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Gelatin silver print - Harry Houdini escaping from a straitjacket in Cleveland, Ohio, 1915 | McCord Museum
Harry Houdini escaping from a straitjacket in Cleveland, Ohio, 1915
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Harry Houdini escaping from a straitjacket in Cleveland, Ohio, 1915
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 escaping from a straitjacket in Cleveland, Ohio, 1915
Photographer
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsPrinted on back, b. : Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress; handwritten on back, c.r. : Harry Houdini escapes from / strait jacket, Cleveland / train yard, 1915; handwritten on back, l.l. : 23533 / 5865
Period 20e siècle
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions20,2 × 25,3 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Object NumberM2014.128.702.141
DivisionPhotography - Documentary Collection
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
Not on view

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Inconnu / Unknown
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Gelatin silver print
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Gelatin silver print
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Inconnu / Unknown
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Gelatin silver print
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Inconnu / Unknown
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Gelatin silver print
Chiefs of Police and Harry Houdini during a performance of the Straitjacket Escape, Oakland, CA, 1923
Inconnu / Unknown
1923
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Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini performing a straitjacket escape, New York, NY, about 1920
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about 1920
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Harry Houdini performing a Straitjacket Escape
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini performing a Straitjacket Escape
White Studio
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Harry Houdini performing a Straitjacket Escape
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini performing a Straitjacket Escape
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Gelatin silver print
American actor Tony Curtis freeing himself from a straitjacket on the set of Houdini, 1953
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after 1953
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Wood engraving
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