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Lot 48

HARDEEN (Theodore Weiss). Hardeen Barrel Escape Challenge L...

Estimate: $200 - $400

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HARDEEN (Theodore Weiss). Hardeen Barrel Escape Challenge Letter. Dated October 19, 1915, and typed on Sweeney Cooperage Co. letterhead, the owner of the barrel manufacturer agrees to furnish a barrel from which Hardeen will escape on stage at the Pantages Theater in Victoria, British Columbia, stating further that, ?one of our coopers [will] go on stage and have head secured in?.? Framed with a reproduction photo of Hardeen to 16 ? x 20 ??. Old folds and wear visible; not examined out of frame.