AN EXTRAORDINARY LADY SWORD SWALLOWER

A rare and wonderfully vivid poster depicting Edith Clifford’s remarkable sword-swallowing act.  In his Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, Ricky Jay offers perhaps the best and most extensive account of Clifford’s act, making reference to this poster, which is illustrated in color:  Houdini states that Mlle. Clifford was.....