January 2012
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the original ghostbuster
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AFTER SEEING HIS EXHIBITION THIS WEEK YOU CAN HAVE A THOUSAND THRILLS AT HOME.
BE YOUR OWN MEDIUM.
IT IS POSITIVELY EASY AND SIMPLE.
harry houdini: performance poster. the palace at keith theatre, cleveland // ohio, ca. 1920.
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to baltimore and the great beyond
samuel f b morse: patent concerning mode of communicating information by signals by application of electromagnetism. us patent usre79, jan 15, 1846.
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“Spiritualist beliefs crossed the country along with the unreeling cables of the telegraph companies.”
jeffrey sconce: haunted media....
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spirits from the sky
the ‘celestial telegraph’.
andrew jackson davis: the present age and inner life. ancient and modern spirit mysteries classified and explained. a sequel to spiritual intercourse revised and enlarged. 1853 (reprint: rochester: austin publishing 1910)
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check:
jeffrey sconce: haunted media....
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spirits in the sky
benjamin west: benjamin franklin drawing electricity from the sky. ca 1816.
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benjamin franklin: “letter to mr. peter collinson, concerning an electrical kite”,
in: philosophical transactions (1751/52), 47, pp. 565-567.
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