ectoplasm

A supernatural viscous substance that is supposed to exude from the body of a medium during a trance and form the material for the manifestation of spirits.
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HOW TO HAVE A SEANCE: TRICKS OF FRAUDULENT MEDIUMS
HOW TO HAVE A SEANCE: TRICKS OF FRAUDULENT MEDIUMS
The Spirit Photographs of William Hope
Taken by William Hope. In 1905 he became supposedly captured the image of a ghost while photographing a friend. He went on to found the Crewe Circle – a group of 6 spirit photographers. After World War I grieving relatives of those lost to the war sought a means of contacting their loved ones. Hope moved to London and became a professional medium. He was substituting glass plates bearing ghostly images in order to produce his spirit photographs.
Souvenir Spirit Photograph from the Johnstown Flood
"Steven Studio 318 Broad St. Johnstown PA." Pencilled on the back is the caption, "Anna and Spirit pechirt (picture?) April 1924".
Edward Steichen-Profile , Camera Work Steichen Supplement, 1906
Des photographies anciennes de fantômes
Photographies anciennes de fantômes
THE SKULL ILLUSION Archives - SEX, DEATH, ROCK'N'ROLL
Victorian spirit photography II