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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Houdini in Chains in "Terror Island"
1920
Harry Houdini, world famous escape artist who spent his boyhood in Appleton, Wisconsin, sitting in a chair wrapped in chains in a scene from the silent film "Terror Island." The film featured sever...
Houdini on a Rope in "Terror Island"
1920
Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was designed to showcase his special talents.
"Speedy Meade" Scene Still
1919
Scene still from the Betzwood Film Co. silent film "Speedy Meade," featuring Louis Bennison as Speedy Meade.
Houdini, Harry
Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive.
Portrait of Harry Houdini
1919
Quarter-length studio portrait of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini.
"The Intrusion of Isabel" Scene Still
1919
Scene still from the American Film Co. silent film "The Intrusion of Isabel," featuring Alan Forrest (playing Jack Craig) and Mary Miles Minter (playing Isabel Trevor).
