Virginia "Verge" Edmunda Hammer (1873–1946) was an American entertainer who performed as a magician's assistant, a magician, a "mind reader" and an "illusionary dancer". Her stage names included Electra the Magic Wonder, Mademoiselle Edmunda and Madame Edmunda.
Edmunda dressed in her late husband's clothes in 1900, when she performed as Madame Dante
Edmunda Hammer, as the wife of Oscar Eliason (Dante the Great) in Melbourne in 1899 (Courtesy of State Library of Victoria)
Oscar Eliason (1869–1899), known by the stage name Dante the Great, was an American illusionist and magician.
A drawing of "Dante the Greater" published in 1900
Oscar Eliason in Melbourne in 1899 (Courtesy of State Library of Victoria)
Dante the Great poster, 1898 (Courtesy of State Library of Victoria)