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- Exhibit celebrating the legacy of illusionist Harry Houdini includes a collector's 'crown jewel' - Los Angeles Times
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Blogcast #7: Dynamite Magazine Harry Houdini Punch-Out
By Tom Interval Dynamite magazine, issue #79, December 1980, features an article about Harry Houdini titled “HOUDINI: The Magic Man Who Knew Whodunit!” As part of that theme, the mag includes a companion two-piece punch-out that, when constructed, becomes a mechanical toy showing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, cardboard, cool stuff, cut-outs, cutouts, dyn-o-mite, Dynamite, escape artists, games, harry houdini, houdini, jimmie walker, magazines, magicians, optical illusions, Periodicals, punch-outs, punchouts, puzzles, toys
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Blogcast #6: Houdini Optical Illusion on National Geographic Brain Games
By Tom Interval In 2013, National Geographic’s Brain Games commissioned artist Pete Fecteau to create a Rubik’s Cube mosaic of the Houdini two-face optical illusion I made that year. I wrote about it at the time, and that’s the subject of today’s blogcast. Hope you … Continue reading
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Tagged ambiguous, art, artists, bistable, brain games, harry houdini, houdini, illusions, magicians, mosaic, multistable, national geographic, new york, new york city, newyork, newyorkcity, nyc, optical, optical illusions, perception, pete fecteau, peter fecteau, rubiks cubes, sculptures, shows, television, tom interval, tv, two-face illusions
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Blogcast #3: The Final Moments of Houdini’s Life
By Tom Interval Blogcast #3: The The Final Moments of Houdini’s Life is now live on YouTube. About two months after Harry Houdini died, Bess, his wife, wrote a heartfelt letter to magic collector Edwin A. Dearn and his wife, … Continue reading
Houdini Jack-o’-Lantern 2014
By Tom Interval For this year’s Houdini jack-o’-lantern, I wanted to make a scary version of Houdini’s face. It’s not perfect, but I think I’ve accomplished the scary part. Hope you enjoy, and Happy Halloween week (a.k.a., National Magic Week)! … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Halloween, Holidays, Sculptures
Tagged escape artists, escapologists, halloween, harry houdini, holiday, holidays, houdini, jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lanterns, jackolantern, jackolanterns, magic, magicians, national magic day, national magic week, pumpkin, pumpkins, scary
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John Cox: Wild About Harry Since 1975
By Tom Interval Listen to/watch this blog entry in video format → In 1980, 15-year-old John Cox told a Los Angeles Times reporter he was the third disciple of Harry Houdini. The first two, he said, were carnival worker Edward … Continue reading
Posted in Bess, Collecting, Collections, Ephemera, Experts, John Cox, John Cox, Letters, Multimedia, Other Escapologists, Physical, Playbills, Portrayals, Posters, Posters, Scrapbooks, Sculptures, Websites, Wild About Harry
Tagged blogs, cinema, collect, collectibles, collections, enthusiasts, fans, film, geeks, gregory smith, harry houdini, houdini, houdini miniseries, john cox, kristen connolly, magic, magicians, mila kunis, mini series, miniseries, movies, studio city, web sites, websites, wild about harry, wild about houdini
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Tidings from the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame
By Tom Interval The Niagara Falls-based Houdini Magical Hall of Fame (1968-1995) started a magic club called The Houdini Magical Fraternity. Members would receive promotional discounts and the monthly Fraternity newsletter, Tidings. If you’ve never heard of Tidings, check out the photo … Continue reading
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Tagged canada, clifton hill, harry houdini, history, magic, magical hall of fame, magicians, museum, museums, newsletters, niagara falls, tidings
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Houdini Grave Aerial Map
By Tom Interval Here’s an aerial map of the Houdini gravesite in Machpelah Cemetery in Queens, New York (see below; click to enlarge). It’s based on my visit to the site around 1990. Notice Leopold’s and Gladys’s headstones (Houdini’s brother … Continue reading
Posted in Cecilia, Death, Family, Gladys, Grandparents, Grave, Hannah Steiner, Herman, Leopold, Maternal, Mayer, Nathan, Parents, Siblings, Theodore (Hardeen), William
Tagged buried, family graves, famous, graves, gravesites, harry houdini, magic, magicians, markers, plots, tombstones, weiss
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Houdini Magical Hall of Fame Facebook Page
By Tom Interval The Houdini Magical Hall of Fame in Niagara Falls, Canada, was a public museum and tourist attraction devoted to the legendary magician and self-liberator Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Opened in May 1968 at 5019 Centre Street, the museum … Continue reading
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Tagged auctions, collectibles, hall of fame, harry houdini, magicians, museum, niagara falls
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Houdini Museum 