Houdini & Daily MIrror Challenge - handcuffs 1904
The handcuffs with which the Daily Mirror challenged Harry Houdini at the London Hippodrome in March 1904. The cuff was allegedly made by a Birmingham blacksmith, Nathaniel Hart, who had spent five years perfecting its locks. On 17 March, Houdini, the so-called Handcuff King, was manacled into the cuffs and took over an hour to escape in front of a packed theatre. There are various conspiracy theories about how Houdini managed the escape and it is possible he and the Mirror colluded together
Picture No
12907333
Media ID
46125623
Size
3537px x 6305px
(2.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Tatler', 23 March 1904, page 470
Date
1904
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