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The photos were taken by Bain News Service in 1910-1912. George Grantham Bain (January 7, 1865 – April 20, 1944) was a New York photographer. He was known as "the father of foreign photographic news". He was born in Chicago on January 7, 1865 to George Bain and Clara Mather, he grew up in St. Louis. He graduated in 1890 from St. Louis University with a law degree. Originally working for United Press, he founded the first news photography service Bain News Service in 1898...

William Hope, (1863 - 8 March 1933), was a pioneer of so-called "spirit photography". Based in Crewe, England, he was a member of the well known spiritualists group, the Crewe Circle and died in Salford hospital on 8 March 1933. As a young man Hope was employed as a carpenter, but he quickly came to prominence in paranormal circles after claiming to be able to capture images of spirits on camera. Hope produced his first spirit image in 1905...