Friday, November 18, 2005

Houdini the greatest necromancer of the age


From the Library of Congress:
TITLE: Master mystifier, Houdini the greatest necromancer of the age - perhaps of all times--The literary digest.
CALL NUMBER: POS - MAG - .H68, no. 5 (SOS size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: _ _ _ _ _ No known restrictions on publication.
MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 262 x 200 cm.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: Cleveland, O. : Otis Lithograph Co., [192-?]
CREATOR:
Otis Lithograph Co.
NOTES:
Created by "The Otis Lithograph Co., Cleveland, O."
Forms part of the McManus-Young Collection.
Caption: Buried alive, Egyptian Fakirs outdone.
No. 0 3.
Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956.
SUBJECTS:
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926.Magicians.Sphinxes.Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Egypt.Egypt.
FORMAT:
Theatrical posters American.Lithographs Color.
PART OF: Magic Poster Collection (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (digital file from intermediary roll copy film) var 2006 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/var.2006
CARD #: var1995002113/PP