Type: Gelatin Silver Print

An 1890s spirit photograph by an unknown photographer featuring an unidentified woman and five spirits.

A 1930s spirit photograph by The Falconer Brothers. The photograph features two vases of flowers and a spirit surrounded by ectoplasm.

A 1900s spirit photograph by an unknown photographer featuring an unidentified man and four spirits.

A 1923 spirit photograph by Alexander Martin featuring Harry Houdini and five spirits. Houdini declared the spirit photograph fraudulent, stating: I have not the slightest doubt that Mr. Martin’s Spirit photographs were simply double exposures. I think his method was to cut out various pictures, place them on a background and make an exposure. His plates were then ready for his next sitter, which in the above instance was myself. Being an expert photographer he might have used the original wet plate method of making an exposure, developing it, washing the emulsion off the plate and refinishing it with a new emulsion but I am convinced that the two Spirit photos which he made of me were simply double exposures.…

A 1920s spirit photograph by The Falconer Brothers. The photograph features Craig Falconer, an unidentified woman, and two spirits surrounded by ectoplasm.

A 1930s spirit photograph by an unknown photographer featuring an unidentified and five spirits.

A 1890s spirit photograph by an unknown photographer featuring an unidentified man and three spirits.

A 1909 spirit photograph by Edward Wyllie featuring Mrs. James Coates, John Auld, and a spirit. The back of the photograph bears the inscription "1909 / A ___ picture. Wyllie Psychic. / Spirit form recognized. / Taken in Rothesay / Mrs. Coates / Mr. John Auld of Glasgow" James Coates (c. 1927) – British writer on Spiritualism and spirit photography. He contributed articles to Light and Two Worlds and was the author of the book Photographing the Invisible.

A 1909 spirit photograph by Edward Wyllie featuring John Auld and the spirit of his brother-in-law. The back of the photograph bears the inscription "Mr. Auld / Extra - his brother in law / Mr. Wylie Photo".

A 1933 spirit photograph by John Myers featuring an unidentified man and woman, and four spirits surrounded by ectoplasm.