Magicians Dave Mishel, A. Caro Miller, and Jack Boshard attend convention, Hollywood, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Magicians Dave Mishel, A. Caro Miller, and Jack Boshard attend convention, Hollywood, 1935

Date Created

July 1935

Date

1935-07

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

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.

Caption

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]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Pacific Coast Association of Magicians
Mishel, Dave
Boshard, Jack
Miller, A. Caro

Location

Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Magicians
Playing cards
Stage props