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![[Double exposure "spirit" photograph of girl standing, holding flowers, surrounded by spectral figures of three people] / photograph by G.S. Smallwood, Chicago, Ill.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTIvZG91YmxlLWV4cG9zdXJlLXNwaXJpdC1waG90b2dyYXBoLW9mLWdpcmwtc3RhbmRpbmctaG9sZGluZy1mbG93ZXJzLXN1cnJvdW5kZWQtMTViNDY1LTEwMjQuanBn/320/258/jpg "[Double exposure \"spirit\" photograph of girl standing, holding flowers, surrounded by spectral figures of three people] / photograph by G.S. Smallwood, Chicago, Ill.")
![[Gigantic oak tree on the Tejon Ranch, Kern county, Calif.; Indian man, woman and small girl in front of the tree]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODgvMDEvMDEvZ2lnYW50aWMtb2FrLXRyZWUtb24tdGhlLXRlam9uLXJhbmNoLWtlcm4tY291bnR5LWNhbGlmLWluZGlhbi1tYW4td29tYW4tYW5kLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Gigantic oak tree on the Tejon Ranch, Kern county, Calif.; Indian man, woman and small girl in front of the tree]")
![["Spirit" photograph, supposedly taken during a seance, actually a double exposure or composite of superimposed cut-outs, showing woman, half-length, with head-and-shoulders portraits of men and women around her head] / by John K. Hallowell, Chicago, Ill. ; S.W. Fallis, photographer, Chicago.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjMvc3Bpcml0LXBob3RvZ3JhcGgtc3VwcG9zZWRseS10YWtlbi1kdXJpbmctYS1zZWFuY2UtYWN0dWFsbHktYS1kb3VibGUtZXhwb3N1cmUtYzkwYjc3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "[\"Spirit\" photograph, supposedly taken during a seance, actually a double exposure or composite of superimposed cut-outs, showing woman, half-length, with head-and-shoulders portraits of men and women around her head] / by John K. Hallowell, Chicago, Ill. ; S.W. Fallis, photographer, Chicago.")
![[Whitney Young, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to a bookcase, facing front, reading book] / World Telegram & Sun photo by John Bottega.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvd2hpdG5leS15b3VuZy10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1uZXh0LXRvLWEtYm9va2Nhc2UtZmFjaW5nLTc4MWNkOC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Whitney Young, three-quarter length portrait, standing next to a bookcase, facing front, reading book] / World Telegram & Sun photo by John Bottega.")
![[Smiling woman, three-quarter-length portrait of unidentified person standing outdoors]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvc21pbGluZy13b21hbi10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi11bmlkZW50aWZpZWQtcGVyc29uLXN0YW5kaW5nLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "[Smiling woman, three-quarter-length portrait of unidentified person standing outdoors]")
