New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-07
Spirit PHOTOGRAPHY.

Later however. he became interested DO
! spiritualsm, and the shadow Hsures be-
gan to reappear on the background of his
/ photographs Many negatives were ruined
! and he was finally forced 10 abandon
picture taking which branch of his pro
| fession he left to his son. Mr.. Stead hap
/ pened to hear OF this unusual case ANA
called on the photographer. He brought
| his own plates and placed them IN the
| camera. and after they were exposed ne
went into the dark room and developer
! them in the presence Of the photographer
He repeatedly obtained pictures OF per-
sons who were invisible when they were
taken, or certainly TO his and the phO-
tographer's eyes. not in the studio. II
| was noticed that these shadow pictures
came sometimes with much greater ire
auency than at others. In almost an OF
them the figures were clothed III Whl1e
drapery. Sometimes figure would ap-
pear i'm drapery on one plate and without
il on another But as the hgures were
unidentified Mr.. Stead was only parity
satisfied with the success Of the expert
ments.
He had a friend, with whom he dis
cussed the mystery, and agreed with
, her that if either of them died he or she
would return TO the photographer studio
To be photographed. Later his friend
died. But il was not until four years
afterward that he returned to the pho
tographer's studio for sitting.
The photographer, according to MI
Stead. had always been slightly CLAIR
voyant and clairaudient. He told me-
said the spiritualst, that few days
before / had written asking for the ap-
pointment my deceased friend had sp-
neared I'm the studio and told him | was
coming. This reminded me of her promise
and said at once that hoped he would
be able to photograph her. lie said he
didn't know: he was rather frightened
But when the plates came to be de-
veloped Mr. Stead discovered that on the
second and third of them there were un-
mistakable likenesses of his dead frieno'
The portraits were recognized by others
and while 1t is objected that the photo-
graphs were faxed from old negatives as
the lady had frequently been pholo-
grabbed by the same photographer
nevertheless the photographs, said MT
she had taken in life.
When Mr.. Steads son died the father
was practically Frustrated with grlef. bu'
soon after the young mans death ne
began to receive spirit messages from
him. One of these which is given In MS
sisters book. tells of the joys ana inc
glories of the life beyond the grave ue'
claring that il would be Impossible 10
explain the nature of this life to persons
i'm the flesh. Mr. Stead's son, il is claimed.
wrote TO his father through severai
mediums and even materalized before
him and before friends.
JUlIA'S BUREAU.
The founding of bureau by means VI
Which bereaved persons on earth coui'
communicate with their friends and re'a.
tiyes who had passed on next occuple.
Mr.. Stead's attention. 1t was calleu
Julia's Bureau, after certain Juha ~
Ames who was greatly interested III IT,
and was formally opened in 1909. WIN
Mowbray House as its London ONCE
One hundred and hfty cases were taken
ND by the bureau in the first four moh'h'
of its existence and over 600 persons "
is stated, have received help and consola-
ton in the three years of the bureau
activity, being confident that they hau
been brought into communication VII"
their loved ones who had passed on De-
fore"
No photographs, however. have bee"
taken of Mr.. Stead since his death Oh
The Tribune would have printed them
with the present article. and-sad' op'
true-none OF the spirit photographs taken
by him and the photographer are inciudeo
In this book.