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[Chung Ling Soo] Robinson, W.E. Cabinet Card Portrait of William E. Robinson. New York: The Gem, ca. 1895. Full-length portrait of the great American magician, a card in one hand, wand under the other arm. He would later become famous as the “Marvelous Chinese Conjurer,” Chung Ling Soo. Photographer’s mount, 4 ½ x 6 ½”. Scrapbook remnants on verso. Very good. The photographer’s studio, at 495 Sixth Ave., New York, was next door to Martinka’s, the most famous magic shop in America.