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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.

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: Group XVIII, #69c - Portrait of Sir Edward Reed; A photograph of a portrait of Sir Edward Reed, who, following his death, appeared in the final teleplasmic mass, which contained the faces of four individuals and a cartoon face during a seance at the home of Lillian Hamilton on February 28, 1940., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84490, Luna Image ID - 119433

: Miscellaneous Prints #3 - Portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; A photograph of a portrait of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84555, Luna Image ID - 119448

: Miscellaneous Prints #4 - Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson; A photograph of a portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84559, Luna Image ID - 119449

: Miscellaneous Prints #6 - Portrait of Mrs. Terry McCann; An annotated photograph of a portrait of Isabel Farquarh, who was Lillian Hamilton's maid and later became Mrs. Terry McCann., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84583, Luna Image ID - 119454, Any reproductions of this material may be restricted by copyright regulations. Please consult Archives staff for further information.

: New Manitoba Legislature; A photograph of a sitting of parliament in the newly opened Manitoba Legislature Building, ca. 1918. Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton can be seen seated to the right., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84761, Luna Image ID - 119497

: The Hamilton Brothers - Photocopy; A photocopy of a photograph of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton with his four brothers: Robert Alexander Hamilton (a government electrical inspector), James Archibald Hamilton, M.D., John Stobo Hamilton, M.D., and William Oliver Hamilton (a lawyer)., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84753, Luna Image ID - 119495

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