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Chung Ling Soo

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    Chung Ling Soo & Company, 1890 - 1920, by Talma, courtesy of National Library of Australia - Picture collection.
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    Portrait of Chung-Ling Soo, 1890 - 1920, courtesy of National Library of Australia - Picture collection.
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Alternative Names
  • Chung Ling Soo
  • Chung-Ling Soo
Summary

Although Chung Ling Soo promoted himself as Chinese, according to the State Library of Victoria, he was born in New York as William Ellsworth Robinson and does not appear to have had Chinese ancestry. His wife was believed to be Korean.

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Archival Collections

State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection

  • Alma Collection; State Library of Victoria - Picture Collection. Details

Images

Title
Chung Ling Soo & Company
Type
Photograph
Date
1890 - 1920
Place
Australia?
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Title
Chung Ling Soo, the marvellous Chinese conjurer
Type
Photograph
Details
Title
Portrait of Chung-Ling Soo
Type
Photograph
Date
1890 - 1920
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Title
Suee Seen with Chung Ling Soo, Chinese conjurer
Type
Photograph
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Sources used to compile this entry: State Library of Victoria collection.