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| Times-Picayune, Nov. 11, 1907. |
Houdini played two weeks at what was commonly known as the St. Charles Orpheum in New Orleans. (Not to be confused with the Orpheum that still stands today, although Houdini did play that theater in 1923.) During this engagement, he was also challenged by the B. Cohn Company Ltd. to escape a packing case while shackled in "old-fashioned slave chains,” and he dove manacled into the Mississippi river. The St. Charles Orpheum was razed in 1965.
Thanks to Eric Fry for the St. Charles Orpheum vintage postcard.
Me and my friends in my group chat now use this lock for a gag. Basically if you type in *boop* it’ll heal you.
ReplyDeleteNew to me. Never saw a Houdini gold lock in an auction. Never read about it before. Sounds like something Bess would have held on to.
ReplyDeleteJohn, Where did you get this photo of a gold lock? I assume it is a representative example but not the one discussed.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's just a representative photo. I nabbed it online. Have no idea what the real one looked like.
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