About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0489
  • TitleHarry Houdini
  • SummaryPortrait of magician Harry Houdini, standing with left arm around a bronze bust of himself. He was born in Hungary. His father, at the end of his life, was a rabbi in Brooklyn.
  • Date[192-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteRetouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectHoudini, Harry, 1874-1926 ; Busts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Magicians -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: Houdini, Harry & Mrs