Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Fox Sisters and Elisha Kent Kane
Four separate portraits are arranged in a rectangular group. Their captions identify Leah Fox Fish, Katie Fox Jencken, Margaret Fox Kane and Elisha Kent Kane. The arrangement accompanies Houdini’s account of the Fox sisters and the early history of Spiritualism.
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Photographer not identified. "The Fox Sisters and Elisha Kent Kane" [editorial title]. In A Magician Among the Spirits, Harry Houdini. First edition, 1924, Harper & Brothers. Source scan leaf 45. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0226-0037
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Photographer not identified. The Fox Sisters and Elisha Kent Kane. A Magician Among the Spirits. Scan leaf 45. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0226-0037