ca. 1870’s, [double exposure, tintype portrait of a woman accompanied by a spirit]
via Luminous Lint, from the Andrew Daneman Collection of American Tintypes
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ca. 1870’s, [double exposure, tintype portrait of a woman accompanied by a spirit]
via Luminous Lint, from the Andrew Daneman Collection of American Tintypes
ca. 1880, [tintype portrait of a gentleman with a spectral apparition]
via the Northern Light Gallery, Andrew Daneman Collection of American Tintypes
ca. 1860-70’s, [carte de visite portrait John Nesbit being attended to by the apparition of his dead wife], William Mumler
Happy Halloween, everyone! Today, Historical Indulgences will feature a few tags from the blog in spirit of the season: spirit, post mortem, emotive or otherwise photo-manipulated antique images.
ca. 1860-90, [spirit tintype, portrait of a woman reading a letter with a ghostly figure looming behind]
ca. 1860-70’s. [carte de visite portrait of John Nisbit being attended to by the apparition of his dead wife], William H. Mumler
ca. 1902, [Cabinet Card of Cabinet Card Surrounded by Spirits], Robert Boursnell
ca. 1902, [Self-portrait of Robert Boursnell surrounded by spirits], Robert Boursnell
ca. 1860’s, [carte de visite spirit portrait with Harry Gordon, first American medium credited with levitation], William Mumler
ca. 1861, “John J. Glover”, William Mumler
ca. 1861, “Mrs. Tinkman”, William Mumler
ca. 1873, [portrait of Pierre-Gattan Leymarie, editor of La Revue Spirite, with a friend & the spirit of Edouard Poiret], Edouard Buguet
ca. 1860’s, [tintype portrait of a gentleman and a child spirit]
ca. 1895-96, [portrait of spiritualist J. H. Evans with a spirit child], Robert Boursnell
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