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Book/Printed Material [Two newspaper articles announcing Houdini's death on October 31, 1926].

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Title

  • [Two newspaper articles announcing Houdini's death on October 31, 1926].

Summary

  • Houdini died of peritonitis resulting from appendicitis on October 31, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan. Newspapers throughout the country carried the news of his death in articles whose length attested to the breadth of his fame. Two examples are reproduced here: an article from the San Francisco Chronicle dated October 31, 1926: "Death Chains Balk Houdini in Battle to Break Shackles of Grim Reaper;" and an article from the Long Beach Press-Telegram dated November 1, 1926: "Houdini Keeps His Secrets: Tricks Go to Grave with Magician."

Names

  • McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1926

Headings

  • -  Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926

Genre

  • Clippings

Notes

  • -  From the Houdini obituary scrapbook, McManus-Young Collection.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Record converted from American Memory pseudomarc

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018682515

Online Format

  • image

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Mcmanus-Young Collection. Two newspaper articles announcing Houdini's death on. 1926. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018682515/.

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Mcmanus-Young Collection. Two newspaper articles announcing Houdini's death on. 1926. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018682515/>.