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Listen: David Copperfield Gives a Tour of the "Summer of Magic" Exhibit At NYHS

Handcuffs used by Harry Houdini for the London Daily Mirror challenge, 1904. (Photo by Homer Liwag)


Harry Houdini’s Metamorphosis Trunk, ca. 1900. Copperfield Collection. (Photo: Glenn Castellano)


Broadside showing the Houdinis performing the Metamorphosis, 1895. Reproduction. Copperfield Collection.



Harry Houdini’s Milk Can, ca. 1908. Copperfield Collection. (Photo: Glenn Castellano)


Houdini preparing to perform the Milk Can escape, ca. 1908. Reproduction. Copperfield Collection.


Regulation straitjacket used by Harry Houdini, ca. 1920. Copperfield Collection. (Photo: Glenn Castellano)



Stage costume worn by Beatrice Houdini, early 1900s. Copperfield Collection. (Photo: Glenn Castellano)


Dress likely worn by Adelaide Herrmann, 1880–1910. Copperfield Collection. (Photo: Glenn Castellano)