Art, Symbol & Imagination
Houdini with So-Called Spirit Extras
Houdini’s portrait appears with additional pale faces or forms in the same photographic field. The superimposed presences create the effect described in the source as spirit extras. The caption credits Alexander Martin and dates the photograph to Denver, Colorado, on 10 May 1923; Houdini reproduces it within his examination of spirit photography.
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Alexander Martin. "Houdini with So-Called Spirit Extras" [editorial title]. In A Magician Among the Spirits, Harry Houdini. First edition, 1924, Harper & Brothers. Source scan leaf 189. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0226-0170
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Alexander Martin. Houdini with So-Called Spirit Extras. A Magician Among the Spirits. Scan leaf 189. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0226-0170