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Gelatin silver print - Harry Houdini in chains performance, about 1899 | McCord Museum
Harry Houdini in chains performance, about 1899
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Harry Houdini in chains performance, about 1899
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

Harry Houdini in chains performance, about 1899
Photographer
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
Period 20e siècle
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions25,4 × 20,5 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Object NumberM2014.128.702.139
DivisionPhotography - Documentary Collection
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso

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Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini, wrapped in chains, prepares to plunge into water, about 1911
Inconnu / Unknown
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Harry Houdini seated and bound up in chains, about 1920
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini seated and bound up in chains, about 1920
Inconnu / Unknown
About 1920
M2014.128.703.40
Harry Houdini, wrapped in chains, prepares to plunge into water, Providence, RI, 1911
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini, wrapped in chains, prepares to plunge into water, Providence, RI, 1911
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.149
Portrait of Harry Houdini standing, in chains
Photoengraving
Portrait of Harry Houdini standing, in chains
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.44
Portrait of Harry Houdini in Weed Chains, New York, before 1908
Photographic print
Portrait of Harry Houdini in Weed Chains, New York, before 1908
White Studio
about 1908
M2014.128.640
"Nash" touring car with chains, about 1925
Gelatin silver glass plate negative
"Nash" touring car with chains, about 1925
Inconnu / Unknown
About 1925
MP-0000.587.46
Houdini leaves locks and chains of witch's chair
Newspaper clipping
Houdini leaves locks and chains of witch's chair
1900-1926
M2014.128.702.77
Houdini: A Mind in Chains. A Psychoanalytic Portrait
Book
Houdini: A Mind in Chains. A Psychoanalytic Portrait
Bernard C. Meyer
1976
M2014.128.809
Marquee of the Shubert Princess Theatre announcing the performance of Harry Houdini, Chicago, IL, about 1926
Gelatin silver print
Marquee of the Shubert Princess Theatre announcing the performance of Harry Houdini, Chicago, IL, about 1926
Inconnu / Unknown
About 1926
M2014.128.702.21
Descending from ship by stairs on chains, about 1925
Gelatin silver print
Descending from ship by stairs on chains, about 1925
Captain George E. Mack
About 1922-1927
M20107.35
Chiefs of Police and Harry Houdini during a performance of the Straitjacket Escape, Oakland, CA, 1923
Gelatin silver print
Chiefs of Police and Harry Houdini during a performance of the Straitjacket Escape, Oakland, CA, 1923
Inconnu / Unknown
1923
M2014.128.703.32
Billboard for the performance of Harry Houdini and Annie M. Benninghofen at the Shubert Princess Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1926
Gelatin silver print
Billboard for the performance of Harry Houdini and Annie M. Benninghofen at the Shubert Princess Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1926
Inconnu / Unknown
1926
M2014.128.702.20

This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Azrieli Foundation and Canadian Heritage.