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Gelatin silver print - Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle does the Needle Trick for Houdini (still from the motion picture Back Stage), 1919 | McCord Museum
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle does the Needle Trick for Houdini (still from the motion picture Back Stage), 1919
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Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle does the Needle Trick for Houdini (still from the motion picture Back Stage), 1919
You can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Need more information about image licensing or a higher resolution image? Read our Photographic Services and Copyright page.

Gelatin silver print

Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle does the Needle Trick for Houdini (still from the motion picture Back Stage), 1919
Photographer
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsLabel glued on back, c. : JOHN HINSON COLLECTION / Compliments of / THE NEW ENGLAND MAGIC / COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION
Period 20e siècle
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions20,3 × 25,3 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin United States, North America
Object NumberM2014.128.702.137
DivisionPhotography - Documentary Collection
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
Not on view

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