- An annotation written by W.B. Hobbs, Secretary of the Richardson Bros. Art Gallery, where a photo of Lucy was diplayed, in which he makes comments on the seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 10, 1930 in which the teleplasmic materialization of the face and torso of the spirit Lucy, presumed dead for over a hundred years, appeared. Hobbs notes that Isaac Pitblado was in charge of the experiment, that ten cameras were used to capture the moment, and that H.A. Reed assisted in the photography., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83953, Luna Image ID - 119298
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Hamilton Family fonds
The Hamilton Family fonds details Dr. T.G. (Thomas Glendenning) and Lillian Hamilton's investigations of psychic phenomena in their home in Winnipeg, Manitoba between 1918 and 1945. The images detail numerous aspects of spiritualism including telekinesis, teleplasm, trance states and various other psychic phenomena.
This site is comprised of over 700 images from the Hamilton Family photograph collection and over 1300 notes and accompanying documentation pertaining to seances held in the Hamilton's home. The entirety of the photograph collection has been digitized with the exception of duplicate photographs of the same image. It includes digital reproductions of photographs, stereo photographs, slides, negatives and glass slide negatives, as well as some accompanying textual records.