The Case for Spirit Photography

I will first give an account of my own visit to Crewe which was in the / summer of 1919. I bought my plates in Manchester and then travelled over / to keep the appointment which had been made a week before. Arriving at / Crewe, I went down to the little house in Market Street, which is so / modest and humble that it furnishes an argument in itself against any / undue cupidity on the part of its tenant. Two spiritualistic friends, Mr. / Oaten, editor of the _Two Worlds_, and Mr. Walker, were my companions.

Mr. Hope and Mrs. Buxton were waiting for us, and, after a short / religious service, Mr. Hope and I went into the dark room. There I opened / the packet of plates, put two into the carrier and marked them then and / there. The carrier was then taken into the room and Mr. Hope inserted / it into the camera. We three spiritualists sat in front with a rug, or / blanket, as a background. The exposure having been made, the carrier was / taken back into the dark room where, with my own hands, I took out the / plates, developed them and fixed them. So far as I could judge, there was / at no stage any possibility of changing the plates.