This picture is credited as being 1926 and shows Houdini giving a lecture, likely related to spiritualism. He has what look like Spirit Slates in his hands and is addressing what appears to be an audience volunteer. The men in the photo look too old to be college students, so this is not Houdini's famous final lecture at McGill University. But this image gives us a taste of what that may have looked like.
UPDATE: It appears the original source for this image is the Library of Congress.
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Perhaps those who have the notes on Houdini's Spiritualism Lectures - can determine what Houdini might be doing here with his spectator
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The first related has a full description of his sprit lecture from Houdini himself, and in it he says: "I expose the world-famous Dr. Slade's method of slate-writing and explain it to the audience."
DeleteBut this appears to be a later guest lecturer type of thing, not his full lecture from 1924, so he might just be doing the slates as a trick. It was always one of his favorites.
Great catch! Looks like a school of some type and an all male audience. Two clues...
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