Today is the birthday of the seminal magician Harry Kellar; for my full autobiographical squib on him go here. Below, a rare 1917 clip of him meeting with Houdini: To find out about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever nutty [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:35AM on July 11, 2012