3 John Giordmane Items-Lecture list-Check-Sid Lorraine folding paper-vFINE-Af

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3 John Giordmane Items-Lecture list-Check-Sid Lorraine folding paper-vFINE-
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ITEM:   Here are three items from John Giordmaine, from Malta to Canada:
1-All I know about magic booklet.  Usually a blank book.  This was used for his lectures, as the center pages, list in attached scan, has a list of items in his lecture.  (4 by 5 1/2 inches.)
2-Advertsing fake check for "BANK OF JOHN GIORDMAINE FOR GOOD ENTERTAINMENT, dated and hand signed with his initials,.  (8 1/2 by 3 1/ inches.)
3-Folding novelty done by Sid Lorraine.  Image of rabbit above dozens of famous magicians.  When two sides are folded into near center, "JOHN GIORDMAINE" can be read vertically in the middle.  (6 7/8 by 8 1/2 inches.)
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
John Giordmaine
(1898-1974) was one of Canada's most beloved children's magician.
Biography
Born Giovanni Nicola Giordmaina in Malta, he immigrated to Canada in 1919. He started as an electrician, but went onto a successful career as a professional magician after a serious injury in an electrical accident.
He became friends with
Sid Lorraine
who got him to join the
International Brotherhood of Magicians
. He changed his name to Giordmaine to rhyme with legerdemain.
In the late 1930s, Giordmaine worked at
The Arcade Magic and Novelty Shop
and the T. Eaton Company of Toronto. While at Eaton's toy department during the 1940s, he developed and sold a magic kit.
He became the first magician on television in 1933 and appeared on the Howdy-Doody show, Captain Kangaroo, Paul Winchell's Circus Time. He had been described as "the world's greatest little magician artist" in an early television show for children.
Giordmaine was a guest on
The Ed Sullivan Show
in 1957 and played the New York World's Fair.
His Comedy Rope Trick can be found in
Stewart James
'
Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Vol. 2
(1968) and his
The Stamp Album: Magic Coloring Book
in
Tarbell Course in Magic
, Volume 4.
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A 30-minute documentary film directed by York Professor Laurence Green documentary film about his life was called "Sleight of Hand"
DATE:   Circa 1970s
SIZE:  Listed above
CONDITION:   All is in otherwise very Fine, almost Mint condition..  Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
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