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[Ehrich Weiss, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing track team medals, in New York]

[Ehrich Weiss, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing t...

Not yet Houdini, Ehrich Weiss is shown exhibiting his competitive spirit and wearing medals he won as a member of the Pastime Athletic Club track team in New York. Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magici... More

Postcard from Ehrich Weiss to his mother

Postcard from Ehrich Weiss to his mother

At the age of twelve, Ehrich Weiss ran away from home in an effort to earn money and to alleviate his family's grinding poverty. This is the earliest sample of Houdini's handwriting in the collections of the L... More

Postcard from Ehrich Weiss to his mother

Postcard from Ehrich Weiss to his mother

At the age of twelve, Ehrich Weiss ran away from home in an effort to earn money and to alleviate his family's grinding poverty. This is the earliest sample of Houdini's handwriting in the collections of the L... More