Public Domain

The cabinet is shown empty
Designer
Unknown
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

A "chinaman" appears in an empty cabinet. His head is removed and placed into a box. The head then appears back on his body in side the cabinet.

Illusion Name
Designer
Guy Jarrett
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

Multiple items are produced from a box, the finale being the production of an assistant from the same box.

Illusion Name
Designer
P.T. Selbit
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

An assistant is visibly transmitted from one cabinet to another.

Broom Suspension
Illusion Name
Designer
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

The magician balances his assistant on the end of a broom

Buzz Saw (aka A Living Miracle)
Designer
Horace Goldin
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

An assistant would recline on a table without cover and the saw would cut through her midsection. She would then rise unharmed.

Illusion Name
Designer
Guy Jarrett
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

The magician's assistant enters a trunk and subsequenty vanishes from the trunk.

Chair Suspension
Illusion Name
Designer
Possibly U.F. Grant
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

The magician balances an assistant on the back of a single chair

Chinese Water Torture Cell
Designer
Harry Houdini
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

The magician's feet are locked into stocks. He's lowered headfirst into a cell filled with water and attempts to escape.

Designer
Guy Jarrett
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

An assistant drapes a coat around her body and stands on a small table. She vanishes as the coat is raised by a rope.

Illusion Name
Designer
Richard A. Boehlke
Illusion Main Category
Short Description

A plaster head of a woman is assembled on three poles and placed under a curtain. A live assistant then emerges, having been transformed.