[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of "spirit" CDVs and stereoviews, depicting "ghostly" apparitions.

CDV seated portrait of an older woman looking directly at the camera, with the faint image of a man looking over his shoulder appearing just above her. Reading, PA: Patton & Lee. CDV partly sealed in a display envelope, with inked name "Mrs. Fanny Kieffer" on recto. -- CDV seated portrait of an aged woman looking at the camera with a matter-of-fact expression, having a wispy smoke-like formation appearing in the air above her head. Fort Plain, NY: G. H. Alger. -- Stereoview scene depicting a painter who has fallen asleep with his palette and brushes still in hand. The ghostly figure of a woman stands holding something over his head from behind. The faint images of 3 men also appear on the wall to the right of the curtain in the artist's studio. Littleton, NH: F. G. Weller. Verso with stamped series and title, "Stereoscopic Treasures / The Artist's Dream. -- No. 306." --And 2 other stereoviews featuring dramatic scenes involving ghostly figures. -- Together, 5 images.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of "spirit" CDVs and stereoviews, depicting "ghostly" apparitions.

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