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HOUDINI ADVERTISEMENT FOR OCTOBER 1899.
Measures 7 3/4"x5 1/4" and comes double matted with form core backing, ready for framing. Overall measurement is 11"x14".
The piece states:
The Weird, Mystifying and Inexplicable
HARRY
HOUDINI
THE FAMOUS HANDCUFF KING!
POSITIVELY THE ONLY CONJURER IN THEWORLD WHO STRIPS STARK NAKED.
Has mouth sealed up, is then searchedto prove he has no keys, springs, wires, etc., concealed, and escapes from allHandcuffs, Leg Irons, Insane Belts and Straight Jackets.
BOOKED ONE WEEK IN ST. LOUIS, MO., ANDSTARED THREE, AND FEATURED EACH WEEK ON TOP OF BILL. Under management of
Mr. Martin Beck, 609 Ashland Building,Chicago, Ill.
Office of Chief of Police, St. Louis, Mo., August 28, 1899
We, the undersigned, certify that westripped Harry Houdini stark naked, searched him and sealed up his mouth withplaster, handcuffed and leg shackled him, with 8 sets of Irons, chaining hishands to his feet, and he successfully released himself from our irons, this wasdone in Chief of Detective's office, with absolutely no chance ofconfederacy.
Signed:
M. N. Pickle, assistant and actingChief of Police; W. Desmond, Chief of Detectives; Thos. J. Ward, Sec'y of PoliceBoard; Peter Reynolds, Captain of Police; Jas. H. Smith, Ass't Chief ofDetectives; O. H. Jones, Secretary to Chief of Police; Roscoe V. Shaw, Ass'tSecretary to Chief of Police; W. C. McCarty, Reporter St. Louis Post Dispatch;K. G. Bellairs, Reporter St. Louis Chronicle; Archie T. Aumonster, Reporter St.Louis Star
Whatwould give to have been present to see this?!!
Gee, didn't I JUST SAY THAT in the previous listing?!!
For those of you who might already have the September 1899 advertisement, this is the companion piece.
Quite an Rare Piece of Early Houdini Advertising, appearing in the October 1899 issue of Mahatma Magazine, when Houdini was Only 25 Years Old!!
Virtually In Mint Condition.
The photo's, above, show piece matted with shrink wrap (which would explain its 'washed out' look) -and- the piece scanned before going to the framer.
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