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Raymond, Maurice F (Morris Raymond Saunders). The Great Raymond’s Canary Cage Transposition. Hamburg: Carl Willmann, ca. 1910. A nickeled canary cage and its inhabitant vanishes from a handsome upright stand, only to visibly reappear in a second stand some distance away. Together with a finely engraved silver-plated tray on which to carry the apparatus. Stands 16 ¾” high. Intricate mechanism for reappearing cage in fine working condition. Owned and used by the Great Raymond. (See Rauscher, The Great Raymond, page 298. A mechanical marvel. The cage that appears in the empty stand springs into existence at the pull of a single cord. The specially-designed stand accommodates a live bird, and the spring-loaded bottom of the cage snaps into place at the moment the cage is removed from the stand, holding the flapping creature securely inside.)