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William H. Mumler (1832–1884) was an American spirit photographer who worked in New York City and Boston. [1] His first spirit photograph was apparently an accident—a self-portrait which, when developed, also revealed the "spirit" of his deceased cousin.
The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln is a photograph taken by the American photographer William Mumler in 1872. It appears to depict a faint white figure, interpreted as the ghost of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, standing over his seated widow, Mary Todd Lincoln. [1]
One of Mumler's most famous images is a photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln posed with the purported spirit of her assassinated husband. [4] The apparent spirits that Mumler had captured were double exposures of previous clients from photographic plates that were improperly cleaned. [5] In 1869, Mumler's fraud was discovered and he was charged.
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The White House's most famous alleged apparition is that of Abraham Lincoln. The first person reported to have actually seen Lincoln's spirit was First Lady Grace Coolidge, who said she saw the ghost of Lincoln standing at a window in the Yellow Oval Room staring out at the Potomac in 1927.
The College of Psychic Studies, referencing notes belonging to William Stainton Moses, claims that the photo was taken in the early 1870s, that Lincoln had assumed the name of 'Mrs. Lindall', and that Lincoln had to be encouraged by Mumler's wife to identify her husband on the photo. [56]
And it resulted in one of our favorite photos of the royal -- ever. Prince William, then 21, had just made cut as one of a 13-man group that was set to play in the Wales and Ireland Celtic challenge.
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