tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post5742851947254088392..comments2024-03-18T20:46:10.605-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini the ElkJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27853074456507762042021-08-01T23:54:43.962-07:002021-08-01T23:54:43.962-07:00Close but no cigar Bozeman! You have their furnitu...Close but no cigar Bozeman! You have their furniture. Just not the furniture from the lodge on 43rd street. You have the Hotel Savoy building lodge furniture.Hotel Diplomat Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02343207214454296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-60903564486781500342020-03-25T14:57:28.753-07:002020-03-25T14:57:28.753-07:00You guys in the Tallahassee lodge have the furnitu...You guys in the Tallahassee lodge have the furniture from the Hotel Savoy building that the New York Elks Lodge #1 used. They bought new furniture for their own new building on west 43rd street in 1911. Once again you have NY#1 furniture from your member going to NYC when they reading to move. But, you don’t have furniture from their big building on 43rd street!Hotel Diplomat Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02343207214454296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-31301725652773043272019-11-05T09:25:03.596-08:002019-11-05T09:25:03.596-08:00We now have that lodge furniture in our lodge, Tal...We now have that lodge furniture in our lodge, Tallahassee #937. It's cool to have a piece of original history! Come see and sit...we still use it to this day.BOZEMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03755144859523518969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-76905340634566094222016-05-06T10:17:04.255-07:002016-05-06T10:17:04.255-07:00This is only the elks card for that year.
I have s...This is only the elks card for that year.<br />I have spoken to a past Trustee of N.Y. LIDGE # 1 to et me the date thT Harry became a member & the date when he was made a honrary member.<br />Elk Historian trill torrilhonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13131557346508793792014-02-06T23:35:34.462-08:002014-02-06T23:35:34.462-08:00Yes, New York Elks Lodge #1 that was in NYC on 110...Yes, New York Elks Lodge #1 that was in NYC on 110 west 43rd street was where he was initiated and his big funeral was.<br />The funeral was attend by 2,000 of his bro. Elks and his Bro. Masons also his magicians guild with wife Bess and his Rabbi.<br />Their is a YouTube video called Houdini's Funeral. It shows his casket being carried out of New York Elks #1 on the front steps!<br />Sad dayHotel Diplomat Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02343207214454296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27598014201497008652013-11-08T20:33:10.627-08:002013-11-08T20:33:10.627-08:00Yes, New York Elks Lodge #1 the Mother Lodge of th...Yes, New York Elks Lodge #1 the Mother Lodge of the BPO Elks was the place where his funeral took place in the huge lodge room that the Elks had in that lodge. <br />Now , what is really cool is their is a short video of Harry Houdini being brought out in his casket out of the NY Elks Lodge #1. its only 20 seconds long.<br />My question is where did all the footage of that day go ?<br />google Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-55485469028358250102012-05-14T11:31:15.760-07:002012-05-14T11:31:15.760-07:00Yes, I think you're right about that. I didn&#...Yes, I think you're right about that. I didn't make that connection. Good catch, melbo!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-54587005809030511592012-05-14T11:22:22.255-07:002012-05-14T11:22:22.255-07:00This is the same place where they held his funeral...This is the same place where they held his funeral, isn't it?melbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032793912135092967noreply@blogger.com