[King of handcuffs text, ca. 1900].

Teale, Oscar S. (Oscar Schutte), 1848-1927, former owner., McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · 1900 · 1900. · 5 pictures

This is a circa 1900 promotional text about Houdini, the escape artist, compiled in the McManus-Young Collection at the Library of Congress from a collection formerly owned by Oscar S. Teale, aimed at audiences of magic shows in London and England. The pictures show a performer posed with handcuffs and chains in staged photographs, a head portrait, and a caricature titled King of Handcuffs, which a designer might use for vintage showbill or advertising imagery built on exaggerated caricature and stark studio photography.

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