Dorny's side hustle repairing illusions out of his garage.
(photo: The Robert Lund Memorial Library)
A satisfied customer, the magician Dante thanks Dorny for one of his custom made ties. January 26, 1949 (Soemo family collection)
"I have spent my free hours building illusions, scenery, props, and in designing and making the costumes I use in the show"
Dorny reports in advance of the Magic Wonder Show premiere at the Texas Association of Magicians' convention in Fort Worth, in 1952
The Magic Wonder Show,
(photos: The Robert Lund Memorial Library)
Dorny's visual sketch for a Wizard's Club event, no date. (Soemo family collection)
Dorny's "Dollhouse Illusion" as seen in Magic Wonder Show above (American Museum of Magic)
One of Dorny's hand-built touring crates at the American Museum of Magic
Corresponding with a customer about a disappearing silk, January 30, 1942 (Robert Lund Memorial Library)