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TITLE:[Two copies of Houdini letterhead, with bust portrait of Houdini and illustrations of his escapes]
CALL NUMBER:McManus-Young Collection [item] [Rare Book RR]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZC4-3288 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-66400 (b&w film copy neg. of another copy)
LC-USZCN4-318 (color film copy neg.)
MEDIUM:2 photomechanical prints : halftone, color.
CREATED/PUBLISHED:[between 1920 and 1926]
NOTES: Now world famous, Houdini''s letterhead visually summarized an adventurous life. It included a term present in Funk and Wagnall''s dictionary where the following definition was given under the heading "Houdini": "houdinize, vt. To release or extricate oneself from confinement, bonds, or the like, as by wiggling out." SUBJECTS:
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926--Associated objects.
Escapes--1920-1930.
FORMAT:
Letterheads Color 1920-1930.
Illustrations 1920-1930.
Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1920-1930.
Portraits 1920-1930.
REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID:(color film copy transparency, b&w film copy neg.) cph 3g03288 3b13905
CARD #:96519463
Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3g00000-3g03000-3g03200-3g03288
Vangobot catalog number: LOC 1172931
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