“Inescapable: The Life and Legacy of Harry Houdini” opens at the Jewish Museum of Maryland on June 24 and runs through Jan. 21, 2019. At the exhibition, visitors will be encouraged to experiment with and perform some of Houdini’s most celebrated tricks and illusions.
View some images from the exhibit below.
Houdini in Milk Crate (Library of Congress) 
On April 26, 1916, Houdini dazzled an estimated 50,000 people with one of his signature death-defying escape acts, dangling upside down in a straitjacket at the old Sun Square in downtown Baltimore, an estimated 60 feet above the sidewalk. (Courtesy of Maryland Historical Society) 
A 1907 portrait of Houdini flanked by his wife, Wilhelmina Beatrice “Bess” Rahner (right), and his mother, Cecilia Steiner Weiss. (Courtesy of Library of Congress) 
A vintage poster publicizing Houdini’s infamous Chinese water torture cell trick appeared on the vaudeville circuit. 
Houdini poster (Library of Congress)
Read more: JMM’s Houdini Exhibition Offers Insight Into the Life of the Enigmatic Illusionist
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