[The history of magic scrapbooks from the Houdini collection, with related material from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center], 1874-1926 1890-1926.

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The magician and escapologist Harry Houdini spent much of his life exploring spiritual phenomena and exposing fraudsters. His archive contains a number of scrapbooks documenting the history of magic and spiritualism. The sixth scrapbook, the Spiritualism scrapbook, contains clippings of articles abo...

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Uniform Title:Victorian popular culture. Spiritualism, sensation & magic.
Main Author: Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
Corporate Authors: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Language:English
Published: Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, [2008]
Series:Victorian popular culture. Spiritualism, sensation & magic.
Subjects:
Houdini, Harry, > 1874-1926 > Archives.
Magicians > United States > Archives.
Houdini, Harry, > 1874-1926 > Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Houdini, Harry, > 1874-1926 > Friends and associates.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, > 1859-1930.
Spiritualism > History > Sources.
Magicians > History > Sources.
Magic shows > History > Sources.
Playbills > United States.
Genre:
Archives.
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Sources.
Online Access:
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Format: Electronic
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Victorian popular culture. Spiritualism, sensation and magic. The history of magic scrapbooks from the Houdini Collection with related material from the Harry Ransom Humanities Res...

Published: Adam Matthew Digital, 2008
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