tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post7910108951792958160..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Relics from Houdini's 278 at auctionJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-5082949266681748342021-03-02T09:19:24.807-08:002021-03-02T09:19:24.807-08:00Hi Correy. I'm afraid I've never heard of ...Hi Correy. I'm afraid I've never heard of Houdini owning an Egyptian canopic jar. Doesn't mean he didn't! Just never heard of that. But what an interesting thing to own. Congrats.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36848055876382063902021-03-01T19:38:20.505-08:002021-03-01T19:38:20.505-08:00Any idea if Houdini ever owned an Egyptian canopic...Any idea if Houdini ever owned an Egyptian canopic jar? I inherited one from my great-grandfather, and it was said to either come from his collection or his manager's collection. Just trying to verify it. Thanks!Correy Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88413791108295352532020-10-12T17:06:27.590-07:002020-10-12T17:06:27.590-07:00Houdini was on the west coast in April 1923. He wa...Houdini was on the west coast in April 1923. He was in Los Angeles on his birthday. He was only in Chicago for one week in January and October of that year.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-70875319185904219652020-10-12T16:04:00.233-07:002020-10-12T16:04:00.233-07:00Just wandering if anyone has any knowledge of Harr...Just wandering if anyone has any knowledge of Harry being in Chicago in April of 1923 ? I have a book given to him by a guy named Edward Robinson on his umpty umpth birthday .. it has Beatrice’s signature and her library sticker on the inside cover . The name of the book is “ revelations of a spirit medium “. ... Tony Spurgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-8598952514219510272020-07-19T09:35:10.511-07:002020-07-19T09:35:10.511-07:00Medicine Chest sold for $1600.Medicine Chest sold for $1600.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-83984033537040209512020-07-16T15:46:03.982-07:002020-07-16T15:46:03.982-07:00Did Chuck provide a link? I thought Leo was a radi...Did Chuck provide a link? I thought Leo was a radiologist and he cut into people?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-87677576534386046862020-07-16T09:30:34.491-07:002020-07-16T09:30:34.491-07:00FYI, Chuck Romano just sent me something that show...FYI, Chuck Romano just sent me something that shows Leo DID "perform operations" in his early days of practice. What kind I don't know.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-4865609400913307482020-07-15T07:59:53.077-07:002020-07-15T07:59:53.077-07:00Haha. Tell me about it! I'm waiting for the da...Haha. Tell me about it! I'm waiting for the day I write an blog post and then discover I wrote the same post 8 years ago. :pJohn Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-7851093789547176662020-07-14T20:26:31.829-07:002020-07-14T20:26:31.829-07:00Thanks! It's easy to forget the contents of WA...Thanks! It's easy to forget the contents of WAH after years of increasing database. I like the mention of the trick front door that opened from the hinges.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-1546704049519506272020-07-14T14:59:23.409-07:002020-07-14T14:59:23.409-07:00It’s in this post: The owners and occupants of Hou...It’s in this post: <a href="https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2017/07/the-owners-and-occupants-of-houdinis-278.html" rel="nofollow">The owners and occupants of Houdini's 278</a>.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-55914292718417639172020-07-14T14:48:13.591-07:002020-07-14T14:48:13.591-07:00278 was listed in 1914? For sale? Is this listing ...278 was listed in 1914? For sale? Is this listing in a newspaper or real estate ad somewhere?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-52142428379368664272020-07-14T07:47:38.783-07:002020-07-14T07:47:38.783-07:00Yes, I'm talking about the "tiled operati...Yes, I'm talking about the "tiled operating room" (as it's called in the 1914 house listing). I thought "surgery" was just another way to say that. Maybe I'm wrong. Leo was a radiologist. But maybe he also did general practice? I don't know. It would be interesting to try and find an ad for his practice, see what he was up to.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-67195217220086609862020-07-13T23:01:03.901-07:002020-07-13T23:01:03.901-07:00So "surgery" means the operating room? I...So "surgery" means the operating room? I thought Leo was an X-Ray technician, not a surgeon. I always thought his practice was x-raying patients for doctors and hospitals. Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-10128297538574484482020-07-13T15:33:44.822-07:002020-07-13T15:33:44.822-07:00Actually, the "operating room" was still...Actually, the "operating room" was still there when Houdini listed the house for sale in 1914. So I bet the changes to that room happened when he returned in 1918. By then he had fallen out with Leo and felt free to use the room and what was in for himself. Get that sweet metal medicine chest in his own bathroom! John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-49760680102630747772020-07-13T15:07:09.078-07:002020-07-13T15:07:09.078-07:00Maybe! A lot of stuff has been moved around the ho...Maybe! A lot of stuff has been moved around the house and repurposed, especially by Fred, but also likely by Houdini. The medicine cabinet is too new to have been the original cabinet in the bathroom (and by "new" I mean post 1910). The owners have seen similar cabinets as well as the "laundry" sink used in old surgeries. So possible when Leo left the house items from the John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-87509137671046124062020-07-13T14:54:16.883-07:002020-07-13T14:54:16.883-07:00The medicine cabinet originated in the surgery?The medicine cabinet originated in the surgery?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-35259053151504601312020-07-13T13:39:59.862-07:002020-07-13T13:39:59.862-07:00I don't think even he could conceive of this. ...I don't think even he could conceive of this. But he would love it! :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-3023827451659364652020-07-13T13:33:21.092-07:002020-07-13T13:33:21.092-07:00Wonder if Harry every thought these things would e...Wonder if Harry every thought these things would ever be worth so much money. I always wanted a tub like that when I was younger (most likely so I could fill it up and not worry about it leaking out the back flow hole, lol).Lisa Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328936828614661896noreply@blogger.com