![]() "When did he first perform the upside down jacket?.In late March, 1910, Houdini moved to the Tivoli Theatre, (later to be the Embassy Theatre)in Castleton Street, Sydney (Australia). I also found this in Patrick Culliton's "Houdini Unlocked" There exists a few movie clips of suspended escapes, one particular one dated 1919, in Times Square New York.Īll the above information can be found in the "Illustrated Houdini Research Diaries", by Frank Koval. November 5 1917.Broadway and 45th to 46th Streets, New York. March 7 1917.Bronwell Building, Providence RI November 29 1916.County Jail Room, Grand Rapids MIĭecember 20 1916.John Harkness Brown Building, Cleveland OHįebruary 28 1917.B.F.Keith's Building, Boston MA ![]() November 15 1916.Pickering Building, Cincinnati OH November 6th 1916.Sun Building, Pittsburch PA Between 19, Shirk set eight world records, including the fastest time to escape from a strait jacket (4.53 seconds) and worlds fastest jail break. October 31st 1916.Erie Canal and Exchange St, Rochester NY While playing a major role in Indianapolis radio during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and early 2000s, Shirk was also making his mark in the escape artist industry. March 30th 1916.Longacre Square Battery, New York This man is hanging upside-down in a straitjacket Escape artist Scott Hammells tribute to Houdini was captured in Elora, Ontario, Canada at the OWOW Magic Festival Sports - TimTaj. March 16 1916.Milwaukee Journal Building. RM AC0N71 Western Australia Perth Murray Street Street artist performing famous Houdini Strait Jacket Escape act RM E0YH5M Model Wearing Straight Jersey Jacket Pants and Leche Boots RM B8GX82 A street performer attempts to escape from a straight jacket as a stunt during his skit. Escape-artist Scott Hammell tribute to houdini at our magicfestival magictrick discoveron'. January 17-22 1916.The News Building, Commerce and Lammar Streets, Dallas TX Now we come to DEFINITE outside suspended escapes September 30th, 1915, Minneapolis, still no details. Again no details about how it was presented. The next date I have is September 6th 1914 in Kansas City. No mention of any outdoor stunts when he played the UK, until much later, but no mention of a suspended Strait Jacket escape in the UK at all.įirst UK mention, was April 17-22, 1911, Burnley Palace Theatre, on stage in full view of the audience. I would think it would have been a standing escape on stage, and not outdoors as a publicity stunt. The first mention of a Strait Jacket escape I have is September 23-28 at the Melini Theatre, Hanover, in 1901, but it is not mentioned whether it was a suspended escape.
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