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Changing Wallet
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Changing Wallet is a gimmicked device for switching a flat objects. Originally created using two boards or pieces of cardboard, similar to the Jacob's Ladder toys, then later to look like a wallet someone would normally carry as in the Himber Wallet.
References
- Version described in Clever and Pleasant Inventions by Jean Prévost (1584) using strings and wooden boards.
- "The Magic Portfolio" in Magic: Stage Illusions, Special Effects and Trick Photography By Albert A. Hopkins (1897)