LoC Appreciation SocietyJan 3

Billy Gibson, H.Y. Steffen, Theo. Hardeen, Leonard Hicks, Willie Ritchie, Emil Thiry [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
Bain News Service
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. | Photo shows Willie Richie (born Gerhardt Anthony Steffen) who was the world lightweight boxing champion from 1912 to 1914. In 1914 he sailed to London to face British lightweight champion Freddie Welsh. Also in photograph is Hungarian magician Theodore Hardeen, the brother of Harry Houdini. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

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🟡 Mentalist Supreme Hardeen, Brother of Houdini & Mystery Girl 1931⁣
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Mentalist Supreme Hardeen, Brother of Houdini & Mystery Girl 1931

“On the stage – in person, Hardeen, brother of Houdini, handcuffs and jails will not hold him : the greatest mystery show of all times. Mentalist supreme. Princess Yvonne, the mystery girl.” Classic advertisement/poster, issued c. 1931.