Who Was The First Magician To Pull A Rabbit Out Of A Hat?

And how the famous trick is completed

Grant Piper
4 min readJun 17, 2023
(Public domain / Cropped)

There are few things as iconic as pulling a rabbit out of a hat. This magic trick is one of the oldest and most famous parts of the modern magical trade. The trick has become so ubiquitous with the modern magician that white rabbits, top hats, and simple plastic wands remain enduring symbols of the…

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Grant Piper

Professional writer. Amateur historian. Husband, father, Christian.