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Houdini: Illusionist and collector

September 22, 2016 By Eric Colleary

Unidentified photographer, [Harry Houdini in chains and ball weights with police], ca. 1900. Gelatin silver print, 14 x 9.5 cm.

This Halloween marks the ninetieth anniversary of the death of the great illusionist Harry Houdini. Born Ehrich Weisz in Budapest in 1874, he got his start as a trapeze artist before turning his attention to magic. [Read more…] about Houdini: Illusionist and collector

Filed Under: archive, Digital Collections, Public Programs, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Budapest, conjuring, digitized collections, Discoverie of Witchcraft, Ehrich Weisz, Harry Houdini, Harry Houdini collection, Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Library, hypnotism, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Magic, magician, McManus-Young collection, Mystery!, playbills, posters, Ransom Edition, Reginald Scot, scrapbooks, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, sleight of hand and stage magic, Spiritualism, witchcraft

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