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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 ? 1926). Houdini Straitjacket Escape Photograph. Washington D.C., ca. 1918. The master magician hands from a block and tackle upside down over a crowded street, the image captured at the moment he has released himself from a heavy canvas and leather straitjacket. The Washington Monument is visible in the distance. 9 ? x 7?. Culver Pictures Services rubber stamps and label to verso. Two spots of original retouching to recto, Chips and short tears around perimeter, scrapbook residue to verso.