My Two Sweethearts: Harry Houdini (1874-1926) with his wife Beatrice (1876-1943) and mother Cecilia Steiner Weiss, ca. 1907.
Source: Library of Congress
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Harry Houdini in handcuffs, 1918.
Source: Bettmann/Corbis
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Harry Houdini, ca. 1905.
Source: Library of Congress
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Harry Houdini prepares to do the Overboard box escape, ca. 1912.
Source: Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
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Harry Houdini in chains, ca. 1899.
Source: Library of Congress, McManus-Young Collection
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Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey mock punching Houdini (held back by lightweight boxer Benny Leonard, ca. 1920s.
Source: Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
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Houdini performing the Chinese Water Torture Cell, 1910s-1920s.
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