Mediumship Collection (page 5)

Undated photograph showing ectoplasm forming
Undated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (v)

Photograph of a reconstruction of one of the teleplasmic ha
Photograph of a reconstruction of one of the teleplasmic " hands" or pseudopods, often witnessed at the Rudi Schneider sances, 1929

Undated photograph of enlarged piece of teleplasm
Undated photograph of enlarged piece of " teleplasm" consisting of ordinary paper, secured from Helen Duncan during a sance, with scale annotations

Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded
Undated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing " ectoplasm" and a " hand". The photograph is annotated to show fraudulence

Photograph of electrical counter-poise table for taking automatic photographs, 8 March 1932. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into the mediumistic

Photograph of undervest, masquerading as the spirit Pegg
Photograph of undervest which, masquerading as the spirit " Peggy", led to the Scottish medium Helen Duncans conviction for fraudulent mediumship at Edinburgh, 11 May 1933

Money for the Helen Duncan seance
Photograph of envelope with the following written upon it: " Received from Miss Maule, The sum of Four Pounds, 5th January 1933, for tonights sance. Helen Duncan", January 1933

Five tags attached to the undervest
Photograph of the five tags attached to the undervest, signed by witnesses at the Edinburgh exposure of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan, 11 May 1933

Mediums William and Ira Davenport
Undated illustration of American mediums and spiritualists William and Ira Davenport. The Davenport Brothers were instrumental in building the popularity of the American Spiritualist movement prior

Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance
Photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance with " ectoplasm" wrapped around her head and reaching down to the floor, May 1931. HPG/1/4/2 (xi)"

Professor Christian Winther of Copenhagen University - Danish psychical researcher, associated with the Anna Rasmussen case. HPG/1/7/19 (v)

Undated photograph of enlarged portion of ectoplasm
Undated photograph of enlarged portion of " ectoplasm", showing rents, warps and weft. This is one of series of photographs of Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Helen

Dr and Mina Crandon
Mina and Dr Crandon photographed during a visit to England

Willi & Rudi Schneider
The Schneider Family, with Rudi (second right) and his brother Willi (far right) - the Austrain spiritualist physical mediums pictures with their parents

Schneider Seance / Price
Rudi Schneider sitting in seance with Harry Price, who conducted experiments into his spiritualist powers

Medium / Mrs Tomson

Mrs Tomson - Medium
Medium Mrs Tomson - who was studied by Harry Price

William Eglinton noted spirit medium, specialising in materialisations

Houdini and Cabinet
Cover of a pamphlet by Houdini in which he exposes the tricks whereby Margery produces her extraordinary phenomena

Davenport Publicity
The World-Renowned DAVENPORT BROTHERS will appear in their Extraordinary Wonders at Pikes Opera Hall, Cincinnati - mediumship ? or magic ?

Poster: Davenport Seance
A poster giving the synopsis of an evening of entertainment including two demonstration seances by Ira Davenport & Fay who pretended to be spirit mediums but used stage tricks

Davenport Leaflet Russia
A handbill for seances in Russia by brothers William and Ira Davenport who pretended to be spirit mediums but were actually clever stage magicians

Houdini Exposes Trick
Houdini demonstrates how with the help of an assistant, a skilful medium can exchange a blank slate for a marked one in mid-seance

Materialisation ?
An unidentified medium causes a spirit to materialise. If you can help us identify the who, when and where, we would be grateful

Cook Materialisation
The medium Florence Cook causes her spirit Katie King to materialise at the home of William Crookes

Moss Photographs H Price
A spirit photograph of Harry Price taken by George Moss who subsequently confessed to creating fake pictures (such as this one)

Lizzie Davenport
Lizzie (mrs Blandy), sister of stage magicians William & Ira Davenport, seeing what money was to be made, went into show business too, advertising seances at Boston

Davenport Poster
Poster for the brothers William and Ira Davenport, who pretended to be spirit mediums but were actually clever stage magicians

Kluski Spirit Glove 2
Cast made from a spirit glove created at Warsaw by Franek Kluski (pseudonym) (1874 - ?) in the presence of Richet, Geley and others

Rudi Schneider Pk
Austrian medium Rudi Schneider demonstrates during a sitting for Harry Price his ability to move a handkerchief by psychokinesis

Kluski Spirit Glove 3
Wax glove of a materialised hand created at Warsaw by Franek Kluski (pseudonym) (1874 - ?) in the presence of Richet, Geley and others

Stella Cranshawe 3
Full length portrait of Stella Cranshawe, spirit medium, holding a child in her arms

Davenports in Poland
Stage magicians William and Ira Davenport toured the world pretending to be spirit mediums : a poster for their performances in Poland

Stella Cranshawe 2
Full length portrait of Stella Cranshawe, spirit medium, aboard a channel steamer in 1923

Madame Olivia Medium
Portrait of Madame Olivia - South American psychical medium

Rudi in Braunau
Austrian medium Rudi Schneider on the couch in the seance room at the Schneider home, Braunau

Slade Test Room
Slades mediumistic powers were tested by Johann Zollner in this room belonging to baron Hoffman at Leipzig, Germany. The results were striking - but fraudulent

Rudi Schneider Test
Tested in London by Harry Price, Austrian medium Rudi Schneider ostensibly moves a handkerchief by psychokinesis, but the findings are not conclusive

Mrs Tomson Tested
Alleged medium Mrs Tomsons claim that she could lose weight paranormally is tested by sir Hiram Maxim at his factory in Norwood, south London

Maria Silbert Psychic
Austrian medium Maria Silbert (died 1936) who produced many remarkable phenomena but was discovered by Harry Price to use trickery on occasion

Mitzi and Rudi
Austrian medium Rudi Schneider with his girlfriend Mitzi Mange

Rudi and Mitzi
Austrian medium Rudi Schneider with his girlfriend Mitzi Mange, during a pause in his football practice at Brunau

Aloisia Scharf
Austrian medium Aloysia Scharf who produced rap sounds, seemingly by paranormal means

Price Flashlight
Harry Price used this automatic flashlight during his sittings with Austrian medium Rudi Schneider at London : it may have detected Rudi cheating

Willi Schneider + Friend
Austrian medium Willi Schneider with May Walker in the street at Brunau

Slade Tested - 2
A drawing shows how Slade used slight-of-hand to perform his slate-writing trick

Eileen Garrett
EILEEN GARRETT English medium, writer and researcher

Spirit Photo - Buguet
Reverse of a carte-de-visite spirit photograph by Edouard Buguet

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