1923 HORACE GLODIN SAW IN TWO ILLUSION Patent - #438

This is a reproduction of the patent issued to the inventor from the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). There are 9 documents total. The 1st drawing sheet of the patent has been printed onto 65 lb. parchment cover stock. This print has been sized for installation into any 8" x 10" standard picture frame. The additional sheets included are printed on 60 lb. 5.50" x 8.50" parchment paper. These accompanying documents describe the scope of this invention in formal terms. The following is an excerpt from the patent...

"Be it known that I, Horace Goldin, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful illusion device, of which the following is a specification. The invention relates to a means for performing an illusion on a stage or elsewhere. Specifically, the invention is an apparatus in the form of a box whereby a person or object can be placed within and the container cut substantially in half, giving the effect to the audience of cutting the person or object in half. In the drawings, forming a part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the device; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is an end elevation looking from the right; The opposite end of The box, as seen in Fig. 4, is constructed in the same manner, except that the panel 15 may be somewhat deeper and lacks the openings 11, while a pair of apertures 16 are provided in the lower fixed panel 17 for the feet of the person in the box, to project through. A similar tongue and groove arrangement 18 is provided for readily sliding the movable panel into or out of place..."