print email comment close AKA Houdini URL: http://www.akahoudini.org Description: This exhibit provides biographical material about Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weiss), covering his childhood ("He told fans that he was born in Appleton, Wisconsin, but his real birthplace was Budapest, Hungary."), his rise to fame as an escape artist, his interest in psychic fraud, and his death at the age of 52. Features photos, video clips, teaching materials, and games and projects. From the Outagamie County Historical Society, Wisconsin. Publisher: Outagamie County Historical Society, Inc. Extra Keywords magic LII Database Information: Record 23541 created by Jennifer English on 03/15/2007 Last modification on 03/25/2007 Published: 03/21/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23541