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Gelatin silver print - Bess Houdini receiving the Key to the City from Baltimore Mayor Howard W. Jackson, Baltimore, MD, about 1935 | McCord Museum
Bess Houdini receiving the Key to the City from Baltimore Mayor Howard W. Jackson, Baltimore, MD, about 1935
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Bess Houdini receiving the Key to the City from Baltimore Mayor Howard W. Jackson, Baltimore, MD, about 1935

Gelatin silver print

Bess Houdini receiving the Key to the City from Baltimore Mayor Howard W. Jackson, Baltimore, MD, about 1935
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsHandwritten, b. : Mrs. Harry Houdini / Dr. Edw. Saint / Howard W. Jackson / Mayor / Paul Heese; handwritten on back, l.r. : 7/37 / H.F.
Date About 1935
Medium / Technique Silver salts on paper
Gelatin silver process
Dimensions14,1 × 10,8 cm
Origin Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Object NumberM2014.128.705.1
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso
Status
Not on view

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