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Bibframe Work

Title
Trick drawings
Type
Text
Manuscript
Monograph
Subject
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. (LCSH)
Magic tricks--History--Sources (LCSH)
Escapes--History--Sources (LCSH)
Classification
LCC: GV1547 .H84 1900 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Content
text (txt)
Summary
Sketchbook of Harry Houdini, made by A.C.M. Sketch Books, manufactured by Geo. Rowney & Co., London; with the bookseller's label of Morison Brothers, Ltd., Glasgow. Three leaves of sketches (remainder blank) of a box and pump, with holograph descriptions and specifications. Accompanied by loose preliminary (?) sketches of the same box and pump; a design for a frame on casters; 4 leaves of specifications; one sketch of a pillory; notes on the "Elephant trick" (presumably the disappearance of Jenny, an illusion achieved New Year's Day, 1918.)
Origin Date(s)
[between 1900 and 1926?]
Authorized Access Point
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 Trick drawings