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The article discusses how spiritualism was used to help resurrect the dead through manipulated photography in the 19th-century. Also cited are the launching by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre of his pioneering photographic process in the 1840s, the photographs of William H. Mumler showing alleged ghost...

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Publicado en:History Today Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 54 - 62
Autores principales: Barry, Anna Maria, Snailham, Fiona
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: History Today Ltd. Feb2022
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Sumario:The article discusses how spiritualism was used to help resurrect the dead through manipulated photography in the 19th-century. Also cited are the launching by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre of his pioneering photographic process in the 1840s, the photographs of William H. Mumler showing alleged ghosts, and how Mumler used spirit photography as a business during the American Civil War.