Hippodrome program for the season 1917-1918
Summary
Program book for the New York Hippodrome, New York City, for the 1917-1918 season, including several pages of advertisements. The booklet features the performance program for an elaborate variety bill, "Cheer Up! A Musical Review in 3 Cheers," which includes Houdini in two of his most sensational feats: "The Vanishing Elephant," in which he causes an elephant to disappear before the audience's eyes, and "The Submersible Iron-Bound Box Mystery," in which he extricates himself from chains and from a sealed, iron-bound box submerged in a tank of water. Houdini made his Hippodrome debut on January 7, 1918.
From the Oscar Teale Houdini scrapbook held by the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, portfolio volume.
Color lithograph illustration by Frank Xavier Leyendecker on cover.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Record converted from American Memory pseudomarc; td12 completed
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