Caption:
Houdini introduced his escape from a giant milk can filled with water in St. Louis in 1908. That same year he took the wildly popular new feat on tour in the United States, England, and Germany. Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926) was a Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. No photographer credited, 1908 (cropped and cleaned).