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HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz, 1874 - 1926). Group of News Clippings Sent to De Vega, Several Signed by Houdini. V.p., 1922-6. Nine cuttings from American newspapers with content related to Houdini, including three clippings SIGNED (“Regards/Houdini”), two in graphite, one in ink. These clippings were sent by Houdini to his friend and contemporary magician De Vega (Alexander Mackay Stewart, 1892 - 1971). The last clipping, from the Knickerbocker Press, 13 October 1926, contains an article on “grit,” and relates to Houdini’s accident at the Capitol Theatre in Albany, two days earlier, when Houdini broke his ankle while performing the Chinese Water Torture Cell: “the name Houdini assumes a new equivalent—grit.” Other clippings from the New York Herald Tribune, Wisconsin State Journal, Los Angeles Times and The Sun (New York), and include reporting on Houdini’s escapes, Houdini and Conan Doyle, debunking spirit mediums, a Houdini book review, and more. Clippings folded and with scattered nicks, tears, and losses.