tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post4967089311879946460..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini capturedJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-37995526871980333752016-02-12T11:12:03.715-08:002016-02-12T11:12:03.715-08:00The photo appears to be a still taken from footage...The photo appears to be a still taken from footage that is included in this:<br />https://youtu.be/suirIT9F_MY?t=37Bill Mullinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779126309014238163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-90382466380918618102014-08-12T15:19:02.858-07:002014-08-12T15:19:02.858-07:00Thanks Bill. So this is Boston. Good to know.Thanks Bill. So this is Boston. Good to know.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-31209744527741854112014-08-12T13:35:18.624-07:002014-08-12T13:35:18.624-07:00You don't ask, but W. H Ballard was a real est...You don't ask, but W. H Ballard was a real estate company in Boston, so this was prep for an escape there. He did such an escape from the Tremont St. side of the Keith Theater there in 1917.Bill Mullinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-3193263126803053632013-02-27T09:42:12.971-08:002013-02-27T09:42:12.971-08:00Houdini's Magic Shop still hasn't given th...Houdini's Magic Shop still hasn't given their answer. When you post a trivia question, isn't it kinda required that you eventually provide the answer? Although I've posted the conflicting info, so they might now be as confused as us.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-85487436397027648292013-02-24T12:33:27.156-08:002013-02-24T12:33:27.156-08:00Christopher doesn't help us too much here eith...Christopher doesn't help us too much here either in The Untold Story. He mentions that the straightjacket exploitation feat was a success in Kansas City and Minneapolis along Houdini's western tour. <br /><br />I'd go with Professor Silverman for the moment.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-74292620319843031452013-02-24T09:00:03.393-08:002013-02-24T09:00:03.393-08:00BTW, the answer to the question of when HH first d...BTW, the answer to the question of when HH first did the escape is becoming less and less clear. Koval notes a jacket escape in Kanas City on Sept. 6, 1914(!), a full year before. But doesn't specify whether it was suspended. Koval doesn't even show HH in KC in 1915.<br /><br />Houdini's Magic Shop hasn't yet offered up the answer. My bet is they are going to say KC in Sept 1915, John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-78118735302125504202013-02-24T08:04:44.371-08:002013-02-24T08:04:44.371-08:00To me it's something to think about. All the ...To me it's something to think about. All the hundreds perhaps thousands that watched Houdini that day, the ones we see standing up close in that photo, are long gone. Nothing remains but that photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-20376378818449446022013-02-24T07:25:15.254-08:002013-02-24T07:25:15.254-08:00That one kid looks like he might be in his teens t...That one kid looks like he might be in his teens to me. But, yeah, hard to tell. But anyone under 30 is a "kid" to me. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-24177364870505226222013-02-23T22:32:21.794-08:002013-02-23T22:32:21.794-08:00Those faces looking up at Houdini in the front row...Those faces looking up at Houdini in the front row look like young adults to me. Children would have probably been to small to look over the platform Houdini is using for this escape.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-66232114718432293952013-02-23T12:53:58.613-08:002013-02-23T12:53:58.613-08:00Silverman's claim is better sourced. He's ...Silverman's claim is better sourced. He's going by the an actual newspaper account of the escape in the collection of Stanley Palm. Kalush is sourcing an article about "Houdini's Latest Escape" by Will Goldston in the Oct 1915 The Magazine of Magic. Hard to say who is right without a newspaper account of the Kansas City escape showing the exact date.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-78030803276420665362013-02-23T12:25:25.018-08:002013-02-23T12:25:25.018-08:00Ha! You know, Kansas City would have been my guess...Ha! You know, Kansas City would have been my guess. That's the city that jumped to my mind for some reason. But who is right? Kalush or Silverman? Minneapolis or KC? Both are Sept. '15.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-15274557943201673972013-02-23T10:57:06.009-08:002013-02-23T10:57:06.009-08:00Digging out my Secret Life of Houdini it says I wa...Digging out my Secret Life of Houdini it says I was incorrect. It says first time in Kansas City in Sept. 1915.<br />PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-73706962780145724672013-02-23T10:52:44.705-08:002013-02-23T10:52:44.705-08:00Hanging 45 feet off the ground from Minneapolis Ev...Hanging 45 feet off the ground from Minneapolis Eventing tribune office on Sept 29, 1915 according to SilvermanJoe M Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-47513931997202206072013-02-23T10:52:23.675-08:002013-02-23T10:52:23.675-08:00I believe it was Washington D.C.
PeteI believe it was Washington D.C.<br /><br />PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com