4858 x 3674 px | 41,1 x 31,1 cm | 16,2 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
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Undated photo circa 1912 - 1915 of escapologist Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926) preparing to perform an escape trick at an unidentified waterfront location, possibly in New York. Houdini, wearing handcuffs and leg-irons, is probably about to perform his famous "overboard box escape". The trick involved Houdini climbing into a packing crate while manacled and the crate subsequently being nailed shut, roped and weighed down with lead before being lowered into the water. He first did the stunt in New York Harbor on July 7 1912 and repeated it many times during his career. Houdini, a Hungarian Jew born Erik Weisz (later spelt Ehrich Weiss), moved with his family to the United States in 1878 at the age of four and became a renowned magician, escapologist and stunt performer as well as an actor and film producer. He was also a noted skeptic who exposed fraudulent mediums and psychics who claimed to have supernatural abilities. Photo by Bain News Service.
