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Book/Printed Material Special performance, Friday morning only, April 27, 1923, 11 a.m. Hillstreet Theatre, the pride of Los Angeles / Houdini, the genius of escape (in person) who will startle and amaze, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers / Houdini, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers

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Title

  • Special performance, Friday morning only, April 27, 1923, 11 a.m. : Houdini, the genius of escape (in person) who will startle and amaze, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers ...

Other Title

  • Hillstreet Theatre, the pride of Los Angeles
  • Houdini, the genius of escape (in person) who will startle and amaze, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers
  • Houdini, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers

Summary

  • Announcement of a lecture in Los Angeles, billing it as "the first serious lecture delivered by Houdini on the subject of Spiritualism and the kindred arts." The announcement includes an explanation of the ethical and philosophical grounds of Houdini's opposition to spiritualistic fraud.

Names

  • Hillstreet Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Los Angeles : Hillstreet Theatre, [1923]

Headings

  • -  Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926--Knowledge and learning
  • -  Spiritualism

Genre

  • Advertisements

Notes

  • -  Advertising.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Formerly kept in a small box labelled "Posters on magic." Both copies very fragile and kept flat in mylar.
  • -  Old American Memory title: [Announcement of Orpheum Circuit Houdini lecture about mediums, April 27, 1923].

Medium

  • 1 sheet ([3] p.) : ill., port. ; 28 x 44 cm., folded to 28 x 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1545.H8 S65 1923

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2011659023

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Hillstreet Theatre, and Harry Houdini Collection. Special performance, Friday morning only, 11 a.m.: Houdini, the genius of escape in person who will startle and amaze, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers. [Los Angeles: Hillstreet Theatre, 1923] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2011659023/.

APA citation style:

Hillstreet Theatre & Harry Houdini Collection. (1923) Special performance, Friday morning only, 11 a.m.: Houdini, the genius of escape in person who will startle and amaze, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers. [Los Angeles: Hillstreet Theatre] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2011659023/.

MLA citation style:

Hillstreet Theatre, and Harry Houdini Collection. Special performance, Friday morning only, 11 a.m.: Houdini, the genius of escape in person who will startle and amaze, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers. [Los Angeles: Hillstreet Theatre, 1923] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2011659023/>.