Houdini and his bag of tricks

Check out this terrific advertisement from the December 27, 1925 New York Times sent to me by a mysterious contributor named Harry Houdini (his real name!). I love how this unique image sells Houdini purely as a (traveling) magician. I don't even see a pair of handcuffs or spirit slates in that "bag of tricks."

This, of course, is an ad for Houdini's full evening roadshow, which he launched in December 1925 and played until his death in October 1926. The show was more typically advertised as "Three Shows in One: Magic, Escapes, Fraud Mediums Exposed." This ad might actually be for the very first move of HOUDINI from the Shubert Theater on 44th St. (where it had debuted) to the National on 41st. Street.

Thank you "Harry".