Though Houdini's fans included rich and poor, to the immigrant communities he was not just an entertainer, he was a "superhero" and one of the first major celebrities of the new media age, said Rapaport. The exhibition, she said, shows many of these props and reveals how the Hungarian-American's incredible stunts were grounded in the everyday life of the common man. Brooke Kamin Rapaport, curator, Jewish Museum on Houdini's tricks Once the secret is revealed, it's not as compelling "They weren't exotic props, for example the metamorphosis trunk is like a packing trunk or a steamer trunk that an immigrant community would have instant identification with," said Brooke Kamin Rapaport, curator of "Houdini: Art and Magic" at the Jewish Museum in New York. Houdini's stunts and tricks relied heavily on "magic apparatus" or stage props, including the "Metamorphosis Trunk," his handcuffs and the"Water Torture Cell," among others. "This is a guy that here it is, 85 years after his death, he is still as well known today - everybody knows who Houdini was," said Jeff Taylor, director of the American Museum of Magic in Marshall, Michigan. His infamous escapes - from straitjackets while suspended high in the air, and from coffins, locked trunks and outsize milk cans - made him a household name across the world at the beginning of the 20th century. (CNN) - Though he died nearly a century ago, the legendary illusionist Harry Houdini remains one of the best-known magicians of all time. Jeff Taylor, magic historian: "Truly, death was the ultimate escape for him".Exhibition includes diaries never seen by public before.Houdini used everyday objects in his stunts but made them extraordinary.Harry Houdini's infamous magic apparatus in New York exhibition.
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