<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.londonstereo.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">The London Stereoscopic Company</a> produced a comic series of photographs as a form of entertainment in the Victorian era. Here, we feature some of those images that delve into the world of the supernatural.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
The London Stereoscopic Company produced a comic series of photographs as a form of entertainment in the Victorian era. Here, we feature some of those images that delve into the world of the supernatural.
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The images were originally produced in stereo. Two similar images were taken and when viewed through a special viewer, called a stereoscope, they produced a three-dimensional image. In this image from 1864, six skeletons smoke around the dinner table.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
The images were originally produced in stereo. Two similar images were taken and when viewed through a special viewer, called a stereoscope, they produced a three-dimensional image. In this image from 1864, six skeletons smoke around the dinner table.
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A white-caped figure wearing a Halloween pumpkin mask takes two people by surprise in their kitchen. Stereo images and viewers were a major craze at the time, and the The London Stereoscopic Company was a major player.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
A white-caped figure wearing a Halloween pumpkin mask takes two people by surprise in their kitchen. Stereo images and viewers were a major craze at the time, and the The London Stereoscopic Company was a major player.
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An apparition appears to two country folk in their kitchen.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
An apparition appears to two country folk in their kitchen.
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A spectral figure hovers over a sleeping baby in a crib.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
A spectral figure hovers over a sleeping baby in a crib.
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The ghost of a woman appears to a girl at prayer by her bedside.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
The ghost of a woman appears to a girl at prayer by her bedside.
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A frightened man prays on his knees before an apparition.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
A frightened man prays on his knees before an apparition.
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A man clings to a tree in the face of an apparition in a forest.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
A man clings to a tree in the face of an apparition in a forest.
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A woman gets a scare from a transparent apparition appearing in her kitchen on the stroke of 12.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
A woman gets a scare from a transparent apparition appearing in her kitchen on the stroke of 12.
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A ghostly figure visits a man reading in his sitting room.
Ghostly photos from the Victorian era —
A ghostly figure visits a man reading in his sitting room.
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