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Book/Printed Material Houdini waves $10,000 in bonds : [Boston American article, December 30, 1924].

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Title

  • Houdini waves $10,000 in bonds : [Boston American article, December 30, 1924].

Summary

  • This article and photographs from the front page of the Boston American, December 30, 1924, describes Houdini's $5,000 challenges to the medium "Margery" and to a Harvard professor who believed her psychic powers were genuine. Houdini offered to forfeit $5,000 if he could not expose Margery as a fraud, and to pay the amount to the psychology professor if the latter would consent to be thrown into the river in a weighted packing case, as Houdini himself had been in one of his most sensational escapes.

Names

  • Saint, Edward, 1890-1942, former owner.

Created / Published

  • 1924

Headings

  • -  Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926
  • -  Margery,--1888-1941

Genre

  • Clippings

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  In volume 3 of the Edward Saint scrapbooks held by the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Record converted from American Memory pseudomarc; td12 completed

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1545.H8 S35 vol. 3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018682502

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Saint, Edward, Former Owner. Houdini waves $10,000 in bonds: Boston American article. 1924. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018682502/.

APA citation style:

Saint, E. (1924) Houdini waves $10,000 in bonds: Boston American article. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018682502/.

MLA citation style:

Saint, Edward, Former Owner. Houdini waves $10,000 in bonds: Boston American article. 1924. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018682502/>.