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Scrapbook chiefly of magazine clippings, with a few newspaper clippings and handbills, mainly on magic tricks; there are a few biographical articles. Some ms. in Plate's hand, completing otherwise incomplete articles. With inscriptions: Adrian Plate, 143 Liberty Str., New York; H. Houdini, May 25 [19]16. Ink stamp of W.F. Murray, stationery and blank books, N.Y.
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Bequest: Estate of Harry Houdini, April 1927.
Compiler was a Dutch-born magician who emigrated to the U.S. in 1877, best known for his mental magic. Co-authored Magicians' tricks (1910).