Step back into the Golden Age of mystery and illusion. 100 Years of Magic explores the art, personalities, controversies, and closely guarded secrets of conjuring exactly as they were being discussed one hundred years ago this month.
Each entry is compiled directly from primary sources published during the 1920s, including vintage magic magazines, trade journals, society publications, and vaudeville reports. These pages bring together club meeting reports, touring news, debates over the exposure of tricks, newly invented illusions, sleight-of-hand routines, mechanical apparatus, dealer advertisements, performance reviews, and notices about both legendary headliners and long-forgotten performers.
Rather than telling the history of magic in broad strokes, this project follows the magic community month by month. It offers a glimpse into how magicians lived, performed, argued, invented, shared ideas, and worked to preserve their craft exactly one hundred years ago.