The ApparitionistsIn the early days of photography, in the death strewn wake of the Civil War, one man seized Americas imagination. A spirit photographer, William Mumler, took portrait photographs that featured the ghostly presence of lost loved ones alongside his living subjects. At a time when artists like Mathew Brady were remaking American culture with their cameras, Mumler was a sensation: the affluent and influential came calling, including Mary Todd Lincoln. It

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