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924-24
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- 1935 (Creation)
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ca. 1935. Ray Gamble performing a magic trick as he prepares to enclose a young woman in turkish dress in an elaborate "magic box". Gamble with sword in hand will inject it into the embodied case. The trick he is about to perform is known to magicians as "The Disembodied Princess" or "The Girl Without a Middle." Mr. Gamble was known around the world as a traveler, collector, millionaire businessman and amateur magician. He collected elephants, dice and ceramic tiles, as well as developing the world's largest "wood flour" business- sawdust used a a stabilizer in the production of explosives. His greatest love however was magic. He served as an officer in both the Tacoma ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and as president of the Pacific Coast Magicians' Association. He once proposed that magic, especially card tricks, be taught in Tacoma public schools, to sharpen the student's intellects and put them on guard against card sharks.
Gamble, Ray, 1886-1972; Magicians; Magic--Tacoma;