tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post671621871370374939..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: The Mother ScrapbookJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-29464055898007582222022-08-17T20:00:21.226-07:002022-08-17T20:00:21.226-07:00One other thing I discovered is that the site of t...One other thing I discovered is that the site of the Imperial Hotel, 2nd and Ocean is where the famous Stone Pony now stands. Bruce Springsteen got his start here back in the 1970’s. The area I am sure has changed greatly over the years so it’s impossible to be absolutely sure. Across the street is a huge parking lot so at the very least the hotel stood across from where the Stone Pony now Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13286005994810753022022-08-17T19:28:36.320-07:002022-08-17T19:28:36.320-07:00Oh, wow, fantastic! Maybe Asbury Park would be a g...Oh, wow, fantastic! Maybe Asbury Park would be a good site for a future Houdini Seance?John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-69260389097008343472022-08-17T19:27:13.364-07:002022-08-17T19:27:13.364-07:00Good suggestion. But I'm afraid it turned up n...Good suggestion. But I'm afraid it turned up nothing.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-20798695494053210202022-08-17T19:00:54.069-07:002022-08-17T19:00:54.069-07:00The Lyric theatre is long gone but back in the lat...The Lyric theatre is long gone but back in the late 70’s and early 80’s I’d park right in front of it and walk down to the beach. I never knew the connection between it and Hardeen/Houdini. <br /><br />At that time is was a XXX movie house and Asbury Park, the entire town, was a run down mess. Every building, the boardwalk everything was old and in ruin. The downtown area was shuttered and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-61263660578236911022022-08-17T11:24:44.147-07:002022-08-17T11:24:44.147-07:00HH was not to keep things private. I wonder if in...HH was not to keep things private. I wonder if in newspapers.com there would be some notice in NYC/1917 of where the Cecilia Weiss Ward was dedicated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-48267809466618500972022-08-17T08:45:16.278-07:002022-08-17T08:45:16.278-07:00No hospital. She had a stroke in a hotel in Asbury...No hospital. She had a stroke in a hotel in Asbury Park and was treated and died there. She was treated by local doctor, but Leo did arrive quickly.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-69430989759974750502022-08-17T08:27:33.953-07:002022-08-17T08:27:33.953-07:00Can't recall if Cecilia Weiss died in a hospit...Can't recall if Cecilia Weiss died in a hospital or was treated at a certain hospital before her dying at home, but if so, could that hospital had the Cecilia Weiss Ward? Was HH's brother involved with her care/treatment?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-59090576768824078602022-08-16T09:06:37.912-07:002022-08-16T09:06:37.912-07:00Correct. Silverman did examine this. The verses fr...Correct. Silverman did examine this. The verses from Houdini's poem, however, he took from the Quincy Kilby scrapbook in the Boston Public Library. It's a little different. I also found a third version in the Harry Ransom Center. But the version in John's scrapbook appears to be the original and I think it's the best.<br /><br />"The Mother of all Scrapbooks" is good. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-62881982367200014022022-08-16T08:43:26.574-07:002022-08-16T08:43:26.574-07:00Thanks for sharing this!Silverman discusses some o...Thanks for sharing this!Silverman discusses some of the contents presumably from this scrapbook. Perhaps we should call this The Mother of all Scrapbooks? Decipher--not decider.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com