Special performance, Friday morning only, April 27, 1923, 11 a.m. : Houdini, the genius of escape (in person) who will startle and amaze, with a lecture on Fraud mediums and miracle mongers ...

Hillstreet Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.), Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) · 1923 · Los Angeles : Hillstreet Theatre, [1923] · 4 pictures

This is a 1923 theatre advertising flyer printed by the Hillstreet Theatre in Los Angeles for a special Friday morning performance by escape artist Harry Houdini, promoting his lecture on fraud mediums. The pictures show a bold block-letter headline, a small portrait of Houdini, a Junior Orpheum script logo, and a Los Angeles department store building beside vaudeville listings, offering a designer examples of heavy display lettering and dense newspaper-style ad layout.

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