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[Harry Houdini stepping into a crate that will be lowered into New York Harbor as part of an escape stunt on July 7, 1912] / Dietz N.Y.

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The alarm. Number V. My dear Fellow Citizens. You have been informed by the last vessel from London, that the duty will be paid there on tea imported to America ... [Signed] Hampden. New York. October 27th, 1773.

The alarm. Number V. My dear Fellow Citizens. You have been informed by the last vessel from London, that the duty will be paid there on tea imported to America ... [Signed] Hampden. New York. October 27th, 1773.

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[Harry Houdini stepping into a crate that will be lowered into New York Harbor as part of an escape stunt on July 7, 1912] / Dietz N.Y.

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Photograph shows men standing along the side of a barge in New York Harbor as Harry Houdini steps into a crate on the edge of the barge for an escape stunt.

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the most famous and successful magicians of his time, known for his spectacular escape acts and death-defying stunts. Houdini's signature tricks included escaping from handcuffs, straitjackets, and locked boxes, as well as diving into and out of tanks of water while shackled.

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01/01/1914
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