Later vintage-style Houdini sign. [Detroit, ca. 1990s/2000s]. A custom fantasy sign done in vintage style, advertising Houdini?s daring jump from the Belle Isle Bridge into the ?frozen? river below with two sets of handcuffs securing his arms. Modern painted wooden sign, with a later photo of Houdini being set up in a strait jacket, surrounded by onlookers. 17 ? x 29 ??. Some wear (most of the wear is ?antiqued? to look older). Houdini has a complicated history with the city of Detroit; he performed several successful stunts there, but also died at Grace Hospital, having been injured in Toronto, traveling to Detroit to perform there, and collapsing onstage.