By Tom Interval
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the mystercist, wizard, and expert in extrication and self-release, HOUDINI, assisted by MME. HOUDINI, in new illusions this Fourth of July, 1899, at the Orpheum, 110 S. Main St., Los Angeles, California. Both masters of mystery wish you the happiest of Fourths of July money can buy! (Click or tap to enlarge.)
Happy Fourth of July!
Sources:
- Clippings: Los Angeles Daily Times, Tuesday, July 4, 1899, p. 1
- The phrase “mystercist, wizard, and expert in extrication and self-release”:
Harrisburg Sunday Courier, Sunday, June 29, 1930, p. 5
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