Chrystal Dunninger

Name/Title

Chrystal Dunninger

Entry/Object ID

2022.13.2

Description

Chrystal Dunninger performing the Rope trick at the I.B.M. Convention in Chicago, 1949.

Context

Chrystal Dunninger, born Chrystal Spencer, worked as a dancer in New York City until meeting magician and mentalist Joseph Dunninger in the 1920's. Though Joseph Dunninger denied the union, court documents prove the two were married from the 1930's through the 1940's. After the divorce, Chrystal trained to be a magician under Slydini, but performed publicly on only a few occasions.

Collection

Robert & Elaine Lund Archives & Special Collections

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Charles Kanaman

Role

Photographer

Date made

1949

Place

City

Chicago

State/Province

Illinois

Country

United States

Continent

North America