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Harry Houdini: the world's handcuff king and prison breaker

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Billy Rose Theatre Division

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Magic Scrapbooks: separated posters

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Harry Houdini: the world's handcuff king and prison breaker

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Title
Harry Houdini: the world's handcuff king and prison breaker
Collection

Magic Scrapbooks: separated posters

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1890 - 1910
Publisher: U.S. Lithographic Co. Russell-Morgan Print
Edition: #9548
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-Mss 2011-031a-s
Shelf locator: *T-Mss 2011-031g
Topics
Magicians
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
Genres
Posters
Physical Description
Posters
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5532f120-c6d4-012f-3dc4-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1890: Created (Approximate)
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2019: Found by you!
  • 2020

MLA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Harry Houdini" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1890 - 1910. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b5cfbf49-a59d-7548-e040-e00a18060aef

Chicago/Turabian Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Harry Houdini" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 23, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b5cfbf49-a59d-7548-e040-e00a18060aef

APA Format

Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1890 - 1910). Harry Houdini Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b5cfbf49-a59d-7548-e040-e00a18060aef

Wikipedia Citation

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Harry Houdini