28 entries in Illusions / Traveling
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Die unsichtbare Wanderung oder "Das ungelöste Rätsel" two boxes, performer goes into bottom one, lady comes out of it and performer is in other one, performer then vanishes and appears in middle of audience
May 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 5)
75
Chevalier Thorn Der Traum des Kalifen von Bagdad woman changes into man in cage, woman now in middle of audience, then woman travels from one cage to another cage
Related to Jan. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 5)
80
Chevalier Thorn Der Traum des Kalifen von Bagdad second part of description
Related to Feb. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 6)
95
Chevalier Thorn Der Traum des Kalifen von Bagdad third part of description, with photograph
Related to Mar. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7)
110
Der Traum des Kalifen von Bagdad woman changes into man in cage, woman now in middle of audience, then woman travels from one cage to another cage, with photograph
Related to Nov. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 11)
171
Carl Willmann Mysteriöse Kofferkunststücke I. person steps into large suitcase which is bound, vanishes and reappears in audience
Inspired by
  • "Der Wunderkoffer" (Willmann's Moderne Wunder, p. 98)
May 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5)
76
Edward Bagshawe “Projecta”: A Shadow Illusion shadow of assistant tied to a post is visible from behind screen, magician shoots gun at screen and assistant’s has vanished, reappears in back of hall
1936 ca. 77
Amac Find the Lady
1938 963
James Stewart Ghosto person vanishes from trunk and comes in from door, party/seance trick/gag
June 1939
The Jinx (Issue 57)
401
Joseph Ovette Bird and Cage bird vanishes from newspaper and appears in cage in previously empty box, flip over box variation
1944 23
Dariel Fitzkee My Favorite Trunk Routine magicians disappears from inside a bag in a box and appears in the audience
1945 305
Girl in the Audience girl vanishes and reappears in audience
1972 332
Harry Blackstone Blackstone's Studio Illusion magician dresses as artist, draws himself on a canvas, then he appears from canvas, dressed normal
1974 79
Kate Shiels Witch's Plot publicity stunt for one reporter, performer apparently travels long distance very quickly
Variations 1979
Magick (Issue 231)
1152
Elmer Deffenbaugh Direct Dialing publicity stunt for one reporter, performer apparently travels long distance very quickly, different method than Shiels
Inspired by 1979
Magick (Issue 237)
1182
Michael Weber, Mike Caveney, Bill Taylor The Vacuum Cleaner Illusion woman is transported from a box into a bag through the tube of a vacuum cleaner
1981 151
Gary Kurtz An extravagant example: Magician Changes into Tiger; Magician Reappears in Back of Theatre
Related to 1992 15
The Phantom of the Circus "pantomime illusion", acted as a little play with people vanishing and travelling in boxes
1993 311
The Chinaman, the Ghost, and the Cat "pantomime illusion", acted as a little play with people vanishing and travelling in boxes
1993 329
Alan Wakeling The Elusive Clown traveling person in clown make-up, with double, tip-over trunk
1993 158
Alan Wakeling The Wringer Box and Cannon lady vanishes from box (Tip-Over Trunk variation) and appears in drum
1993 285
Alan Wakeling The Atomization Stack of Boxes illusion combined with Dante/Selbit's Broadcasting a Woman, woman travels from one stack of four stacked boxes to another, method not described
1993 304
Tom Stone The Ultimate Sub-trunk on cemetery, magician vanishes and appears in coffin, joke
1996 45
David Berglas Teleportation human transportation to a hung up box in another city, magic on TV and on using a double
2002 128
Paul Osborne A Bigger, Better Way to Burn a Person
  • Osborne Illusions
assistant is burned by accident and then found behind the spectator
Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
16
Paul Osborne The Corpse Came C.O.D.
  • Osborne Illusion
monster appears in coffin prop and vanishes, reappears at back of theater with borrowed item
Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10)
18
Jim Steinmeyer Find the Joker giant three card monte with performer dressed as clown, changes position behind giant cards, then is changed into another person and can appear somewhere else, using bridge system
2009 182
Mike Caveney The Orson Welles Act person travels from trunk to chair, discussion of the performance at the 2011 Los Angeles History Conference
  • Building the Tip-Over Trunk
  • Killing the Angles
  • Sedan Chair
  • The Routine
2013 221