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Archiving the Afterlife
Type: Gelatin Silver Print
Woman & 5 Spirits
Unknown
1890s
An 1890s spirit photograph by an unknown photographer featuring an unidentified woman and five spirits.
Flowers & Spirit
Craig & George Falconer
1930s
A 1930s spirit photograph by The Falconer Brothers. The photograph features two vases of flowers and a spirit surrounded by ectoplasm.
Man & 4 Spirits
Unknown
1900s
A 1900s spirit photograph by an unknown photographer featuring an unidentified man and four spirits.
Harry Houdini & 5 Spirits
Alexander Martin
May 10, 1923
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.…
Craig Falconer and Woman and 2 Spirits
Craig & George Falconer
1920s
A 1920s spirit photograph by The Falconer Brothers. The photograph features Craig Falconer, an unidentified woman, and two spirits surrounded by ectoplasm.
Man & 5 Spirits
Unknown
1930s
A 1930s spirit photograph by an unknown photographer featuring an unidentified and five spirits.
Man & 3 Spirits
Unknown
1890s
A 1890s spirit photograph by an unknown photographer featuring an unidentified man and three spirits.
Mrs. James Coates & John Auld & Spirit
Edward Wyllie
1909
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.
John Auld & Spirit of Brother-in-Law
Edward Wyllie
1909
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".
Man & Woman & 4 Spirits
John Myers
1933
A 1933 spirit photograph by John Myers featuring an unidentified man and woman, and four spirits surrounded by ectoplasm.
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