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Doug Trouten Elite user Minnesota 471 Posts |
A family Bible owned by the Weiss family and signed by Houdini (as Ehrich Weiss) and his father has been donated to "The House of Houdini," a Budapest museum dedicated to the escape artist's life. Here's a link to a story about the Bible.
Here's a broader story about the new museum. (For those who are interested, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.c., also has many books from Houdini's personal library, including a family Bible. I had an opportunity to look through their collection years ago, during a trip to D.C.)
It's still magic even if you know how it's done.
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Anatole Inner circle 1912 Posts |
That's very curious considering that it is a Bible, not a Torah or Tanakh.
As the article notes: "Though the Weisz family were Jewish, one of their prized possessions was a bible." Houdini himself did send out Christmas cards--like the one shown at these links: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c......374d.jpg and https://p2.liveauctioneers.com/928/36304/15176724_1_l.jpg ----- Amado "Sonny" Narvaez
----- Sonny Narvaez
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