Special performance, Friday morning only, April 27, 1923, 11 a.m. : Houdini, the genius of escape (in person) who will startle and amaze, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers ..
Summary
Announcement of a lecture in Los Angeles, billing it as "the first serious lecture delivered by Houdini on the subject of Spiritualism and the kindred arts." The announcement includes an explanation of the ethical and philosophical grounds of Houdini's opposition to spiritualistic fraud.
Advertising.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
Formerly kept in a small box labelled "Posters on magic." Both copies very fragile and kept flat in mylar.
Old American Memory title: [Announcement of Orpheum Circuit Houdini lecture about mediums, April 27, 1923].
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Date
01/01/1923
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain