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A new Strand Magazine piece, published for the first time, presents Houdini’s historical notes on early American magicians. The essays, drawn from Houdini’s own papers, illuminate a waning era of vaudeville and the ambitions of a self-made icon who died on Halloween in 1926, prompting renewed public interest and commemorations.