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John F. Ohl and Joseph Earl
Arrington. John Maelzel, Master Showman of Automata and Panoramas. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 84, No. 1 (Jan., 1960), p.84-90.
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John F. Ohl and Joseph Earl
Arrington. John Maelzel, Master Showman of Automata and Panoramas. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 84, No. 1 (Jan., 1960), p.96.
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History of Magic in Boston, 1792-1915: A Facsimile of the Original Manuscript. Glenwood, Ill: Meyerbooks, 1983. (Refers to Boston Post listing.)
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