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Houdini, harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Palace Theatre Packing Case Challenge. Dated October 21, 1914, and being a formal printed challenge issued by the Simpson-Crawford Corporation to Houdini, defying him to escape from a packing case made by the firm on stage at the theatre. 8 ½ x 5 ½”. Very good. The challenge states that owners of the firm “believe that we have discovered how you escape from packing cases…”. The Palace Theatre was America’s greatest vaudeville house.