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[Houdini] Six Letters Related to Houdini and His Career wit...
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[Houdini] Six Letters Related to Houdini and His Career, with Important Content. 1920s-40s. ALSs and TLSs written by Houdini?s colleagues and friends, including: a TLS regarding views on spiritualism by Francis Martinka transcribed by Joseph Rinn; a vintage carbon copy of a letter from Leo Rullmann to Harry Kellar regarding orders for Houdini?s book Miracle Mongers and Their Methods; a letter regarding Houdini?s death written in December, 1926 by Chicago magician George Schulte; a typed draft story related to the ?Houdini Stocks? in Ashton-under-Lyne with accompanying contemporary photographs by Winifred M. Bowman; a TLS from Stanley Collins to Billy McComb discussing Houdini; and a lengthy three-page TLS from Harry Barnett to Bayard Grimshaw relating his personal anecdotes about Houdini and specifically his encounters with the Water Torture Cell and his theory on how the escape tank worked. A fascinating archive of information related to Houdini?s life, death, and storied career.
