![[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.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvaGFycnktaG91ZGluaS1zdGVwcGluZy1pbnRvLWEtY3JhdGUtdGhhdC13aWxsLWJlLWxvd2VyZWQtaW50by1uZXcteW9yay1oYXJib3ItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/400/jpg "[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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[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.
Summary
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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Date
01/01/1914
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Dietz, Carl, photographer
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Library of Congress
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