tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post519499491075978597..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini HeadquartersJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-64923459786252185882018-03-10T11:20:21.032-08:002018-03-10T11:20:21.032-08:00You know, the girl in the center kind of looks lik...You know, the girl in the center kind of looks like the girl from this post: <a href="http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2015/01/who-is-this-houdini-mystery-girl.html" rel="nofollow">Who is this Houdini mystery girl?</a> Hmmm.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-43757384436537555022015-08-30T13:15:22.385-07:002015-08-30T13:15:22.385-07:00The girl in the Hardeen pic is Gladys Hardeen. I d...The girl in the <a href="http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2014/04/hardeen-dials-in-radio-of-1950.html" rel="nofollow">Hardeen pic</a> is Gladys Hardeen. I don't really see a resemblance.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-51832345392956798332015-08-30T11:16:01.654-07:002015-08-30T11:16:01.654-07:00Hard to tell. The girl in the Hardeen "Radio ...Hard to tell. The girl in the Hardeen "Radio from 1950" photo looks like she has big eyes. A pretty doe eyed Italian girl.<br /><br />Still no word on the identity of the man in the portrait behind HH. I've been perusing through books on the history of magic but no luck yet. This mystery portrait may not be of a magician. That widens the playing field.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88285543176520612562015-08-28T17:53:39.798-07:002015-08-28T17:53:39.798-07:00The woman next to Houdini looks like the woman in ...The woman next to Houdini looks like the woman in the photo of Hardeen showing the interior of the "Radio from 1950" years after Houdini's death. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114940067069653377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-18998270371899615792015-08-24T19:03:23.632-07:002015-08-24T19:03:23.632-07:00John, thank you for remembering me. It was both Ru...John, thank you for remembering me. It was both Ruth Kavanaugh (who gave me the photo) and Dorothy Young who said Little Julia (Sawyer) was next to Houdini, and Karcher on the right. Both women knew the 2 Julies<br />well. Silvermen never saw either alive, And as for his (Silvermans) reading<br />ability, he lost a lot of credibility when he published thoughts many pages<br />of a diary from Mrs Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-64226099382037854242015-08-19T11:56:04.629-07:002015-08-19T11:56:04.629-07:00The girl in this pic looks very young to me, and s...The girl in this pic looks very young to me, and she doesn't really look like the pics of Karcher in Silverman. But it's hard to tell.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-85133598326057924422015-08-19T11:50:46.472-07:002015-08-19T11:50:46.472-07:00Yeah, the woman on the far right looks like Julia...Yeah, the woman on the far right looks like Julia Sawyer to me, based on what I see in Silverman. The girl on the left could be Karcher, but hard to be sure. Karcher's wearing a lot of stage make-up in those Silverman photos and she's a bit further away in those shots.<br /><br />This photo took quite a beating, HH almost lost his right ear. But I'm glad it made it to us.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-60296623295043302572015-08-19T10:50:15.036-07:002015-08-19T10:50:15.036-07:00BTW, I should point out that Jon Oliver says that ...BTW, I should point out that Jon Oliver says that woman on the far right is Julie Karcher, not Julia Sawyer, and Jon knows his stuff. However, there are very good photos of both women in Silverman and the woman identified in those pics as Julia Sawyer (on one it's written in Bessie's own handwriting) clearly matches the woman on the right. So I'm using those as my source to ID her as John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-1311169962694122622015-08-19T10:33:30.557-07:002015-08-19T10:33:30.557-07:00Behind Julia Sawyer you can see framed letters tha...Behind Julia Sawyer you can see framed letters that include photos of possibly their authors. HH didn't have any more room in his office wall and just hung them on the side of the filing cabinet. One of the girls put her Harry Potter glasses on the table. I'm also trying to figure out the identity of the fellow in that framed picture behind HH.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-83773700745327729872015-08-19T08:14:53.965-07:002015-08-19T08:14:53.965-07:00Good catch. I love that pic in Secret Life. I beli...Good catch. I love that pic in Secret Life. I believe I've used it here somewhere.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36293650313711137002015-08-19T08:13:30.949-07:002015-08-19T08:13:30.949-07:00No, I was wondering that myself.No, I was wondering that myself.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-83371195085353660432015-08-19T06:49:41.884-07:002015-08-19T06:49:41.884-07:00any idea of who is in the picture on the wall behi...any idea of who is in the picture on the wall behind Houdini?Joe Hanoseknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-91122664578716273542015-08-17T08:18:49.766-07:002015-08-17T08:18:49.766-07:00Fantastic! This looks to be part of a photo sessio...Fantastic! This looks to be part of a photo session taken at 278. Photographers who visited HH's home never took just one photo. Another photograph from that day is located in Secret Life. That one is just a portrait photo of HH.<br /><br />Check out those typewriters! They look like the one Annie Wilkes purchased for Paul Sheldon in Stephen King's Misery novel.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.com