Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I

[Houdini] The Flight of Time. New York: Rudolph Schlosser (later modified by Douglas Geoffrey), ca. 1924. Five large alarm clocks vanish from the magician’s hands, one-at-a-time, after being lifted from a tray. As each clock vanishes, it reappears visibly from a chain hanging from a board mounted to a skeleton frame some distance across the stage. Length of larger board 51". Clock diameter 4". See Salon de Magie, page 185. Houdini performed an eight-clock version of the Flight of Time, as did his brother, Hardeen. Houdini presented the effect on his final American tour, and Hardeen presented it both at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City and as part of the Olsen & Johnson Hellzapoppin revue. Later, Hardeen’s successor, Douglas Geoffrey, used the original parts of Houdini’s prop to construct this five-clock version of the effect.