During its heyday, on the brightly-lit stage of the Hippodrome, Houdini made a 10,000-pound elephant disappear.
He created a sensation. When Houdini fired a pistol, Jennie vanished from view.
The building was torn down in 1939.
The White Studio photo is of Houdini & Jennie
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Friday, September 07, 2012
From Chic Silber #6
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3 comments:
Might the sacred scrolls have any
history of this elephant & who
trained it to work with "Harry"
Yes,tell us more!!!!
According to Jim Steinmeyer in his book "Hiding The Elephant", Jennie was part of the Powers Troupe.
Houdini also repeated the illusion with a smaller elephant named Baby, some time later at the Times square Theatre as promotion for a movie.
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