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Gelatin silver print - Harry Houdini in the "Margery Box", about 1925 | McCord Museum
Scanned at 600dpi
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Harry Houdini in the "Margery Box", about 1925

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 the "Margery Box", about 1925
Photographer
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsLabel, l.r. : In box designed to frustrate / the medium "Margery."; handwritten on back, u.r. : Houdini in box designed / to frustrate the medium "Margery".
Date About 1925
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
DimensionsImage: 23,7 × 18,2 cm Support: 24,5 × 18,7 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Object NumberM2014.128.703.21
DivisionPhotography - Documentary Collection
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
Not on view

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Harry Houdini in the "Margery Box", about 1925
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Harry Houdini in the "Margery Box", about 1925
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Gelatin silver print
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Scanned at 600dpi
Gelatin silver print
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Inconnu / Unknown
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Harry Houdini, about 1925
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini, about 1925
Inconnu / Unknown
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Portrait of Harry Houdini, about 1925
Gelatin silver print
Portrait of Harry Houdini, about 1925
Inconnu / Unknown
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M2014.128.703.35
Image Not Available for Miss Margery M. Wray, Montreal, QC, 1925
Gelatin silver print
Miss Margery M. Wray, Montreal, QC, 1925
Wm. Notman & Son Ltd.
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II-269000.1
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Pamphlet
Houdini exposes the tricks used by the Boston medium "Margery" to win the $2500 prize offered by the Scientific American
Adams Press Publishers
1924
M2014.128.705.49
Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used By the Boston Medium "Margery" to Win the $2500 Prize Offered By the Scientific American
Book
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1924
M2014.128.884
Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research. The Margery Mediumship, from Jan 1st, 1925, Vol. 1
Book
Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research. The Margery Mediumship, from Jan 1st, 1925, Vol. 1
J. Malcolm Bird
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Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research. The Margery Mediumship, from Jan 1st, 1925, Vol. 2
Book
Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research. The Margery Mediumship, from Jan 1st, 1925, Vol. 2
J. Malcolm Bird
1928
M2014.128.828
Harry Houdini in his workshop, New Jersey, NY, about 1925
Gelatin silver print
Harry Houdini in his workshop, New Jersey, NY, about 1925
Brown Brothers
About 1925
M2014.128.703.37

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