Here are a few pictures I took in 1981 and September 1985 when visiting the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame, Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, Canada. Unfortunately, fire destroyed the museum on April 30, 1995. I was fortunate enough to visit the museum three times before that happened.

While some of the original photos were out of focus, I made some minor corrections to the scans, so these images look a bit better. In any event, I think you'll appreciate them. Ultimately, I plan to format this page so it looks like an antique photo album. Until then, please enjoy these pictures simply for their nostalgic value.

Tom

Back to Houdini in The New York Times

1981

Exterior, Side (312 KB)

Exterior, Clifton Hill Side (328 KB)

Exterior, Corner Shot (328 KB)

Young Houdini's Small Apparatus (356 KB)

Next to the Water Torture Cell (321 KB)

Packing Case for Underwater Escape (240 KB)

Next to Famous Publicity Photo (294 KB)

Restraint Device and Houdini Bust (345 KB)

Handcuff Collection (262 KB)

Handcuff Collection (408 KB)

Handcuff Collection (302 KB)

Blackstone's Chair Suspension (278 KB)

Blackstone's Chair Suspension, Tom Being Goofy (301 KB)

(More 1981 Images to Come)

September 1985

From the Outside (174 KB)

Panoramic View from the Outside (457 KB)

Tom Outside (250 KB)

Tom Outside (214 KB)

Bench Advertisement (353 KB)

Entrance (228 KB)

Entrance (337 KB)

Water Torture Cell (249 KB)

Handcuff Collection (212 KB)

Handcuff Collection (223 KB)

Handcuff Collection (116 KB)

Packing Case for Underwater Escape (215 KB)

Young Houdini's Small Apparatus (408 KB)

Young Houdini's Small Apparatus (413 KB)

Young Houdini's Small Apparatus (324 KB)

Young Houdini's Trunk (585 KB)

Young Houdini's Trunk (365 KB)

The Decapitation (377 KB)

Dorothy Dietrich Display (286 KB)

Making a Houdini T-Shirt (171 KB)

Ephemera (171 KB)

Ephemera (198 KB)

Ephemera (129 KB)

Ephemera (137 KB)

Ephemera (161 KB)

Ephemera (132 KB)

Ephemera (125 KB)

Buried Alive Poster (165 KB)

Ephemera (155 KB)

Original Poster (134 KB)

Posters, Cross Escape (122 KB)

Poster (146 KB)

Ephemera (165 KB)

Ephemera (154 KB)

Ephemera (134 KB)

Ephemera (163 KB)

Props (142 KB)

(More September 1985 Images to Come)

TOP