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A former funeral home at 3975 Cass Avenue in Detroit where Houdini was embalmed after he died in Detroit in 1926 is seen on Monday, September 9, 2024.
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.
The Blackburn riots occurred during the summer of 1833 in Detroit, Michigan. [1] They were the first race riots in the history of the city. The riots were spurred by the imprisonment of Thornton and Rutha Blackburn, an African-American couple that had escaped slavery in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1831. [1]
The American Museum of Magic is the largest magic museum in the United States open to the public. [1] The collection is extensive, and includes both famous and obscure magicians (for example, it has artifacts from Clare Cummings, who was 'Milky The Twin Pines Magic Clown' and who donated most of his magic tricks to this museum). [2]
Ferenc Dezső Weisz (March 4, 1876 – June 12, 1945), known as Theodore "Dash" Hardeen, was a Hungarian-American magician and escape artist who was the younger brother of Harry Houdini. Hardeen, who usually billed himself as the "brother of Houdini", was the founder of the Magician's Guild .
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Houdini performing the Chinese Water Torture Cell. The Chinese Water Torture Cell is a predicament escape made famous by Hungarian-American magician Harry Houdini.The illusion consists of three parts: first, the magician's feet are locked in stocks; next, he is suspended in mid-air from his ankles with a restraint brace; finally, he is lowered into a glass tank overflowing with water and the ...
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...