Vanishing Elephant

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Vanishing Elephant is a stage effect where a live elephant instantly disappears.

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.

Also performed by:

• Carter (1927)
• Nicola (1931)
• Carmo (1933?)
• John Calvert (1952)
• Doug Henning (1976 TV special)
• Blackstone Jr.(1980)
• Siegfried & Roy (1981).