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Ghost Tube

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Ghost Tube (or Phantom Tube) is basically a large tube fitted with a secret load chamber.

Ad in Felsman's Magical Review (Aug 1920)

First published as 'The Silver Tube Illusion' by Jules Danby in the Magic Wand (April 1919). It would later become marketed in Britain as the "Ghost Tube" and in the United States as the "Phantom Tube" in 1920.

In 1926 The Great Raymond debuted it in South America where it became known as El Tubo Raymond.[1][2]

References

  1. Illusion Show A Life in Magic by David Bamberg (1991)
  2. The Great Raymond : Entertainer of Kings - King of Entertainers by Rauscher, William V. (1996)