A photograph shows Ehrich Weiss at the age of 13 when he was a messenger boy department store in New York. Ehrich and his brothers worked long hours at any job they could find. From the department store, Ehrich moved to a necktie factory.
At the factory, Ehrich worked nine or ten hours a day. One of his brothers, Theo, had learned how to do a few tricks and taught them to Ehrich. Ehrich also found out about magic tricks through books. At the time of his death, He had an enormous collection of books on magic.
One day he found a book that changed his life—The memoirs of Robert-Houdin. Soon after reading this book, Ehrich left the necktie factory and convinced Jacob to leave too. As an intelligent and ambitious young man, Ehrich wanted to make something of his life.
A photograph shows Ehrich Weiss at the age of 13 when he was a messenger boy department store in New York. Ehrich and his brothers worked long hours at any job they could find. From the department store, Ehrich moved to a necktie factory.
At the factory, Ehrich worked nine or ten hours a day. One of his brothers, Theo, had learned how to do a few tricks and taught them to Ehrich. Ehrich also found out about magic tricks through books. Soon after reading this book, Ehrich left the necktie factory and convinced Jacob to leave too. As an intelligent and ambitious young man, Ehrich wanted to make something of his life.