Spirit Collection (page 4)

Message from the dead: Photograph of a medium during the reception of a spiritualistic message with a mask over his eyes. Date: 1908

Landing wines and spirits 1902
Unloading wine and spirit barrels from a ship. 1902

Satirical cartoon, Evacuation of Holland and Brabant. Showing General Charles-Francois Dumouriez retreating with the French army (in blue)

DAVENPORT POSTER 2
Poster for Ira Davenport, who returned to the stage after the death of his brother William : pretending to be spirit mediums they were skilful stage magicians. Date: 1894

MEDIUM IN TRANCE
A medium in trance calls up a spirit of the dead - cover of a popular French manual by Schemahni. Date: circa 1900

SAUL & WITCH OF ENDOR
Saul, king of Israel, consults the Witch of Endor to learn his destiny : the spirit of the dead Samuel reminds him of his shortcomings and foretells defeat and death for him

SCROOGE WITH SPIRIT
Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, who shows him his own dead body and grave. Date: First published: 1843

DEAD FIANCE DANCES
The spirit of an engaged girl who died before marriage dances at night until her fiance dies

THE FIREFLY GHOST
The spirit of Jimpachi avenges his wrongful death by manifesting as a swarm of fireflies who settle on the evil-doer and gradually smother him to death

JAPANESE FIREBALL
A fire-ball is seen from time to time on Lake Biwa, at Zeze, and is attributed to the spirit of a dead daimio (prince) Date: 1908

FIJI LIVE BURIAL
A Fiji king is buried alive, since, although he still moves, speaks and eats, his family believe his spirit has already left his body, and his movements are only mechanical Date: circa 1860

WILL OF THE WISP
WILL O THE WISP (feu follet, marsh light &c) depicted as a mischievous spirit, luring victims to an unpleasant death in the marsh circa 1830

A nisfen - a noisy spirit that disturbs Norwegian households unless placated with bowls of milk and so on Date: 1879

French spirit photographer Edouard Isidore Buguet (1840-1901) is cleared of evil fluids by a medium, before he takes a spirit photograph: he was convicted of fraud in 1874 Date: circa 1874

Home Spirit World Paranormal Mediumship 1887
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SPIRIT PHOTO HUDSON
A male sitter reads a book, unaware that a female spirit - possibly his dead mother - is hovering behind him. Date: circa 1872

LITTLE GEORGIE
How the Dead watch over the Living in America - when Little Georgie is in difficulty, he is protected by the spirit of his dead mother - Date: 1887

LURANCY VENNUM known as The Watseka Wonder American girl who was ostensibly possessed by the spirit of the dead Mary Roff Date: circa 1864 - ?

The Witch of Endor conjures up the spirit of Samuel at the request of Saul

Summoning the dead: the Witch of Endor and Samuel's spirit
The Witch of Endor conjures up the spirit of Samuel at the request of Saul. Date:

Apparitions: angels & the ghost of a lover comforts woman
The spirit of a dead man, accompanied by two angels, returns to Earth to comfort his surviving lover. Date: circa 1810

STUDENTS & SPIRIT
Two scholars, dabbling in the occult as scholars will, invoke a spirit of the dead - and are alarmed when their invocation is successful ! Date: circa 1850

Boeing T-43A 73-1153 Spirit of San Antonio
United States Air Force - Boeing T-43A 73-1153 Spirit of San Antonio (MSN 20700/357, 737-253), of the 562nd FTS. Date: circa 1990

Douglas R5D-4 Skymaster N500EJ Spirit of Freedom (MSN 27370, ex C-54E 44-9144), at the Las Vegas Golden Air Tattoo, on 26 April 1997

Curtiss P-47G Thunderbolt 42-25254
Curtiss P-47G-15-CU Thunderbolt 42-25254 (MSN 22148), painted as P-47D-5-RE 42-8487 Spirit of Atlantic City, N.J. Date: circa 2000

Douglas A-26B Invader N240P Spirit of Waco (msn 7140, ex 41-39427) Date: circa 1995

Douglas C-54E Skymaster N500EJ Spirit of Freedom (msn 27370, ex 44-9144) Date: circa 2000

Boeing 747-212B SX-OAC Olympic Spirit (msn 21683), of Olympic Airlines, on approach to Athens International Airport. Date: circa 1998

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit 80-1067 - AV-2
United States Air Force - Northrop Grumman B-2 Block 30 Spirit 80-1067 / AV-2 (msn 1002) Date: circa 2000

Maud Milton as The Spirit of the Lake in King Arthur Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Doctor and Scottish patient Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man in a restaurant with haggis Date: 20th century

Mediumship - a spirit perplexed 1853
A spirit perplexed. A woman visiting a medium requests she asks the spirit of her deceased husband Augustus where he put the receipt for a repaid claim. Date: 1853

The Famous Old Uam Var Scotch Whisky. Advert featuring a birthday among the Chelsea Pensioners. Date: 1900

Comic postcard, Little boy and barman Date: 20th century

Bjornstjerne Bjornson
A portrait of Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1832-1910). A Norwegian writer and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry

The English portrait painter John S. Eland painting the spirit of the dance represented by Dorothy Dilley seen in the Music Box Revue, New York, 1924 Date: 1924

Making a vessel of smoke for a dead Empress: burning the boat designed to carry the spirit of the late Empress Dowager Cixi of China across the river separating it from the heavenly Nirvana

Shield and weapons of the late 15th century. Shield with the coat of arms of Deggendorf, Bavaria A, B; Steitart or pole axe C, and Helmbarte or halberd D

People of the Osage Nation. Minckchtahooh or Little Soldier, 22, lower left, Gretomih, young woman, 18, upper left, and Kishagashugah or Little Chief, age 28, right

View of Saint Peters Basilica, Rome. Esterno di S. Pietro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Charles Robinson
Painting. So Light of Foot, So Light of Spirit. Artist: Charles Robinson Date: circa 1905

Air raid preparations at London gas station, September 1939
An extreme example of sandbagging in anticipation of air raids at a garage in North London. The Sphere jokes that " motorists have to look twice before they recognise the petrol pumps"

Bus conductor collecting fares from queuers, September 1939
London bus conductor collecting fares from passengers as they queue in the street in order to maximise efficiency. The reduction of bus services largely due to spirit rationing led to heavy queueing

Queueing due to reduced bus services, September 1939
Heavy queues in London due to reduced bus services to save fuel in times of spirit rationing, particularly in the mornings as people made their way to work

British soldiers smiling as they leave for France, Sept 1939
British soldiers photographed smiling as they leave their home for the Western Front, a few weeks into the Second World War

Sir Thomas Beecham leaving the War Office 1939
Photograph of famous conductor Sir Thomas Beecham as he leaves the War Office, after a discussion concerning entertainment provisions for soldiers, following the outbreak of war in September

Inside of ration book for motor spirit, September 1939
Coupons for petrol found inside a ration book issued by Surrey County Council, 5 September 1939. Petrol rations were based on the horsepower of a vehicle

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