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Le service des emballages du grand magasin The Fair de Cincinnati lance un défi à Houdini
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Le service des emballages du grand magasin The Fair de Cincinnati lance un défi à Houdini

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Houdini challenged by The Packing Department of The Fair, Cincinnati's Great Department Store
Date 1906
Dimensions1 textual record ; 30 × 23.8 cm
Origin Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, North America
Object NumberM2014.128.679.3
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
Not on view

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Challenge to Houdini by the Packing Department of Famous
Inconnu / Unknown
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Houdini challenged to be nailed up in a packing case
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1904
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Houdini challenged by Harrison & Sons
Houdini challenged by Harrison & Sons
Herald Printing Works
1909
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Houdini Challenged by Scharff's
Inconnu / Unknown
1923
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Handbill announcing the Great Houdini in the lecture "Can the Dead Speak to the Living?"
Handbill announcing the Great Houdini in the lecture "Can the Dead Speak to the Living?"
1924
M2014.128.702.29
Sketches at the Fair. Agricultural Department. Beets
Sketches at the Fair. Agricultural Department. Beets
John Wilson Bengough
1873/09/20
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Sketches at the Fair. Agricultural Department. Mangles (Large Green)
Sketches at the Fair. Agricultural Department. Mangles (Large Green)
John Wilson Bengough
1873/09/20
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Sketches at the Fair. Agricultural Department. Cabbage
Sketches at the Fair. Agricultural Department. Cabbage
John Wilson Bengough
1873/09/20
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Department Store Santa Claus.
John Collins
About 1966
M965.199.5945
Benard Department Store, St. Catherine Street, Maisonneuve, Montreal, QC, about 1910
Benard Department Store, St. Catherine Street, Maisonneuve, Montreal, QC, about 1910
Inconnu / Unknown
1905-1914
MP-0000.830.4
Goodwin's department store (future site of T. Eaton Co.), Ste. Catherine Street, Montreal, QC, ca. 1912
Goodwin's department store (future site of T. Eaton Co.), Ste. Catherine Street, Montreal, QC, ca. 1912
Inconnu / Unknown
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MP-1984.105.4
Prospectus announcing a performance by Harry Houdini, "How Does Houdini Do What Houdini Does?"
Prospectus announcing a performance by Harry Houdini, "How Does Houdini Do What Houdini Does?"
1900-1926
M2014.128.702.30

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