Tobias Bamberg
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Tobias "Theo" Leendert Bamberg was a professional magician. Born in the Netherlands, Bamberg performed under the name Okito which is an anagram of Tokio. His father had been court magician to King Wil
1910 poster showing Okito performing the floating ball trick
Chung Ling Soo
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William Ellsworth Robinson was an American magician who went by the stage name Chung Ling Soo. He is mostly remembered today for his extensive use of yellowface in his act to falsely represent himself
Tobias Bamberg
…his Japanese act to become a Chinese-style act to better facilitate a new illusion he had designed. Unlike William Ellsworth Robinson who performed as Chung Ling Soo, Bamberg didn't make an attempt to hide his European identity. February 1907 brought the birth of his son David Bamberg (who would later perform under…
The Old and New Magic pub. 1906
The Cosmopolitan, pub. 1903.
Chung Ling Soo in The Old and New Magic (1906)
East Sheen Cemetery