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Please note: The exhibition Erica Baum: the bite in the ribbon—a paper show is closed today due to technical issues in the gallery. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to reopen it as soon as possible.

3 Spooky Photos from the Vault

Our assistant curator of photographs, Jessica Johnston sent over a few ghoulish photographs from our collection. History shows we've been spooking for hundreds of years...from the Eastman House Vault:
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Unidentified Photographer Trick photo, decapitated man with bloody knife, head in hand ca. 1875 albumen print with applied color Museum Purchase

 
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Unidentified Photographer Curious Photo ca. 1880 albumen print Gift of Alden Scott Boyer

 
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William H. Mumler (1832 -1884, American) Spirit photograph - man with spirit of a woman who holds an anchor across his heart ca. 1865 albumen print carte-de-visite 9.5 x 5.6 cm. Gift of Harold Schuler

     

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