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Costume Trunk
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Costume Trunk illusion begins with a large trunk that is opened and three trays are removed showing it empty. Each tray contains a different costume and the audience selects one of the costumes, which is then placed together with its tray back into the trunk. After closing and reopening the trunk, a lady emerges clad in the costume selected.
History
In the July 1905 issue of Mahatma (page 91), European Correspondent Herr. N. Osey (a pseudonym of Houdini's) states Cussac Talma, an English magician, was presenting it at the Palais d'Hippodrome inAntwerp and that the illusion was original with Frederick Eugene Powell.
Bev Bergeron declared in The New Tops, Vol. 17 No. 11, Nov. 1987, p. 21, this illusion was invented by Arnold deBiere.[1]
It was featured by Servais Le Roy was The Dress Box as early as 1906.[2][3]
References
- ↑ http://www.conjuringcredits.com/doku.php?id=illusion:costume_trunk_illusion
- ↑ Servais Le Roy: Monarch of Mystery by Caveney, Mike; Rauscher, William (1999)
- ↑ The Wizard, Vol. 1 No. 10, June, 1906, page 158
