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Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Autograph Letter Signed, “Kellar,” to Harry Houdini. Los Angeles, Jan. 18, 1919. On two sides of a single sheet of pictorial stationery, concerning the magician D’Alvini (William Peppercorn), the S.A.M.’s request for a recent photo of Kellar, and case of the influenza from which Kellar and the surrounding city at large was suffering (“They are quarantining all cases and compelling people to stay indoors… I feel like H___”). “I note what you say of poor old Dalvini’s contracts and don’t blame you for feeling superstitious about them. He was a ‘Jonah’ to every one he worked for. Including the Kiralfys, Alexander Herrmann, and yours truly. He was a wonderful performer…but, he sure had a jinx for every employer.”