tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post1948370131498911749..comments2024-03-27T08:03:12.221-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: S.A.M. dedicates historic plaque and honors Deborah Hardeen in New YorkJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-91299509329390832092016-10-28T10:02:35.661-07:002016-10-28T10:02:35.661-07:00According to Fred Pitella, who loaned George these...According to Fred Pitella, who loaned George these cuffs for the event, they are figure eight handcuffs or Irish eights. Plug eights are another style of this cuff.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-74173888151512217652016-10-28T09:34:14.784-07:002016-10-28T09:34:14.784-07:00BTW, George gave a brief history of Houdini and th...BTW, George gave a brief history of Houdini and the SAM that isn't quite what I've come to understand. He said HH became a member in 1908 and was made a life member in 1909 (so he didn't have to pay dues). I don't know exactly when HH became a member, but I know that in 1908 he <i>resigned</i> from the SAM (remember <a href="http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2016/08/John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-79977500658499225182016-10-28T07:13:37.460-07:002016-10-28T07:13:37.460-07:00I would agree that Hardeen is a pretty excellent s...I would agree that Hardeen is a pretty excellent source here. It also sounds like Ms. Leffler was the mother of sons who became theater managers? John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-14960343744166078992016-10-28T06:53:21.394-07:002016-10-28T06:53:21.394-07:00Nothing at all against Mr. Silverman, or any other...Nothing at all against Mr. Silverman, or any other Houdini biographer, but I think I'd go with Hardeen's version. He was actually alive & present at the time. Everything else is hearsay. jmho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27120569778313456962016-10-27T20:27:37.214-07:002016-10-27T20:27:37.214-07:00No. Those are a standard cuff. Plug 8 maybe?No. Those are a standard cuff. Plug 8 maybe?John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-53823504935103760352016-10-27T20:19:30.973-07:002016-10-27T20:19:30.973-07:00Oh, nice find on that NY Evening Journal article. ...Oh, nice find on that NY Evening Journal article. And he spells it Leffler.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-5178179785600956742016-10-27T19:18:53.316-07:002016-10-27T19:18:53.316-07:00Silverman implies that “[Houdini and his father] c...Silverman implies that “[Houdini and his father] came on first, sometime in 1887, and lived for several months in a boarding house on East Seventy-ninth Street, run by a Mrs. Loeffler. Cecilia and the others joined them the following year.”<br />Kalush implies that “By 1888 they had saved enough to rent their own second floor cold water flat in a tenement building at 227 East Seventy-fifth Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-12794339657480546242016-10-27T18:33:29.504-07:002016-10-27T18:33:29.504-07:00The cuffs in the top photo...are they Mirror repli...The cuffs in the top photo...are they Mirror replicas?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com