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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 IX, #32i - Portrait of Katie King; A photograph taken by Sir William Crookes of a portrait of Katie King as she appeared before him in the 1870s., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84030, Luna Image ID - 119317

: Group VIII - Seance Notes: Sitting in Boston; Typed notes from the seance of April 5, 1930, in Boston. A spirit named Walter appears, but refuses to identify himself with the Walter X of Winnipeg., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 295983, Luna Image ID - 148580

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Sitting with Mrs. Singleton - England"; Annotation written on the back of a photocopy of the typed notes from the seance of August 7, 1932, at Mrs. Singleton's residence in England., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302513, Luna Image ID - 148921

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: "Sitting with Mrs. Singleton - England"; Typed notes from the seance of August 7, 1932, at Mrs. Singleton's residence in England. Supernatural hands are witnessed. Spirits from Hamilton seances come through., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302517, Luna Image ID - 148922

: Group XIII - Seance Notes: Seance with Mrs. Singleton, London; Typed notes from the seance of September 7, 1932, held at the Singleton residence in London, England. Supernatural hands type a message from Doyle on the reflectograph., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 302530, Luna Image ID - 148925

: Group XIII, #47e - Sir Oliver Lodge Portrait; A photo of a portion of an article written by Sir Oliver Lodge, that features a portrait of the author., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84234, Luna Image ID - 119369

: Group XVII, #66c - Thomas Glendenning Hamilton Teleplasm (Enlargement); A photograph of a portrait of Lucille Clelland, a former love of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton, who appeared with Dr. Hamilton in a materialization of a teleplasmic mass during a seance at the home of Lillian Hamilton on May 22, 1939., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84438, Luna Image ID - 119420

: Miscellaneous #6 - Picture Including Katie King; A glass lantern slide of an unidentified gentleman standing near a painting featuring an apparition of Katie King., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 81915, Luna Image ID - 118853

: Psychic Phenomena IX, #2 - Spirit Photography; A glass lantern slide of the ghostly apparition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle above a portrait of his wife and son., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82201, Luna Image ID - 118910

: Psychic Phenomena IX, #3 - Spirit Photography; A glass lantern slide of the ghostly apparition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle above an unidentified gentleman., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82205, Luna Image ID - 118911

: Psychic Phenomena IX, #4 - Spirit Photography; A glass lantern slide of several images of a veiled female spirit., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82209, Luna Image ID - 118912

: Psychic Phenomena XI, #1 - Boy Preacher and Spurgeon Teleplasm; A glass lantern slide of a young male preacher alongside a mass of teleplasm featuring the face of C.H. Spurgeon, dated June 1932., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82213, Luna Image ID - 118913

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