Houdini Seance Framed or Unframed:Framed 'If you let me stand

'If you let me stand here for a few minutes

By the time this photo appeared in The Times Magazine a few months later

Patriotic music from 400 bands "tingled the spines" of those who watched World War I veterans - "graying

temperatures dropped six degrees in 40 minutes

as the Russians cut off access to Berlin from the west

Houdini Seance Framed or Unframed:Framed 'If you let me standHarry Houdini exposes spiritualist methods of trickery during a mock seance to members of the New York Federation of Churches at the New York Hippodrome, Feb. 3, 1925. This Times photo shows Houdini as he demonstrated one method that is used in communication to William B. Millard, general secretary of the Federation. While Houdini's "foot" is held down by Millard, he shows how it is possible to ring a bell with his bare toes. It was reported in The