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Newspaper report of Rising Card trick
New York, Thurstons in
New York Times
: and
The Honeymoon Express
; and Thurston’s show
Okito.
See
Bamberg, Theodore
Organizations, Thurston and
Orient, tour of
Otis Elevator Company, and levitation act
Our American Adventure
, Doyle
Oursler, Fulton;
The Spider
Out of a Hat act
Palace Theater of Varieties, London; Thurston at
Palladino, Eusapia
Palmer, Arline
Palmer, Rae
Pastor, Tony
Pastor’s Theater, Thurston performances
Path, Olive “Dot,”
Pené, Xavier
Perfect Breather
Performances; magic shows; by Thurston
Pickpocket, Thurston (Ryan) as
Picky (Lord Pickwick, monkey)
Pistol shots
Plastic surgery
Play, written by Thurston
Plimmer, Walter
Plough, Alvin
Polk, Jimmy
Posters, for Thurston’s shows
Potato peelers
Powell, Fredrick Eugene
Practical jokes, Thurston and
Prayer, Thurston and
Press releases, Hilliard and
Princess Karnac act; Fernanda and; Foster and; Kellar and; theft of
Princess Theater, London, Thurston’s show
Prison reform, New York, Round and
Problem of Diogenes act
Properties of Thurston show
Psychic phenomena, Thurston and
Publix theaters, magic shows
Question and answer act
Radio appearances
Rahman Bey
Raiboid, Rajah
Real estate investments
Reform school, Round and
Reilly, S. W.
Religion, Thurston and
Reporters, Hilliard and
Reviewers: and Kellar; London; and Thurston’s Australian tour; and Thurston’s shows
Rinn, Joseph F.
Rising Card trick; Herrmann and
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène
Robinson, Billy; Thurston and;
See also
Soo, Chung Ling
Robinson, John
Robinson, Olive Path “Dot,”
Rock, Will
Rome, S. J.
Roterberg, August,
New Era Card Tricks
Rothafel, Roxy
Round, William Marshall Fitts
Royle, Edwin Milton
Russell, Lillian
Ryan, Willie.
See also
Thurston, Howard Franklin
SAM.
See
Society of American Magicians
Sawing illusion; Jansen and
Sawyer (Mount Herman professor)
Scarsez, Adelaide.
See
Herrmann, Adelaide Scarsez
Schireson, Henry
Schulz, Lenore
Scripts, Thurston and
Séances, Palladino and
Seeing Through a Woman act
Seen, Suee.
See also
Robinson, Olive Path “Dot”
Selbit, P.T. (Percy Tibbles); sawing illusion
Sells Brothers Circus
Shaw, Allan
Shepard, Dick
Sideshows; Hurd’s circus; “kootch” shows; Thurston and
Sleight-of-hand tricks
Society of American Magicians (SAM); Chicago; Thurston and
Socrates (pet duck)
Soerenson, Carl
Soo, Chung Ling.
See also
Robinson, Billy
Special effects business
Spectres of the Sanctum act
Sphinx
,
The
; and Houdini’s show
Spider
,
The,
Oursler and Brentano
Spirit Cabinet act; theft of
Spirit Paintings act
Spiritualism; Houdini and; magic shows and; Thurston and
Spyropoulous, Farida Mazar
Stillwell, George
Stone, Fred
Streets of Cairo
Strobl, Alexander
Sugden, Raymond (Tampa).
See also
Tampa (Sugden)
Sullivan, Ed
Supernatural, Thurston and
“Surakabaja,”
Swanson, William H.
Sweatnam, Willis
Tampa (Sugden); Harry Thurston and; and Indian Rope Trick
Tango Waltz Ride
Tarbell, Harlan
Ten Ichi Troupe
Terry brothers
Texola.
See also
Thurston, Grace Butterworth
Theosophy
Thief, Ryan (Thurston) as
Thomas, Ellen E.
Thurnaer, Edward
Thurston, Beatrice Foster “Tommy,” .
See also
Foster, Beatrice “Tommy”
Thurston, Belle (Mrs. Harry)
Thurston, Charles (brother); murder of
Thurston, Emma Dearth
Thurston, Grace Butterworth; book by; and Harry Thurston; Howard and; London show; marriage to Howard; music hall acts; performances
Thurston, Harry Elias (brother)
; and
amusement park rides; Australian
tour; death of; and Fasola,
and Howard’s death; and
Howard’s finances;
and Howard’s stroke; magic show,
midway shows; plastic
surgery; real estate investments
Thurston, Helen (daughter of Harry)
Thurston, Howard Franklin; and Alexander Herrmann; appearance of; Australian tour; assistants; autobiography; biography of; business expansion; career of; at Chicago World’s Fair; childhood; con games; and Dante; and Devant; and father; finances of; funeral of; and Goldin; and Grace; Harry and; health of; and Houdini; in India; injuries; inventions; investments; and Jane; and Jansen; Jarrett and; Keating and; and Kellar; legacy of; legal problems; and Leon Herrmann; and Leotha; and Le Roy; in London; and McCormick; and magic; as magician; midway show; and motion pictures; and Orient; and Palladino; performances; personality of; plastic surgery; presentation; radio appearances; Round and; and SAM; and sawing illusion; schooling; special-effects business; and teaching of magic; and Valadon; and vaudeville; will of; youth —magic shows; as Kellar’s successor; London —and marriage; to Beatrice; to Grace; to Leotha; to Paula.
See also
Ryan, Willie
Thurston, Isabel (Mrs. Harry)
Thurston, Jane; and father’s death; and father’s
remarriage; and father’s will,
illness; letter to; as
magician; marriage; and
mother’s death;
See also
Harris, Jane
Thurston
Thurston, Leotha Willadsen; death of; health problems; and Harris; and Howard’s shows; and Jane; and radio appearances
Thurston, Margaret Cloude (mother); death of
Thurston, May (Myrtle, sister)
Thurston, Paula Mark; Howard’s will and
Thurston, William (brother)
Thurston, William Henry (father); remarriage
Thurston Amusement Company
Thurston’s Original Oddities; travels; wagon
Thurston’s World Museum
Tibbles, Percy.
See also
Selbit, P.T.
Tibbles, Sidney
Times
, London, and Houdini
Torsberg
Torture illusions.
See also
Vivisection act
Tours: Australia; China; India; by wagon
Townsend, George
Trains, illicit rides
Tramp, Thurston as
Triple Escape act
Trout, Edward
Tugger (newsboy)
Unions, problems with
Valadon, Paul; Kellar and; Thurston and
Vanishing Automobile act
Vanishing Elephant act
Vanishing Horse act
Vanishing Piano act
Vaudeville; music hall and; Thurston and
Villa Captured
Vivisection act
Voice of Thurston
Wagon, tour by
Walking Through a Brick Wall act
Waller, Charles
Watch, con game
Watch Trick
Water Fountains act
Welles, Orson
Western tour, with wagon
White, George Davis; contribution to Valadon Fund; and Jane; at Thurston’s funeral; as Villa —as Thurston’s assistant; in Australia; in London; in India
White, Mary Davis and Tolliver
White, Rex
Whitehead, J. Gordon
White House, Thurston at
Will, of Thurston
Willadsen, Gene.
See
Thurston, Jane
Willadsen, Jane Jacqueline; adoption by Thurston.
See also
Thurston, Jane
Willadsen, John R.; Jane and
Willadsen, Nina Leotha Hawes (Fielding).
See also
Thurston, Leotha Willadsen
Williams, Blanche
Wilson, A. M.
Wilson, Edmund
Window of a Haunted House act
Witch’s Cauldron act
Witmark, Frank
Wobensmith, James
Wolfe, Ada
Women: Harry Thurston and; Howard Thurston and
Workshop, Thurston’s, Jansen and
World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago; Indian magicians and
Worthington, Thomas Chew
Yettmah, Cyril
“Zenda Waltzes,”
Ziegfeld, Florenz
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