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[[Vanishing Elephant]] is a stage effect where a live elephant instantly disappears.
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[[Vanishing Elephant]] is a stage effect where a live elephant is made to disappear.
  
It was created by [[Charles Morritt]] (as the Disappearing Donkey) and first performed with an elephant (2 ton "Jennie", advertised as 5 tons) by [[Houdini]] in [[1918]] at the [[Hippodrome]] in New York city.
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It was created by [[Charles Morritt]] (as the Disappearing Donkey), and first performed with an elephant (two-ton "Jennie", advertised as five tons) by [[Houdini]] in [[1918]], on stage at the [[Hippodrome]] in New York City.
  
 
It has also been performed by:
 
It has also been performed by:
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* [[Siegfried & Roy]] (1981).
 
* [[Siegfried & Roy]] (1981).
  
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See also:  [[Appearing Elephant]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:43, 20 July 2015

Vanishing Elephant is a stage effect where a live elephant is made to disappear.

It was created by Charles Morritt (as the Disappearing Donkey), and first performed with an elephant (two-ton "Jennie", advertised as five tons) by Houdini in 1918, on stage at the Hippodrome in New York City.

It has also been performed by:


See also: Appearing Elephant

References