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  Plaque to Richard Whitbourne in Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador. Scan

  from Richard Whitbourne's Mermaid in St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland (1610)

  RIS 5 SN Se ~'==5" SIRRICHARD WHITBOURNE ~~ ~~ Active in the Newfoundland trade and fishery from 1579, this Devonshire mariner and merchant was an early advocate‘ of colonization. He was commissioned by the High Court of Admiralty ~ in 1615 to investigate conflicts between fishermen and settlers, ~ …

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  Broadside advertising a touring appearance by D. Webster Eddy, one of the Eddy Brothers from Chittenden, c. 1875 Scan

  G.E. Lyman & Co., Printers, Boston; Vermont Historical Society ·from The Eddy Brothers' Materialisation Séances at Spirit Vale, Chittenden (1874)

  Manifestations! D. WEBSTER EDDY, One of the celebrated Eddy Brothers, from Chittendon, Vt., (where thousands of spirits have been recognized by their friends from all parts of the world, and who are well-known in every city in the land, for the wonderful power they possess,) will be present in this …

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  Seating plan for the eighth séance with Eusapia Palladino, Naples, 10 December 1908. Scan

  Frank Podmore, The Newer Spiritualism (Henry Holt, 1910) ·from Eusapia Palladino's Naples sittings for the SPR committee of Feilding, Baggally and Carrington (1908) (1908)
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  Patience Worth séance typescript, Volume 1, page 1 (thumbnail) Scan

  Missouri Historical Society ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  Patience Worth séance typescript, Volume 1, page 5, with the July 8, 1913 entry (thumbnail) Scan

  Missouri Historical Society ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  Houdini, Malcolm Bird, Mina Crandon and O. D. Munn, 1924 Scan

  Houdini pamphlet, Adams Press, 1924 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Mina Crandon with "ectoplasm" on her face Scan

  Stanley De Brath, The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism, 1930 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Portrait of the medium Mina Crandon Scan

  S. R. Morgan, Index to Psychic Science, 1950 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  The "spirit" hand, later said to be made from carved animal liver, from a séance outside the 1924 prize sittings Scan

  Anonymous ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Portrait of Mina Crandon, 1924 Scan

  Malcolm Bird, 1925 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Stereograph of "Margery" Crandon exuding "ectoplasm" during a test séance, 1925 Scan

  Society for Psychical Research / Cambridge University Library (MS SPR/39/15) ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Dr Le Roi Goddard Crandon Scan

  R. G. Pressing, 1947 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Walter Stinson Scan

  R. G. Pressing, Houdini Unmasked, 1947 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  The "spirit" hand at a séance, early 1920s Scan

  Unknown author ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  A "Walter" thumbprint in dental wax, later matched to the dentist Frederick Caldwell Scan

  Stanley De Brath, 1930 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Mina Crandon with Harry Houdini, 1924 Scan

  Malcolm Bird, "Margery" the Medium, 1925 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  A "materialized hand" making a thumbprint in dental wax Scan

  Stanley De Brath, 1930 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Automatic writing from the Margery séances Scan

  Stanley De Brath, 1930 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Prince, Comstock, Crandon, Munn and Houdini, 1924 Scan

  Houdini pamphlet, 1924 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Dovercourt House, formerly the Sovereign Hall, on Dovercourt Road today Scan

  ACO Toronto ·from Toronto Morality Squad seizes a "materialised spirit" at Rev. Arthur Hildreth's séance, Sovereign Hall, Dovercourt Road, Toronto (1925) (1925)
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  The spirit of Dovercourt Road (Toronto Daily Star) Scan

  Toronto Daily Star, via Adam Bunch ·from Toronto Morality Squad seizes a "materialised spirit" at Rev. Arthur Hildreth's séance, Sovereign Hall, Dovercourt Road, Toronto (1925) (1925)
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  Officer Sam Wilson of the Morality Squad Scan

  City of Toronto Archives ·from Toronto Morality Squad seizes a "materialised spirit" at Rev. Arthur Hildreth's séance, Sovereign Hall, Dovercourt Road, Toronto (1925) (1925)
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  Portrait of the medium Arthur Ford Scan

  Wikimedia Commons ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  1948 Houdini séance with Walter B. Gibson, Sidney Radner, Bob Lund, Litska Raymond and Chrystal Dunninger Scan

  from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Bess Houdini and Eddie Saint preparing for the 1936 séance Scan

  American Hauntings ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Photostat of the statement Bess Houdini signed on 9 January 1929 affirming Ford's message Scan

  Libbet Crandon de Malamud Collection, courtesy Anna Thurlow; published by John Cox, Wild About Harry ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Time-exposure photo of the 1936 final Houdini séance on a Hollywood hotel roof Scan

  Bettmann / Getty Images ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  The copy of Bess Houdini's statement that Francis R. Fast sent to Dr. and Mrs. Crandon Scan

  Libbet Crandon de Malamud Collection, courtesy Anna Thurlow; published by John Cox, Wild About Harry ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)

  To D. P. 100th G. Anderson From: Jacques P. fast. NEW YORK CITY JAN.9TH,1929. REGARDLESS OF ANY STATE- MENTS MADE TO THE CONTRARY, I WISH TO DECLARE THAT THE MESSAGE, IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND IN THE AGREED UPON SEQUENCE, GIVEN TO ME BY ARTHUR FORD, IS THE CORRECT MESSAGE PRE- ARRANGED DETWEEN MR. HOUDIN…

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  Context only: Houdini's double-exposure "Lincoln ghost" demonstration photo, not of this case Scan

  Bettmann / Getty Images ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Bess Houdini holding hands with Dr. Edward Saint at a later séance; Saint holds handcuffs whose combination only Houdini knew Scan

  Bettmann / Getty Images ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Harry and Bess Houdini Scan

  American Hauntings ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  R101 diagram 2, Eileen J. Garrett Collection, Box 8 Scan

  UMBC Special Collections, Eileen J. Garrett Collection ·from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  R101 diagram 1, Eileen J. Garrett Collection, Box 8 Scan

  UMBC Special Collections, Eileen J. Garrett Collection ·from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  Flight Lieutenant H. Carmichael Irwin, captain of the R101 Scan

  from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  Eileen J. Garrett Scan

  from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  Sir Sefton Brancker Scan

  from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  R101 diagram 3, Eileen J. Garrett Collection, Box 8 Scan

  UMBC Special Collections, Eileen J. Garrett Collection ·from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  Lord Thomson Scan

  from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  Newspaper clipping about the R101 Scan

  UMBC Special Collections, Eileen J. Garrett Collection ·from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  The R101 at its mooring before the crash Scan

  from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  Harry Price Scan

  from The R101 Séance: Eileen Garrett and the Voice of Flight Lieutenant Irwin (1930)
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  Planchette writing from the Borley séances. Scan

  UMBC Special Collections, Garrett Collection ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  The fictional Philip Aylesford, drawn by séance participant Andy Henwood Scan

  History vs Hollywood ·from The Philip Experiment: Toronto Sitters Conjure an Invented Ghost (1972)
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  Exterior of the Sunnyvale Toys "R" Us store, 2010 Scan

  Wayne Hsieh (whsieh78) ·from The haunted Toys "R" Us séance, Sunnyvale, California (1978) (1978)
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  Montague Keen, SPR investigator and co-author of the Scole Report. Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia ·from The Scole Experiment: lights and séances in a Norfolk cellar (1993)
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  Robin Foy, founder of the Scole Experimental Group. Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia ·from The Scole Experiment: lights and séances in a Norfolk cellar (1993)
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  Photograph of a sitting for physical phenomena of mediumship at Scole, Norfolk. Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia ·from The Scole Experiment: lights and séances in a Norfolk cellar (1993)