tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8950495429396729898..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: The Milk Can behind the scenesJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-4255646078275100862015-06-11T08:00:57.327-07:002015-06-11T08:00:57.327-07:00Sometimes during challenges. Check this out: http:...Sometimes during challenges. Check this out: http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2013/03/cardini-auction-includes-this-curious.htmlJohn Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-15435214281964509162015-06-11T01:40:53.962-07:002015-06-11T01:40:53.962-07:00Was it really ever advertised as The Milk Can? Was it really ever advertised as The Milk Can? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114940067069653377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-57148773754017470632015-06-09T22:00:29.617-07:002015-06-09T22:00:29.617-07:00The "galvanized iron can" is the Milk Ca...The "galvanized iron can" is the Milk Can. It's just how it was billed sometimes.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-4998117964347463932015-06-09T21:10:26.100-07:002015-06-09T21:10:26.100-07:00Okay, so the can never really left. HH kept it in ...Okay, so the can never really left. HH kept it in and out of rotation, and sometimes as a back up to the USD. Joe, was that galvanized can a milk can or something different? We also know HH performed the USD during that final tour of Great Britain.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-23601110805477663062015-06-09T20:12:23.263-07:002015-06-09T20:12:23.263-07:00He definitely performed the Milk Can (aka Galvanis...He definitely performed the Milk Can (aka Galvanised iron can, filled to the brim with water and locked with six padlocks) during his 1920 final tour in Great Britain.Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-44774116700136199672015-06-09T06:43:13.003-07:002015-06-09T06:43:13.003-07:00I believe it stayed in rotation for much longer th...I believe it stayed in rotation for much longer than we think, maybe even his entire career. We know he's did the Double Fold in 1914 at Hammersteins. I think he would occasional swap out the USD for the Milk Can, maybe when it wasn't practical to stage the USD. It wouldn't surprise me if we learned he did the Double Fold in his 3 Shows in One on occasion.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-35375344957572175972015-06-08T22:14:06.262-07:002015-06-08T22:14:06.262-07:00I only know of two Houdini Milk Can photos: HH pos...I only know of two Houdini Milk Can photos: HH posing next to the can in the dark tank top bathing suit, and the follow up with the three police officers putting on the lid while HH is peeking from the top. Obviously, the can wasn't filled with water for those shots. <br /><br />I know that HH performed the Milk Can when he toured Australia in 1909, but how long after that did it stay in Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13291245501262410062015-06-08T18:37:58.242-07:002015-06-08T18:37:58.242-07:00I read somewhere that Houdini had the handles remo...I read somewhere that Houdini had the handles removed since the location of the handles suggested the can came apart at the shoulder. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114940067069653377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-44861449663135282032015-06-08T17:35:51.529-07:002015-06-08T17:35:51.529-07:00Agree.Agree.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-50812887596531671262015-06-08T17:28:44.652-07:002015-06-08T17:28:44.652-07:00The Copperfield can looks very much like the Houdi...The Copperfield can looks very much like the Houdini can with handles removed. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114940067069653377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-65157580159232380022015-06-08T17:11:21.348-07:002015-06-08T17:11:21.348-07:00The Appleton can is the Copperfield can. Sid Radne...The Appleton can is the Copperfield can. Sid Radner owned it when it was on show in Appleton. Copperfield bought it later.<br /><br />There are many cans. Check out <a href="http://www.themagicdetective.com/2011/01/galvanized-iron-can.html" rel="nofollow">THIS POST</a> by Dean Carnegie.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-29440570338331407782015-06-08T16:50:18.126-07:002015-06-08T16:50:18.126-07:00There is a photo of two people unpacking the Houdi...There is a photo of two people unpacking the Houdini can at the Appleton Houdini museum. This can looks like the Houdini can. The slops of its neck looks just like the can we see Houdini posing next to. The handles have been moved however. So how many cans exist that we know of. Looks like there is three? Appleton, Cooperfield and the can above? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114940067069653377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-44013272831639537522015-06-08T16:43:08.460-07:002015-06-08T16:43:08.460-07:00The slope of the can in the Copperfield collection...The slope of the can in the Copperfield collection is similar to the can we see in the pic of Houdini. Yes, they are both different from this Hardeen can.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-8267520246770989872015-06-08T15:54:28.653-07:002015-06-08T15:54:28.653-07:00It's much more than handles I believe. The sl...It's much more than handles I believe. The slope of the neck of the Houdini can is very different from the Hardeen can. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114940067069653377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-26718833274569956132015-06-08T12:50:22.885-07:002015-06-08T12:50:22.885-07:00It could be the handles were removed and the Can i...It could be the handles were removed and the Can is the one in the Copperfield collection. They do look similar. But, yeah, that's the great Milk Can conundrum. The only Houdini can we have photographic evidence for doesn't exactly match any of the existing cans.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-44735276514693082112015-06-08T12:44:20.972-07:002015-06-08T12:44:20.972-07:00Hold on. Are we saying that the can Houdini was p...Hold on. Are we saying that the can Houdini was pictured with is no longer in existence? Where would it have gone? The duplicate can is in the Copperfield collection correct?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114940067069653377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-66984564246995740322015-06-08T11:40:18.139-07:002015-06-08T11:40:18.139-07:00This was also the can that toured with Houdini Art...This was also the can that toured with Houdini Art & Magic exhibit a few years back.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-72863621827025221182015-06-08T11:06:39.761-07:002015-06-08T11:06:39.761-07:00Yeah, I addressed that, and David left a very deta...Yeah, I addressed that, and David left a very detailed comment in this post <a href="http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2015/05/report-houdini-hardeen-milk-can.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-3150187202097603152015-06-08T11:04:59.224-07:002015-06-08T11:04:59.224-07:00It definitely matches the can we see in pics of Ha...It definitely matches the can we see in pics of Hardeen. This is actually one of two identical cans (the other is in a private collection). The only can Houdini is pictured with doesn't match any in existence as it has handles on the shoulders. But he had more than one can, to be sure.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-83906626904252159542015-06-08T10:59:04.622-07:002015-06-08T10:59:04.622-07:00By the slope of its shoulders this looks like Hard...By the slope of its shoulders this looks like Hardeens can as he last performed it. The Houdini can did not look lik this one correct?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17114940067069653377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27789801157932765962015-06-08T09:52:05.785-07:002015-06-08T09:52:05.785-07:00I take it there was no WATER in the can. I remembe...I take it there was no WATER in the can. I remember seeing this can oh so many years ago and hearing Bob Lund talk about it. Carnegiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142955905272650610noreply@blogger.com