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[Harry Houdini in bathing suit and chains on platform in front of crowd] – Historic Print

[Harry Houdini in bathing suit and chains on platform in front of crowd], [ca. 1906?] — historic print
[Harry Houdini in bathing suit and chains on platform in front of crowd], [ca. 1906?]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Houdini stands on a raised platform in a bathing suit and chains while a crowd gathers before him, a pose that recalls the restraint escapes that made him famous in the early 1900s. The slide is a lantern slide, a glass positive projected onto a screen during live shows, and its catalog notes name John H. Thurston, a touring stage magician who also used stereopticon slides. The McManus-Young Collection at the Library of Congress preserves many such slides from the magic trade, offering a record of how performers promoted their acts to audiences before printed posters and film reached every town.

Created / published[ca. 1906?]
Medium1 slide : lantern.
GenreLantern slides 1920-1930.
NotesJohn H. Thurston, stereopticons, Boston, Mass. McManus-Young Collection.
SubjectsHoudini, Harry,--1874-1926--Performances.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,235 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167050

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