Stage photograph of Jack Le Dair with his match trick backdrop

Jack Le Dair invented and performed Match Tricks with Matchsticks, hence the back cloth in this photograph. The trick was subsequently put on the market by Davenports, as illustrated here. Also included is an article by Neville Wiltshire published in the magazine Abracadabra in 2005. It mentions Le Dair and puts magic with matches into its social context.