Historical Indulgences

ca. 1902, [Cabinet Card of Cabinet Card Surrounded by Spirits], Robert Boursnell

via Photo_History, Flickr

ca. 1902, [Self-portrait of Robert Boursnell surrounded by spirits], Robert Boursnell

via Photo_History, Flickr

ca. 1860’s, [carte de visite spirit portrait with Harry Gordon, first American medium credited with levitation], William Mumler

via Photo_History, Flickr

ca. 1861, “John J. Glover”, William Mumler

via the J. Paul Getty Museum

ca. 1861, “Mrs. Tinkman”, William Mumler

via the J. Paul Getty Museum

ca. 1873, [portrait of Pierre-Gattan Leymarie, editor of La Revue Spirite, with a friend & the spirit of Edouard Poiret], Edouard Buguet

via Gargantuan Sound, Flickr

ca. 1860’s, [tintype portrait of a gentleman and a child spirit]

via Jack and Beverly’s Spirit Photographs

ca. 1895-96, [portrait of spiritualist J. H. Evans with a spirit child], Robert Boursnell

via Photo_History, Flickr

ca. 1900, [portrait of a gentleman with a spirit]

via the Royal Pavilion and Brighton Museums on Flickr

ca. 1875, [carte de visite portrait of a gentleman with a spirit over his shoulder], William Mumler

via Piedmont Fossil, Flickr

ca. 1865, [Woman’s spirit behind table with photograph]

via the George Eastman House Collection on Flickr

ca. 1895-96, “Spirit of a lady unknown curiously robed in flowers. Empyreal [sic] light on the sitter.” , Richard Boursnell and J. Evans Sterling

via Luminous Lint, Courtesy of Larry Gottheim: Be-Hold

ca. 1893, “The Haunted Lovers”, Underwood and Underwood

via I Photo Central

ca. 1905, [Double exposure, “spirit” photograph], G.S. Smallwood

via the Library of Congress