Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph appears with the article, "Hocus-Pocus Men Gather," Los Angeles Times, 23 July 1935: A8. The three men hold various magician's props between them. 500 magicians from all around the country have come to the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel for the third annual convention of the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians to display their talent and compete for various trophies, including the Harry Houdini Memorial Cup. Text from negative sleeve: 1399 - Dave Mishel A. Caro Miller Jack Boshard Magicians. 7/27/35 [stamped:] Aug 1-1935 Handwritten on negative: 132 Dave Mishel A Caro Miller Jack Boshard 7/22/35 Text from newspaper caption: Mystical performers from all parts of the country are assembling in Hollywood for the convention of the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians this week. Among those arriving yesterday were, left to right, Dave Mishel with a handful of cards, A. Caro Miller of Oakland, who draws twenty-eight yards of silk from a small tube, and Jack Boshard, who produces [illegible]
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7908 ark:/21198/zz002dfpjt
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Magicians Playing cards Stage props Pacific Coast Association of Magicians Mishel, Dave Boshard, Jack Miller, A. Caro
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