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Gelatin silver print
Assistants strapping Harry Houdini into straitjacket for a stunt on top of a railroad car, Cleveland, Ohio, 1915
Photographer
Inconnu / Unknown
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsPrinted on back, t. : Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress; handwritten on back, c.l. : Harry Houdini in strait jacket, / Cleveland train yard, / 1915.; handwritten on back, u.r. : 23533 / 622
Period
20e siècle
Medium / Technique
Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions20,2 × 25,3 cm
Origin
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Object NumberM2014.128.702.142
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
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Harry Houdini escaping from a straitjacket in Cleveland, Ohio, 1915
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.141
Theodore Hardeen and assistants performing on stage, about 1928
Inconnu / Unknown
About 1928
M2014.128.706.8
Harry Houdini hangs suspended upside-down over a street in a Straitjacket
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.143
Harry Houdini hangs suspended upside-down over a street in a Straitjacket, Washington, DC, 1922
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.146
Harry Houdini hangs suspended upside-down over a street in a Straitjacket, Washington, DC, 1922
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.147
Chiefs of Police and Harry Houdini during a performance of the Straitjacket Escape, Oakland, CA, 1923
Inconnu / Unknown
1923
M2014.128.703.32
Poster for "Can the Dead Speak to the Living?," an expose by Harry Houdini at the Emery Auditorium (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Inconnu / Unknown
after 1977
M2014.128.702.23
Portrait of an unidentified boy, Cleveland, Ohio, 1880-1900
World's Fair Photo View Company
1890-1900
M2017.46.2.7929.31
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