(SPIRITUALISM) Spirit photograph of the medium James Henry R

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(SPIRITUALISM.) Spirit photograph of the medium James Henry Rheamont. Silver print, 6 x 4 inches, on plain mount, captioned on verso "Chief Rheamont at Chesterfield, Ind., August 1923, home Warren, Ohio"; minimal wear. Chesterfield, IN, August 1923

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James Henry "Chief" Rheamont (1866-1969) was an active participant in the large Spiritualist community at Chesterfield, Indiana. He achieved some national prominence in 1921 when a seance attendee turned on a flashlight while Rheamont was in a trance, leading Rheamont to hit the man with a trumpet (see the Boston Globe, 17 July 1921). In this photograph, Rheamont can be seen with the spirits of ancestors captured either during a seance or by double-exposure. His obituary described him as also being a "manufacturer of Pocatala medicines" and "lecturer on Indian welfare."