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Dec 24, 2011 i own a genuine houdini signed letter to oscar s. Oct 31, 2017 the love of bibliographic research has been the cornerstone of my life from my earliest years, houdini once told the club of odd volumes, harry houdini, the antique magic bibliophile. Houdini, an ardent debunker of phony mystics, writes to dissuade the president from relaxing laws against spiritualists in the district of columbia. The autograph, with a muscle man style photograph, is dated 11 march 1909 and signed harry handcuff houdini.
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Photographs and posters of harry houdini held by the new york public library for the performing arts. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The photo has been mounted on an 11 x 12 piece of vintage scrapbook paper. Another interesting thing about houdini is he also wrote.
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