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Hamilton Family fonds

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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: Telekinesis #12 - Table Movement Behind Screen; A photograph of a table in a cabinet pressing against a screen that is being held in place by H.G. Reed and Mr. Cummings during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 1, 1926. The medium, Mrs. Poole, is touching the cabinet and creating the table movement through telekinetic force., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83378, Luna Image ID - 119194

: Telekinesis #13 - Table Movement Behind Screen; The second exposure of a photograph of a table in a cabinet pressing against a screen that is being held in place by H.G. Reed and Mr. Cummings during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 1, 1926. The medium, Mrs. Poole, is creating the table movement through telekinetic force., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83382, Luna Image ID - 119195

: Telekinesis #14 - Table Levitation and Inversion; A photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating and inverting a table through telekinetic energy during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 16, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83386, Luna Image ID - 119196

: Telekinesis #15 - Table Levitation and Inversion; A photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating and tilting a table through telekinetic energy during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 6, 1927., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83390, Luna Image ID - 119197

: Telekinesis #16 - Preliminary Charging Procedure; A posed photograph of the preliminary procedures for an experiment, including the medium, Mrs. Poole, charging the cabinet with psychic energy, Mr. Cumming closing the screen, and Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton holding Mrs. Poole's hand during a seance at the home of Dr. Hamilton in March 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83394, Luna Image ID - 119198

: Telekinesis #17 - Sudden Outward Table Levitation; A photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, causing a table to suddenly invert sideways and thrust forward out of the cabinet via telekinetic energy during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 28, 1926. The observer of this experiment was Dr. Hillsman., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83398, Luna Image ID - 119199

: Telekinesis #18 - Observer Watching Levitating Table; A photograph of the observer, W. Wither, watching a table levitate behind a screened cabinet during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in 1923. The medium, Mrs. Poole, made the table levitate through telekinetic energy. Mrs. Poole and Dr. Hamilton are pictured seated to the right., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83402, Luna Image ID - 119200

: Telekinesis #19 - Enclosed Table Moves Forward; A 2" slide of a table enclosed behind a screen within a cabinet that moves stronly forward due to the telekinetic force imposed upon it by the medium, Mrs. Poole, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in 1926. Hugh Reed is pictured with his hand on the cabinet wall., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84927, Luna Image ID - 118824

: Telekinesis #2 - Restraining Table; A photograph of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton and D.B. McDonald restraining a table that is under a telekinetic force from the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), during a seance at the home of Dr. Hamilton on March 30, 1923., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83342, Luna Image ID - 119185

: Telekinesis #20 - J. Malcom Bird and Levitating Table; A photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating a table in an upwards motion through telekinesis during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 1, 1926. J. Malcolm Bird, the official research officer and secretary of the American Psychical Research Society, was present to test the conditions of the experiment and witness the levitation., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83406, Luna Image ID - 119201

: Telekinesis #21 - Preliminary Table Charging; A posed photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, preparing a table for levitation by placing her hand on it and charging it with psychic energy during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83410, Luna Image ID - 119202

: Telekinesis #22 - Table Levitation and Inversion; A 2" slide of a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton when the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitated and inverted a table through telekinesis. The telekinetic force was said to be strong enough to hold the table in this position. The slide is dated as March 1926 but it is possible that the photograph was taken on April 5, 1925., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84931, Luna Image ID - 118825

: Telekinesis #23 - Table Levitation and Inversion with Wind; A stereo photograph of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), levitating and inverting a table during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton. A gust of wind that accompanied the levitation is evidenced by waving towels., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83414, Luna Image ID - 119203

: Telekinesis #24 - Levitating Table; A photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating a table while Dr. Ross MItchell, Dr. J.R. Davidson, and the sitters look on during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 30, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83418, Luna Image ID - 119204

: Telekinesis #25 - Levitating table; A stereo photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, instantaneously levitating a table at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 30, 1926. Dr. Ross Mitchell and Dr. Davidson acted as observers to this feat., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82323, Luna Image ID - 118940

: Telekinesis #26 - Table Levitation and Inversion; A 2" slide of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating and inverting a table through telekinesis during a seance held at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on June 5, 1927. Dr. Gordon Chown, who previously held Mrs. Poole's hand when charging the table with psychic energy, served as observer during this seance., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84935, Luna Image ID - 118826

: Telekinesis #26a - Levitating table; A glass lantern slide of the medium, Mrs. Poole, instantaneously levitating a table at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 81827, Luna Image ID - 118837

: Telekinesis #26b - Levitating Table; A photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, levitating a table, while King Gordon, Professor Fleming, and the other sitters look on during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 15, 1926. The table nearly hits Mrs. Poole and Dr. Hamilton in the face., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83422, Luna Image ID - 119205

: Telekinesis #26c - Levitating table; A stereo photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, instantaneously levitating a table at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 2, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82327, Luna Image ID - 118941

: Telekinesis #26d - Levitating table; A stereo photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, instantaneously levitating a table at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82331, Luna Image ID - 118942

: Telekinesis #26e - Levitating table; A 5" x 7" nitrate negative of the medium, Mrs. Poole, instantaneously levitating a table via telekinesis at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84782, Luna Image ID - 119502

: Telekinesis #26f - Levitating table; A stereo photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, instantaneously levitating a table at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 16, 1926. The table is shown nearly striking Dr. Hamilton in the face., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82335, Luna Image ID - 118943

: Telekinesis #26g - Levitating table; A stereo photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, instantaneously levitating a table at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 16, 1926. The table is shown to be on top of an unidentified gentleman's head. An annotation states that 100 mg. of radium was attached to the table on its underside., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 82339, Luna Image ID - 118944

: Telekinesis #26h - Mrs. Poole in Excitement Stage; A stereo photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, in the excitement stage of a trance as she attempts to levitate a table during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 9, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83426, Luna Image ID - 119206

: Telekinesis #3 - Restraining Table and Chair; A 5" x 7" glass negative of Dr. MacDonald and Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton attempting to restrain the table and chair that the medium, Mrs. Poole, has telekinetically charged with psychic energy during a seance at Dr. Hamilton's home in 1923., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 84778, Luna Image ID - 119501

: Telekinesis #4 - Tilting Table; A photograph of D.B. McDonald attempting to push a table to the ground but the table remains in a tilted position due to an upward telekinetic force from the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), that was keeping the table in that position during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on July 1, 1923., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83346, Luna Image ID - 119186

: Telekinesis #7 - Charging Table; A photograph of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), charging the table with psychic energy in preparation for telekinetic manifestation during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 5, 1925. Mrs. Poole, Dr. J.A. Hamilton, Dr. T.G. Hamilton, Lillian Hamilton, and H.A.V. Green are pictured joining hands., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83358, Luna Image ID - 119189

: Telekinesis #8 - Table Levitation and Inversion; A photograph of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole) levitating and inverting a table, where it remained stationary for a time, through telekinetic force during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton. The photograph is dated as April 5, 1925 but it is possible that the photograph was taken on March 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83362, Luna Image ID - 119190

: Telekinesis #9 - Table Levitation and Inversion; A stereo photograph of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), levitating and inverting a table through telekinetic force during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on January 24, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83366, Luna Image ID - 119191

: Trance #27 - Mrs. Poole in Trance State; A photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, in a trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83430, Luna Image ID - 119207

: Trance #28 - Mrs. Poole in Relaxation Stage; A photograph of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), slumped over on the shoulder of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton while Mrs. Poole was in the relaxation stage of a trance during a seance at the home of Dr. Hamilton between the years of 1923 and 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83434, Luna Image ID - 119208

: Trance #29 - Mrs. Poole in Trance State; A stereo photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, sitting back in her chair with her arms raised while in a trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83438, Luna Image ID - 119209

: Trance #30 - Mrs. Poole in Relaxation Stage; A photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, slumped over in her chair while in the relaxation stage of a trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on May 6, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83442, Luna Image ID - 119210

: Trance #31 - Automatic Deep Trance Writing; A photograph of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), slumped over on the shoulder of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton and writing while in a deep trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Hamilton on May 6, 1926., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83446, Luna Image ID - 119211

: Trance #32 - Trance Onset; A photograph of the medium, Mrs. Poole, in the onset stages of a trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on March 27, 1927., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83450, Luna Image ID - 119212

: Trance #33 - Relaxation and Amnesia Stages; A photograph of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), seated in a cabinet and slumped over on the shoulder of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton while in the relaxation and amnesia (total sensory deprivation) stages of a deep trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Hamilton on April 17, 1927. The other sitters in this seance were Dr. J.A. Hamilton, Lillian Hamilton, and W.B. Cooper., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83454, Luna Image ID - 119213

: Trance #34 - Relaxation and Amnesia Stages; A photograph of an enlarged view of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), slumped over on the shoulder of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton while in the total relaxation and amnesia (total sensory deprivation) stages of a deep trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Hamilton on April 17, 1927. The other sitters in this seance were Dr. J.A. Hamilton, Lillian Hamilton, and W.B. Cooper., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83458, Luna Image ID - 119214

: Trance #35 - Third Stage, Trance Visions; A photograph of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), in the onset of the third stage of the trance state, where she falls into an amnesiac (total sensory deprivation) deep sleep and sees visions and writes communications, during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in 1927., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83462, Luna Image ID - 119215

: Trance #36 - Automatic Deep Trance Writing; A photograph of the medium, Eilizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), automatically writing while in a deep trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton in 1927., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83466, Luna Image ID - 119575

: Trance #37 - Anaesthetic Visions; A photograph of the medium, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Poole), slumped over on a table while in an aesthetic stage of a deep trance state during a seance at the home of Dr. Thomas Glendenning Hamilton on April 7, 1927. An annotation stated that Mrs. Poole's consciousness is only concerned with her visions and those communicating with her., Luna Collection ID - 28::UMANITOBALCM::NA, Luna Object ID - 83470, Luna Image ID - 119537

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