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Appleton's Waverly Masonic Lodge sold the building to the OCHS in 1985. The museum's collections focus on the history of the Fox River Valley , containing artifacts from the 1840s onward. The History Museum at the Castle also has a large collection of original Harry Houdini personal documents and performance paraphernalia, including a selection ...
Hardeen was born as "Ferenc Dezső Weisz" (or "Ferencz Dezső Weisz") in Budapest, and went by the name "Theodore Weiss" when he and his family were living in Appleton, Wisconsin. He was known as "Deshi" and later "Dash" by his parents. In 1893, Hardeen performed with Houdini at Coney Island as "The Brothers Houdini".
Erik Weisz was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary to a Jewish family. [5] [6] His parents were Rabbi Mayer Sámuel Weisz (1829–1892) and Cecília Steiner (1841–1913).). Houdini was one of seven children: Herman M. (1863–1885), who was Houdini's half-brother by Rabbi Weisz's first marriage; Nathan J. (1870–1927); Gottfried William (1872–1925); Theodore (1876–1945); [7] Leopold D ...
Hungarian-American escape artist and illusionist, Harry Houdini on a diving board, preparing for a ball and chain pool escape at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, 28th April 1923.
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Stick-style synagogue built by the local Jewish community in 1883, one of the earliest in Wisconsin. [6] [78] A young Edna Ferber worshiped there, and Harry Houdini's father was rabbi of the congregation just before moving to this building, but was dismissed because he preached only in German. Now houses Wahl Organbuilders.
Lee Mirecki was a 19-year-old United States Navy sailor from Appleton, Wisconsin, who was killed by drowning during a "sharks and daisies" military rescue training exercise on March 2, 1988. His death became a cause célèbre among those campaigning against bullying in military training regimes.
Hearthstone in 1887 The Memorial bridge over the Fox River on Wisconsin Highway 47.The house is located just north (left) of the bridge. The Hearthstone Historic House Museum is a historic home in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States that has been converted into a museum.