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Book/Printed Material [Hippodrome program for the season 1917-1918].

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Title

  • [Hippodrome program for the season 1917-1918].

Summary

  • Program book for the New York Hippodrome, New York City, for the 1917-1918 season, including several pages of advertisements. The booklet features the performance program for an elaborate variety bill, "Cheer Up! A Musical Review in 3 Cheers," which includes Houdini in two of his most sensational feats: "The Vanishing Elephant," in which he causes an elephant to disappear before the audience's eyes, and "The Submersible Iron-Bound Box Mystery," in which he extricates himself from chains and from a sealed, iron-bound box submerged in a tank of water. Houdini made his Hippodrome debut on January 7, 1918.

Names

  • Leyendecker, Frank X., 1877-1924, illustrator.
  • Teale, Oscar S. (Oscar Schutte), 1848-1927, former owner.
  • Hippodrome Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
  • McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1917

Headings

  • -  Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926
  • -  Houdini, Harry,--1874-1926--Performances--New York, New York

Genre

  • Theater programs--New York (State)--New York
  • Theater programs--1917
  • Theater programs--1918
  • Souvenir programs--New York (State)--New York
  • Souvenir programs--1917
  • Souvenir programs--1918

Notes

  • -  From the Oscar Teale Houdini scrapbook held by the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, portfolio volume.
  • -  Color lithograph illustration by Frank Xavier Leyendecker on cover.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Record converted from American Memory pseudomarc; td12 completed

Medium

  • 26 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1542 .M32 1845, Box 32A, Portfolio

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018682506

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Leyendecker, Frank X., Illustrator, Oscar S Teale, Hippodrome Theatre, and Mcmanus-Young Collection. Hippodrome Program for the Season -1918. 1917. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018682506/.

APA citation style:

Leyendecker, F. X., Teale, O. S., Hippodrome Theatre & Mcmanus-Young Collection. (1917) Hippodrome Program for the Season -1918. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018682506/.

MLA citation style:

Leyendecker, Frank X., Illustrator, et al. Hippodrome Program for the Season -1918. 1917. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018682506/>.