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Houdini upside down hanging trick

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Houdini Begins Performing Upside-Down Straitjacket Escapes. One of Houdini's most popular publicity stunts was to have himself strapped into a regulation straitjacket and suspended by his ankles from a tall building or crane.

Performance, 1907

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Houdini is secured in a straitjacket

Harry Houdini suspended upside down in a straightjacket

Suspended upside down from a building

His arms untied, Houdini begins to shed his straightjacket

Houdini, suspended from atop Keith's Theater, across the street from the Treasury Building, draws a crowd to witness his upside down straitjacket escape.

Crowds in the thousands looked up to see Houdini do his upside-down straitjacket escapes. This is what Houdini saw when he looked down.

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1917

New York Tribune Article

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