41. Houdini, Harry. The New Dictionary Of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002 The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. houdini, harry. (hoohDEE-nee) An American magician of the late nineteenth http://www.bartleby.com/59/8/houdiniharry.html

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42. Walt Noon's Homepage Contains old audio clips of various personalities, mostly magicians, including Joseph Dunninger and harry houdini. http://www.noonco.com/

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43. Variety Stage: Harry Houdini Variety Stage Collection comprises 143 photographs and 29 related items of personal memorabilia that document the career of harry houdini, the legendary http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshdini.html

Rare Book and Special Collections Division, and Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Variety Stage: Search Subject or Author Index Browse Title List for Houdini Selections The Houdini component of the American Variety Stage Collection comprises 143 photographs and 29 related items of personal memorabilia that document the career of Harry Houdini, the legendary magician and "Genius of Escape Who Will Startle and Amaze." Collection materials have been drawn from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, and the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, and date from 1886 to the years following Houdini's death in 1926. The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The goal of the Library's National Digital Library Program is to offer broad public access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning. The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers.

44. The Medium And The Magician Mina Crandon's followers believed she had genuine paranormal powers. harry houdini was equally certain she was a fraud. An article for American History Magazine. http://womenshistory.about.com/library/prm/blmagician1.htm

zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About History Women's History Home ... Today in Women's History zau(256,152,145,'gob','http://z.about.com/5/ad/go.htm?gs='+gs,''); About Women: Biographies African American Air, Space, Science, Math Art, Music. Writing. Media ... Help zau(256,138,125,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/0.htm','');w(xb+xb); Stay Current Subscribe to the About Women's History newsletter. Search Women's History The Medium and the Magician - Page 1 Mina Crandon's followers believed she had genuine paranormal powers. Harry was equally certain she was a fraud. By Daniel Stashower for American History Magazine It was a tense and rather peculiar gathering that took place on July 23, 1924, at 10 Lime Street, an elegant four-story brick house in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. In a narrow room on the top floor, five distinguished men had come together to try to communicate with the dead. Their hostessand guide to the spirit realmwas vivacious, 36-year-old Mina Crandon, who had in recent months become well-known to the public under a stage name of sorts: "Margery the Medium." Margery greeted her visitors in a flimsy dressing gown, bedroom slippers, and silk stockings. This attire, which left little to the imagination, was intended to rule out the possibility of concealment or trickery. It may have had other effects on her male visitors. Margery's girlish figure, fashionably bobbed light-brown hair, and sparkling blue eyes combined to make her, in the words of one bedazzled admirer, "too attractive for her own good."

45. HOUDINI: A BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY 19191922 Silent Film Beatrice and harry houdini celebrated their silver anniversary in 1919. One year later, Funk and Wagnall s http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshchrn.html

HOUDINI: A BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY 1878-1898: From Hungary To America, The First Stage The future "Genius of Escape Who Will Startle and Amaze" ran away from home when he was twelve. A postcard from "Your truant son, Ehrich Weiss," to the mother he adored is the earliest example of Houdini's handwriting in the collections of the Library of Congress, relic of the early evasion by the young man who had been born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, on March 24, 1874. When this postcard was written, Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss was father and husband to the impoverished immigrant family struggling to become established in America while communicating primarily in German, Hungarian, and Yiddish. Their name had been changed from Weisz to Weiss by immigration officials upon their arrival in the United States c. 1878. Mayer Weiss was to serve as rabbi of the German-speaking Zion Reform Jewish Congregation in Appleton, Wisconsin. His tenure proved short, however, and after a life of hardship he died on October 5, 1892. Having lost his father at an early age, Houdini sustained an exceptionally strong relationship with his mother, Cecilia Steiner Weiss,

46. The American Experience | Houdini | People & Events | Harry Kellar From the PBS network a short biography. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/houdini/peopleevents/pande05.html

Harry Kellar (1849-1922) The great globe-hopping illusionist was born Heinrich Keller in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1849, the son of German immigrants. Kellar showed a strong will from the start, playing dangerous games of "chicken" with oncoming trains to the delight of his friends. But when a chemical experiment went wrong and he blasted a whole in the floor of the drugstore where he apprenticed, ten-year-old Harry hopped aboard a freight train rather than face his stern parents. From then on, he would live the life of a wanderer. After a series of odd jobs, the boy was taken in by a kindly minister in upstate New York, who offered to adopt him if he would study for the ministry. But when they went to see a traveling show, Kellar was enchanted by the conjuring of "The Fakir of Ava," and as he later confided to Houdini, "immediately got the urge to go on the stage . . . became very restless, bought books on magic and finally left my friend and benefactor." Harry tracked down the "Fakir," became his assistant, and began his professional training. As he soon discovered, the life of an itinerant magician was not easy. His first solo performance, in Dunkirk, Michigan, at the tender of age of sixteen, was a disaster. But two years later Kellar tried again with better results, and was on his way. Always broke, he often had to duck creditors and improvise equipment borrowed from locals. But in the spring of 1869, the worn-out twenty year old made a decision that would have a great impact on his career. He took a job with the renowned "Davenport Brothers and Fay," later revered by magicians as the first successful stage mediums, whose innovations laid the foundation for Houdini’s own escape act.

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Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sul Paranormale Il CICAP promuove un'indagine scientifica e critica nei confronti del paranormale. Enciclopedia PERSONAGGI Harry Houdini Cicap Extra CICAP Rubriche Notizie ... Massimo Polidoro PER SAPERNE DI PIU': Polidoro, Massimo. 2001. Il grande Houdini . Piemme. Esplorate lo Speciale del CICAP PERSONAGGI SCETTICISMO TRUCCHI, IMBROGLI E CASI SOSPETTI ... ILLUSIONISMO E GIOCHI DI PRESTIGIO Dall'archivio del CICAP: Houdini Houdini il genio della fuga Il ritorno del grande Houdini DA PROMETEO: Il Grande Houdini Nel mondo degli spiriti Inizio pagina A ... Z per informazioni sul sito e sul CICAP: info@cicap.org

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Comitato Italiano per il Controllo delle Affermazioni sul Paranormale Il CICAP promuove un'indagine scientifica e critica nei confronti del paranormale. Scritti Cicap Extra CICAP Rubriche Notizie ... Uff. Stampa Una raccolta di articoli, introduzioni di libri e un intero libro: tutto firmato da Houdini (e quindi tutto in lingua originale): Harry Houdini (The Magician Annual, 1909-10)*, di H. Houdini Houdini racconta la sua storia. Russian notes . By Harry Houdini.* From the "Our Letter Box" page of the magicians' magazine The Sphinx, December 1903. (Chicago, Illinois) Resoconto del soggiorno russo di Houdini. American Notes (Our Own Correspondent)* New York, December 1908 Earnest H. Barbour. (Houdini) From The Magician, London, December 21, 1908 Commenti di Houdini per una rivista di prestigiatori scritti sotto falso nome. How I Get Out of a Strait-Jacket , by Houdini* This article originally appeared in the "Ladies Home Journal," May, 1918. Houdini racconta come togliersi una camicia di forza.

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Did you know Houdini... MENU Houdini's Biography Houdini Multimedia Houdini's Death Houdini News ... E-mail HoudiniTribute Houdini 1874-1926 Hou·di·ni hü-'dE-nE Originally Ehrich Weisz American (Hungarian-born) magician; known for ability to extricate himself from handcuffs, locked and sealed containers, etc. Houdinize To release or extricate oneself from confinement, bonds, or the like, as by wiggling out. This photo is one of the first "colorized" photos of Houdini on the internet - or anywhere else for that matter... Painstakingly brought to you by Bob King at HoudiniTribute.com Stop back to see more... We're your one-stop Houdini source! Did you see all of HoudiniTribute.com's national publicity lately? !!! WOW! - Thank you all for visiting and showing your interest in Houdini!! Bookmark HoudiniTribute.com and stop back soon! Sign our Guestbook Let others know what you think about HoudiniTribute.com ! We have discounted PURCHASE INFORMATION for the New Houdini Stamp which was unveiled in front of the Houdini family, over 1,200 magicians and Houdini fans on July 3, 2002, in NYC.

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Entries Publication Data Dedication Advisory Board ... World Civilizations The Great American History Fact-Finder Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss; ), magician and escape artist. Particularly known for his ability to free himself from almost any restraint, Houdini gained international fame for his escape acts from straitjackets, ropes, chains, handcuffs, and locked chests and cabinets. He crusaded against mind readers and the like, exposing them as frauds. Houdini died from peritonitis following a stomach injury incurred during one of his stunts. Site Map I Partners I Press Releases I Company Home I Contact Us Terms and Conditions of Use Privacy Statement , and Trademark Information

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55. Houdini, Harry houdini, harry, hOOdE nE Pronunciation Key. houdini, harry , 1874–1926, American magician and writer, b. Budapest, Hungary. harry houdini (Archive Photos) http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/id/A0824288

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... D-Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia Houdini, Harry [h OO d E E Pronunciation Key Houdini, Harry , American magician and writer, b. Budapest, Hungary. His real name was Erich Weiss; he took his stage name after the French magician Houdin The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin Miracle Mongers and Their Methods (1920), and A Magician among the Spirits See Houdini's Magic (ed. from his notebooks, 1932); biographies by H. Kellock (1928), W. L. Gresham (1959), and K. Silverman (1996); W. B. Gibson, Houdini's Escapes (1930); R. FitzSimons, Death and the Magician: The Mystery of Houdini The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Houbraken, Arnold Related content from HighBeam Research on: Harry Houdini After 68 Year Harry Houdini's Halloween Death Still Lin (Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)) Harry Houdini (Archive Photos) Harry Houdini (Archive Photos) Harry Houdini (Archive Photos) Harry Houdini (Archive Photos) Harry Houdini Stamp to Be Unveiled (AP Online) Official Harry Houdini Seance on Halloween, Wednesday, October 31 At Henry Ford Museum's Anderson Center Theater.

56. Harry Houdini --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia houdini, harry Britannica Student Encyclopedia. encyclopedia. , houdini, harry American magician noted for his sensational escape acts. http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?eu=296879&query=harry houdini&ct=ebi

57. HOUDINI, HARRY - Page 1 Who s who in magic H directory. harry houdini. harry houdini. Of all the magicians in the world, perhaps none became more famous than harry houdini. http://www.magicandillusion.com/libr/whos/HH/hou-h01/hou-h01.html

HARRY HOUDINI Of all the magicians in the world, perhaps none became more famous than Harry Houdini. His life story has been the subject of countless books and numerous films, videos, television specials and theatrical stage plays. The mere sound of his name is often enough to conjuror up thoughts of magical meanderings. The Controversy Of HOUDINI'S BIRTH The exact location and date of Houdini's birth is probably one of magic's greatest mysteries. Even the correct spelling of his real name seems to be questionable. Past inaccurate writings by so-called "Magic Historians" have made searching for facts a difficult task. The majority of findings seem to indicate that Harry Houdini was born Ehrich Weiss (Erik Weisz in the Hungarian spelling) in Budapest on March 24th, 1874. Later in his life, Houdini adopted his childhood hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin as his birthplace and April 6th as his birthday, for reasons brought on by his beloved mother Cecilia Weiss. Many believe she chose this American heritage for the young Ehrich to possibly instill in him the values of an American upbringing and citizenship. To delve deeper into the controversy surrounding Houdini's birth click here.

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HARRY HOUDINI PAGE 2 The First Performances Of HARRY HOUDINI With friend Jack Hayman, the young duo occasionally performed together, regarding themselves as being a professional act, although semi-professional probably would have suited the newcomers better. Hayman was soon replaced with Houdini's younger brother Theodore, who had gained the nick-name "Dash" because of his appeal for over stylish haberdashery. With Dash, an act billed as "The Brothers Houdini" featured a box trick which was originally credited to the English illusionist John Nevil Maskelyne, which they called "Metamorphosis". The box trick which Maskelyne took credit for, was really a very clever invention of the spirit medium team called "The Davenport Brothers". When Houdini and Dash performed it, one brother would be bound and locked in the box, and within a matter of seconds, the two somehow switched places. The New Act THE HOUDINIS The truth concerning where, when, and how Houdini met and married his wife Bess is unclear. It seems that the story of their courtship and marriage has been "romanced" by so many people, in so many books and films, so many times, that actual dates and factual situations have somehow gotten lost in the shuffle. Although Bess always celebrated their wedding anniversary on June 22nd (1894), her own account of who she claimed performed the marriage ceremony on this date has raised much speculation. To delve deeper into the controversy surrounding Houdini's marriage click here.

59. Biografia De Houdini, Harry Translate this page houdini, harry. (Budapest, 1874-Detroit, 1926) Mago estadounidense de origen húngaro. Hijo de un rabino húngaro emigrado a Estados http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/h/houdini.htm

Inicio Buscador Utilidades Recomendar sitio Enlaces Houdini, Harry (Budapest, 1874-Detroit, 1926) Mago estadounidense de origen húngaro. Hijo de un rabino húngaro emigrado a Estados Unidos, desde niño participó, por lo general como trapecista, en espectáculos circenses ambulantes. En 1894 contrajo matrimonio con Beatrice Houdini, que posteriormente se convirtió en su principal ayudante en el escenario. A partir de 1900 empezó a ser conocido merced a sus espectaculares juegos de magia, la mayoría de los cuales interpretaba al aire libre ante miles de espectadores y en los que siempre arriesgaba la vida. Su fama aumentó tras aparecer, entre 1916 y 1923, en numerosas películas. Durante sus últimos años en escena criticó con vehemencia a magos, ilusionistas y espiritistas que afirmaban estar dotados de poderes mentales o sobrenaturales, contra quienes escribió Miracle Mongers and Their Methods y A Magician Among the Spirits, obras publicadas en 1920 y 1924, respectivamente. Inicio Buscador Recomendar sitio

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