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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American, 20th century
Title:Spirit Materialization
Date Made:ca. 1940-1950
Type:Photograph
Materials:vintage gelatin silver print
Measurements:sheet: 3 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in; 9.5 cm x 7.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  verso; upper margin in blue ink partially covered by brown paper residue: "er Mrs. Or"; verso center in violet ink: same size; verso paper stamped six times "Velox" in an oval
Accession Number:  SC 2016.7.3
Credit Line:Purchased with the Margaret Walker Purinton Fund and the fund in honor of Charles Chetham
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
middle aged woman seated in an armchair wearing a flowered sleeveless dress and large pearl necklace. Her proper right arm is on the armrest, her proper left hand propping up her chin. A large image of a blond boy's head in a cloud of smoke hovers to the left of her head; spirit photography; ghost

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