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Ben Bergor Performs
Magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing a trick on stage. With him are his wife, who performed as Madame Alva, and an assistant.
Ben Bergor Billboard
Madison magician Ben Bergor standing in front of the Leota Theatre. Bergor was born Ben Goldenberger, and first performed in vaudeville as Bennie Golden Berger, and eventually legally changed his n...
Ben Bergor on Stage
1930
Magician Ben Bergor of Madison with the stage equipment he used for his performances.
Ben Bergor Escapes
1940
Madison magician Ben Bergor, standing in the trunk, and his wife, Alvina, standing nearby, getting ready to perform an amazing escape act. The act had Bergor, straightjacketed and inside a locked t...
Ben Bergor with Lighted Cigarettes
Formal publicity portrait of magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing one of his sleight of hand tricks with lighted cigarettes. Bergor was billed as the fastest hands in the business.
Free Show Tonight
September 1930
During the 1920s Madison magician Ben Bergor toured with various vaudeville companies. This is the setup for the Curtis Comedy Company.
