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CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895 – 1973). Candid Photographs from Cardini’s Scrapbooks. [New York], 1920s – 30s. Nineteen images, including several unpublished, affixed to two album pages and including photographs of Dai Vernon, Max Holden in his magic shop, various theater marquees bearing Cardini’s name in lights or on large banners, Harlan Tarbell, S. Leo Horowitz, Swan Cardini, Jeanne and Ted Verner, and other magicians. The largest 5 ¼ x 3”. Page edges ragged. With Eddie Dawes’ note stating that the pages were given to him by Cardini in 1967. An impressive grouping.
Two pictures show Vernon’s silhouette booth, and in one of these, he sits with Cardini demonstrating how to cut silhouettes. Another photograph depicts Vernon with a pack of cards in hand, while a third shows Vernon with his wife and son. Cardini may have taken some if not all of these pictures, as he was an avid photographer.