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David Abbott (magician)
David Phelps Abbott (1863–1934) was a magician, author and inventor who created such effects as the floating ball, later made famous by Okito. The best known of his books is ''Behind the Scenes with the Mediums'' (1907) considered to be one of the best exposures of the tricks used by mediums. One exposure being the "spirit portrait paintings" by the Bangs Sisters.
== Biography ==
David Abbott was born in 1863 near Falls City and lived most of his life in Omaha. Abbott died in 1934 of diabetes. His burial was at Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska.〔http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19735879〕 He was married to Fannie E. Abbott.
Abbott became a wealthy businessman in the American Mid-West. He was well versed in arts and science. After Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity, Abbott attempted to explain it in a newspaper article.〔http://content.omaha.com/media/maps/ps/2013/may/F94CDd01.pdf〕 As an amateur magician, he performed for invited guests in his private theater he built at his home from 1907 until he died. There he demonstrated his Talking Teakettle (around 1907, decades before miniature radio electronics came into use) and Talking Vase (in 1909).〔The Sphinx, October, 1906〕 Abbott built his work of magic and deception on the devious principles he learned from spirit mediums. Many of the greats in magic– Kellar, Thurston, Horace Goldin, Theo Bamberg, Ching Ling Foo, Blackstone and Houdini among others–made pilgrimages to Omaha Field Club neighborhood "Mystery House" to be dumbfounded and to learn.〔http://www.all-about-magicians.com/david.html〕〔http://www.omaha.com/article/20130602/LIVING/706029955〕
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