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Gelatin silver print - Houdini Testifying in Front of Congress, Washington DC, 1926 | McCord Museum
Houdini témoignant devant le Congrès, Washington, D.C., 1926
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Houdini témoignant devant le Congrès, Washington, D.C., 1926
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

Houdini Testifying in Front of Congress, Washington DC, 1926
Photographer
SignatureImprinted within image, l.r. : COPYRIGHTED PHOTO FROM / ELLIOTT SERVICE CO. N.Y.
InscriptionsOn front, handwritten, c.r. : Jesse J. Lybarqer[?]; on back, handwritten, l.r. : Linking Ring / oct 1951 - p.12; printed on label : EHM 3557
Date about 1926
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions35.1 × 43 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin New York, New York, United States, North America
Object NumberM2014.128.661
DivisionPhotography - Documentary Collection
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
Not on view

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Online Collections | McCord Museum - Montreal Social History Museum
Scanned at 600dpi
Gelatin silver print
Houdini supporting an anti-fortune telling bill before Congress, Washington, DC, 1926
Underwood & Underwood
About 1926
M2014.128.703.34
Harry Houdini hangs suspended upside-down over a street in a Straitjacket, Washington, DC, 1922
Gelatin silver print
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
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini hangs suspended upside-down over a street in a Straitjacket, Washington, DC, 1922
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.147
Houdini escapes from a cell jail, Washington, DC, 1906
Gelatin silver print
Houdini escapes from a cell jail, Washington, DC, 1906
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.138
Fortune Telling: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Judiciary of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 8989. February 26, May 18, 20, and 21, 1926.
Book
Fortune Telling: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Judiciary of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 8989. February 26, May 18, 20, and 21, 1926.
United States Government Printing Office
1926
M2014.128.906
Harry Houdini in front of a bookcase, about 1920
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini in front of a bookcase, about 1920
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.702.130
Harry Houdini, Seattle, Washington, about 1919
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini, Seattle, Washington, about 1919
LaPine
about 1919
M2014.128.660
All Is Not Quiet on the Washington Front.
Cartoon
All Is Not Quiet on the Washington Front.
John Collins
About 1939
M965.199.4260
Little People © DC-9
Toy airplane
Little People © DC-9
Fisher Price Toys
About 1970
M2004.88.2.1-6
Auditorium, Congress Hall, Montreal, QC, 1915
Gelatin silver print
Auditorium, Congress Hall, Montreal, QC, 1915
Wm. Notman & Son
1915
VIEW-15122.1
Harry Houdini and Anna Eva Fay looking at crystal ball, about 1926
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini and Anna Eva Fay looking at crystal ball, about 1926
Inconnu / Unknown
M2014.128.708.19
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

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