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HOPE GROUP PHOTOConan Doyle (head tilted on left) is one of a group of psychical researchers who, when photographed by Charles Hope, turn out to have a spirit visitor. Date: 1920s ?
DOYLE IN SPIRIT PHOTOConan Doyles image turns up in a spirit photo done by Charles Hope (1863-1933). Hope was frequently accused of fraud, so this photograph may not be genuine. Date: 1920s
TOOLS / GAUGES ETC / 1889Various types of saw, gauge and screwdriver. Also included is a spirit level. Date: 1889
Spirit of ThunderLEI-KONG the spirit of Thunder Date: 1915
THE HEAVENS (KRAUS)Six angels take our Earth up into the Heavens, where God the Father and his son Jesus sit on the North Pole and the Spirit flutters above, while angels dance and sing for joy Date: 1694
MAGIC CATS OF CHINAThese magical spirit-cats perform the vital function of keeping away the rats which would otherwise devour the silkworms : the flowers also keep the worms healthy
ORDER OF SAINT-ESPRITSAINT-ESPRIT A Knight of the French order of Saint-Esprit (Holy Spirit) created 1574 by Henri III
SUNNY ISLANDLife in the Summer Land : an excursion to Sunny Island Date: 1887
SPIRIT MISSIONARYBeulah, a spirit missionary, who devotes herself to guiding errant mortals into the true path of spirituality Date: 1887
UNHAPPY SPIRITSUnhappy spirits in the Spirit World, bitterly regretting now that they did not behave themselves while on Earth Date: 1887
SPIRIT PHOTO - BUGUETFrench photographer Edouard Buguet depicted in the act of faking a spirit photograph Date: circa 1870
SPIRIT PHOTO DEANEMrs Mackenzie sits, unaware that the spirit of John Ruskin is floating over her right shoulder Date: 1920s
POST PARRISH 6At Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Ethel Post Parrish materialises the spirit of Silver Belle picture 6 of 7 Date: 1953
POST PARRISH 5At Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Ethel Post Parrish materialises the spirit of Silver Belle picture 5 of 7 Date: 1953
BROTHER OF FREE SPIRITA BROTHER OF THE FREE SPIRIT - also known as the Voluntary Poor, Beghards and other names Date: 14th century
SPIRIT SACRIFICE TO WINEMan in drunken stupor, surrounded by bacchic cherubs, preferring earthly pleasure of wine to heavenly promises
SPIRIT IGNORED FOR WINEMan in drunken stupour, surrounded by bacchic cherubs, preferring earthly pleasure to heavenly promises
FOLKLORE / BANSHEESover the rooftops... Date: 1898
Robin Goodfellow, a sprite (also known as Puck). Date: 1911
Symbolic cutting of pigtails in Shanghai, ChinaAt Shanghai, 500 young men voluntarily relinquish their traditional pigtails, symbolising the new spirit of China. Date: 1911
Scottish medium Helen Duncan during seancesPhotographs of Scottish medium Helen Duncan during seances. Photograph of Duncans spirit guide Peggy. (Copyright: W.M.Scott, Dundee)
Churchill - The Spirit of Britain, Publisher Valentines. British
Short S. 25SandringhamShort S.25Sandringham - G-BJHS Spirit of Foynes before moving to the USA 1992 Date: 1980s
Souvenir Medal to the pioneers of Transatlantic FlightSouvenir Medal/Medallion to the pioneers of Transatlantic Flight - both those who lost their lives and then (finally) the one (Lindbergh) who succeeded. Date: circa 1927
WW1 - Italy - Remembrance postcard - " In the glorious memories of the past, she raises the Italian flag - her cry is Victory!" Date: circa 1917
Promotional postcard for Harveys Special Scotch Whisky - The Spirit of the Hunt. Date: circa 1913
The private bar at Havana Club Rum, Havana, Cuba, with two bartenders and two customers. Date: circa 1930s
Advert for Elkington & Co Victorian items 1896Advert for Elkington & Co, with Victorian household items including polished oak Tantalus with nickel plated mounts, and best cut Hobnail Quart bottles, corinthian table lamp
Israel. Jerusalem. Cenacle or Upper Room. The Last Supper RoIsrael. Jerusalem. Cenacle or Upper Room. Is a room traditionally held to be the side of The Last Supper. Mount Zion
Statues on the Sacred Way - Ming Tombs, Beijing, ChinaStatues at the Divine Road (or Sacred Way ) - Ming Tombs, Beijing, China Date: circa 1920s
Italy. Rome. The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius. Side chapels. Transept: Chapel of the Annunciation, 1749
Emblem of Ahura Mazda. Atashkadeh Fire Temple. IranAtashkadeh Fire Temple. Emblem of Ahura Mazda. Detail. Yazd. Iran
Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel to Mary. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy
Spirit of 76, (Yankee Doodle)Patriotic American postcard commemorating the American Revolution. Spirit of 76, (Yankee Doodle)
Florence Cook, spirit medium, in later lifeFlorence Cook (c.1856-1904) was an English medium who claimed to materialise a spirit named Katie King. Seen here in later life, sitting in a garden with a dog on her lap
George Chapman, spiritual healer and mediumGeorge Chapman (1921-2006), English trance spiritual healer and medium. He was active for 60 years through the spirit of Dr William Lang (1852-1937)
Sad irons, curling and goffering ironsA selection of home appliances, as featured in a catalogue. A sad iron and stand, a polishing iron, a spirit iron, a hat iron for ironing brims and a Dalli box iron are pictured
Triton and Nereid by Arnold Bocklin - Symbolist PaintingReproduction of a work by Arnold Bocklin (18271901) a Swiss symbolist painter, entitled " Triton and Nereid". See: 10949416 for an alternate version of the same scene by the same artist
Bribri Indian Shaman & Conical House, Costa RicaThe Head Shaman of the Bribri People of the Talamanca Province, Costa Rica - pictured in front of the Conical House. The Bribri spiritual practice is centred on the conical house
Pipistrellus sturdeei, Sturdees pipistrelleA rare specimen of a Bonin pipistrelle, a slightly immature female, preserved in spirit and held by the Natural History Museum
WW2 Air raid on Eastbourne, East SussexDefiant against German air raids, a little girl stands in her garden in Eastbourne, teddy bear in one hand, union jack in the other, posing by a bomb crater
Man with water pump on a comic Christmas cardMan with a water pump on a comic Christmas card -- May the spirit of Christmas be with you long and for aye. Date: circa 1890s
Lady with Lady SpiritFrom: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady with Lady Spirit in front of her. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894
Lady SpiritFrom: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Lady Spirit wearing shroud and holding flowers. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894
Spirit childFrom: The Veil Lifted, Andrew Glendinning of London, Whittaker, 1894 Spirit child wearing shroud. Apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit. Date: 1894
Man with Ghosts head in his lapFrom: Photographing the Invisible: practical studies in supernormal photography, script and other allied phenomena, James Coates, Fowler, 1921
Mrs Lincoln with Spirit of Abraham LincolnFrom: Photographing the Invisible: practical studies in supernormal photography, script and other allied phenomena, James Coates, Fowler, 1921
New Year card in the shape of a jug of rum. Date: circa 1890s