Joseffy

Joseffy

Joseffy

Stage magician in the 1900s

For other people named Joseffy, see Joseffy (disambiguation).

Josef P. Freud (also known as Joseffy) (3 March 1873 – 26 May 1946) was a Viennese magician.[1]

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Life

Joseffy came to the United States of America at the age of 19 where he worked at a Chicago Magic Store, building props and illusions. He invented a self-contained, no-thread version of The Rising Cards that astounded magicians of his day.[2] One of his mechanical creations was "Balsamo, the Living Skull".[3]

Joseffy was a performer at Coney Island as the Chautauqua & Lyceum headliner, and also played violin.[4] He eventually stopped performing and became an electrical engineer.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Jim Steinmeyer newsletter Fall 2003".
  2. [2]
    "Biographies Page H–I–J".
  3. [3]
    David Phelps Abbott (1908). The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy. Open Court Publishing Company. p. 7.; Peabody, J. L. 'Spirit Pictures and a Speaking Skull.' Popular Mechanics Magazine.39:6 pp. 817-820.
  4. [4]
    "Chautauqua & Lyceum Magicians".
  5. [5]
    "Joseffy MagicPedia entry".


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