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Book/Printed Material [King of handcuffs text, ca. 1900]. Tremendous success of Houdini

About this Item

Title

  • [King of handcuffs text, ca. 1900].

Other Title

  • Tremendous success of Houdini

Summary

  • Publicity item touting Harry Houdini's successes as "The King of Handcuffs" in London performances; includes numerous quotations from organs of the British and French press, and the addresses of Houdini's American and European booking agents.

Names

  • Teale, Oscar S. (Oscar Schutte), 1848-1927, former owner.
  • McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1900.

Headings

  • -  Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926
  • -  Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926--Performances--England--London
  • -  Magic shows--England--London

Genre

  • Advertisements

Notes

  • -  From the Oscar Teale Houdini scrapbook held by the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, page [9].
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Record converted from American Memory pseudomarc; td12 completed

Medium

  • 1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1542 .M32 1845, Box 32A

Repository

  • Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018682493

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Teale, Oscar S. , Former Owner, and Mcmanus-Young Collection. King of Handcuffs Text. 1900. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018682493/.

APA citation style:

Teale, O. S. & Mcmanus-Young Collection. (1900) King of Handcuffs Text. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018682493/.

MLA citation style:

Teale, Oscar S. , Former Owner, and Mcmanus-Young Collection. King of Handcuffs Text. 1900. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018682493/>.