HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 – 1926). Real photo portrait postcard of Mr. & Mrs. Houdini. 1909. Full-length image of Houdini and Bess, the latter sitting in a carved chair. Divided back with pre-printed Christmas and New Year greetings, ADDRESSED IN HOUDINI’S HAND to the Bards “Mr. & Mrs. Bard 352 Pear St., Reading PA U.S of America.” Wear from mounting to verso, one corner bumped.Jim Bard (1871 – 1958) was a slack-wire artist and acrobat who worked on the Welsh Bros. circus with Houdini in 1896. The two entertainers remained close friends until Houdini’s untimely death in 1926.