HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Houdini’s Death-D...
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As the first minute elapsed, nearly everyone in the theater was gasping for air. At minute two, the crowd was holding its breath again – but now figuratively, hoping the escape had not taken a dire turn. Houdini’s assistant Franz Kukol stood at the ready with an axe in hand, ready to split open the Milk Can and save his employer’s life.
But just as the tension was set to bust, out stepped a triumphant Houdini, chest heaving and breathless, but still very much alive. The curtains around the apparatus were cast aside to reveal not only that Houdini had escaped, but that the lid of the Milk Can remained securely locked shut.
This poster was acquired at the Houdini Estate Sale held in New Jersey in 1981 by a former owner; it was removed from one of many trunks found in the basement of Houdini’s home at 278 West 113th Street in Harlem, where it had been stored in the decades following the magician’s untimely death.
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