Big Houdini news 100 years ago today

If you were a Houdini fan 100 years ago, you would have woken up to some big news this morning, as reported in The New York Daily News.

New York Daily News, June 16, 1925.

After a 3-day preview in Cumberland, Houdini did indeed open his "3 Shows on One" at the Alvin Theater in Pittsburgh on Labor Day. As promised, it was an "all-Houdini show." However, it did include some jazz tunes and bare legs, thanks to Dorothy Young's "Radio Girl."

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