Tag Archives: Spirit Photography

Things That Go BUMP in the Parlor: Spiritualism, Lincoln, and a Happy Hallowe’en

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Meg Groeling

The tall, thin man with the sad face folded himself into an uncomfortable Italianate armchair in the Red Room of the Executive Mansion. “So this is our ‘little Nettie’ is it, that we have heard so much about? Well, how … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Spirit Photography

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Paige Gibbons Backus

As we near Halloween, thoughts of ghosts and spirits often come to the minds of visitors at historic places. I have recently started getting questions about ghosts, and this got me thinking about spirits “seen” by people in the 19th … Continue reading →

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