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Liz Hobday

REVEALED: Circus flips into melbourne with elephants and acrobats | Rare Historical Photos

Circus 1903's elephant puppets Queenie and Peanut perform at the State Theatre in Melbourne. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Even though Mikey Brett helped develop Circus 1903's elephant puppets Queenie and Peanut, he's still taken in by the illusion they create.

During each performance as he waits offstage to make an entrance as Peanut, there's a moment that Queenie seems like a live African Elephant.

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