Cartes de vis have a reversed coat of arms at the head.
Items marked include an image of a 'spirit' in the photograph. In the late 1850s, the Terrys took up spiritualism, eventually giving up the family drapery business. William set up as a spiritualist bookseller, medium, trance and magnetic healer and clairvoyant-herbalist in Russell Street, Melbourne. Even though spiritualism had its share of eccentric devotees, Terry appears to have been firm, hard working and level headed. In 1870 he launched the Harbinger of Light.