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Gelatin silver print - Crate being lowered into water on the set of Houdini, 1953 | McCord Museum
Crate being lowered into water on the set of Houdini, 1953
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Crate being lowered into water on the set of Houdini, 1953
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

Crate being lowered into water on the set of Houdini, 1953
Photographer
SignatureL.r. : Copyright 1953 by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Permission granted for Newspaper and Magazine reproduction when credit given to Paramount Pic. (made in U.S.A.)
InscriptionsTypewritten on label, l.l. : 192; l.r. : 11495-62; l.l. : "Property of National Screen Service Corp. / Licensed for display only in connection with / the exhibition of this picture at your theatre. / Must be returned immediately thereafter."; b. : HOUDINI / Starring TONY CURTIS and JANET LEIGH with Torin Thatcher / Color by TECHNICOLOR - Produced by George Pal - Directed by Geroge Marshall / Screenplay by Philip Yordan - Based on a book by Harold Kellock - A Paramount Picture; l.r. : 53/338
Date after 1953
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions20,5 × 25,7 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents
Origin United States, North America
Object NumberM2014.128.703.73
DivisionPhotography - Documentary Collection
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
Not on view

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