tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post2315208680624943663..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Rare photo shows Houdini staked outJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-32932789727568141652013-08-26T15:00:38.662-07:002013-08-26T15:00:38.662-07:00Great find! Thanks, Tom.Great find! Thanks, Tom.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-46036853731462630272013-08-26T14:38:35.202-07:002013-08-26T14:38:35.202-07:00FYI, the Boy Scouts challenge took place in the sp...FYI, the Boy Scouts challenge took place in the spring of 1923 at the Civic Center in San Fran.<br /><br />Source: "Houdini Is Manaced By Boy Scout Knots," The Palm Beach Post, May 1, 1923, p. 3<br /><br />Houdini Is Manaced By Boy Scout Knots<br /><br />When Harry Houdini, the Handcuff King, recently won the challenge of the San Francisco Boy Scouts by escaping from the knots with Tom Intervalhttp://www.intervalmagic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-43401687654619266642012-12-13T05:29:01.547-08:002012-12-13T05:29:01.547-08:00Perhaps there was more than one? Boyscouts and In...Perhaps there was more than one? Boyscouts and Indians?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-89288282167160212362012-12-12T18:23:09.884-08:002012-12-12T18:23:09.884-08:00Thanks Joe. It went by really fast at the seance. ...Thanks Joe. It went by really fast at the seance. I'm so happy Jon is okay with me sharing it here. His scanner was broken, so he had to go to some trouble to make a copy for me in time for the seance.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-61289332765218960232012-12-12T17:47:49.628-08:002012-12-12T17:47:49.628-08:00I was impressed the first time I saw that photo at...I was impressed the first time I saw that photo at Jon Oliver’s website, the second time I saw it at the Official Houdini Séance and now on this incredible blog. Thanks for sharing it with everyone. It is a great find.Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-15607392864517456312012-12-12T17:07:50.750-08:002012-12-12T17:07:50.750-08:00My pleasure, Leo. I knew you Houdinites would dig ...My pleasure, Leo. I knew you Houdinites would dig this photo as much as I do.<br /><br />I would think the point of Boy Scouts challenging Houdini would have been to have had...Boy Scouts challenging Houdini! It's a real mystery what's going on here.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-66681486805641590392012-12-12T16:46:58.323-08:002012-12-12T16:46:58.323-08:00Wow! Thanks John. You're spoiling us. I also t...Wow! Thanks John. You're spoiling us. I also thought it was the Boy Scouts of America that tied him to that stake. Maybe they were in costume?Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.com