About This Item


  • Title[Harry Houdini]
  • Call NumberPORT_0488
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryStudio portrait of Harry Houdini, magician born in Hungary, whose father, at the end of his life, was a rabbi in Brooklyn.
  • Date1926
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1926. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectHoudini, Harry, 1874-1926 ; Magicians -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.