"Spirit Photograph" of Barnum and Lincoln

P. T. Barnum had this photograph made by Abraham Bogardus to demonstrate the hoax being perpetrated by photographers who exploited the bereaved by creating trick pictures with a hazy likeness of the deceased. Here Lincoln's likeness is faintly visible behind Barnum on the right.

Date:
1869 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Photographic Print
Item#:
MES09695
Photographer:
Abraham Bogardus
Height:
2832px
Width:
2113px
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