 pm

I suspect it may have been a variation on the flag tiers.
You should be able in conjuring arts to find assembly reports that might talk about his performances or in some of the early Sphinx magazines, they talked about the various performers and their effect.
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Re: Flowers and Flags?

Postby Robert77 » February 6th, 2023, 10:59 pm

I've looked it up but would appreciate a link to the The Conjuring Arts Research Library which shows costs and what is available to research.

This makes it sound like membership is highly exclusive and restricted:

https://conjuringarts.org/library/resea ... ointments/


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Re: Flowers and Flags?

Postby Ravenspur » February 7th, 2023, 6:41 am

Thanks for the recommendations, Richard.

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Re: Flowers and Flags?

Postby Jack Shalom » February 7th, 2023, 8:59 am

Robert77 wrote:I've looked it up but would appreciate a link to the The Conjuring Arts Research Library which shows costs and what is available to research.

This makes it sound like membership is highly exclusive and restricted:

https://conjuringarts.org/library/resea ... ointments/


Thanks.


Start here:
https://conjuringarts.org/askalexander/

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Re: Flowers and Flags?

Postby Richard Kaufman » February 7th, 2023, 11:16 am

It's not exclusive. Anyone can join. But you have to pay.
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Re: Flowers and Flags?

Postby Robert77 » February 7th, 2023, 1:43 pm

Thank you both.


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