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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Spiritualists in Wonewoc, Wisconsin, are setting controls for medium Earl H. Williams by tying his arms and taping his mouth prior to a "levitation exhibit... |
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| Description: | People involved in activity at the Wonewoc Spiritualist Camp. A "test" is being performed to see if a medium is authentic. |
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| Description: | A "test" being performed to see if a medium is authentic. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of the Morris Pratt Institute, a mansard-style structure. Caption reads: "Morris Pratt Institute, Whitewater, Wis." |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Veew toward the facade and right side of the Morris Pratt Institute on a street corner. The roof line has an ornate iron railing running around its perimet... |
| Brief history of Jesuit Missionaries and key figures |
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| Names and brief bios of principal missionaries who served in or wrote about Wisconsin, or are mentioned in Jesuit Relations concerning Wisconsin. |
| Spiritualist, Social Reformer and Politician |
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| Biography of spiritualist, social reformer and politician Warren Chase. |
| Religious Leader, Politician and Self-proclaimed Monarch |
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| Biography of James Jesse Strang, American religious leader, politician and self-proclaimed monarch of a faction of the Latter Day Saint movement. |
| Spiritualist and Psychic Healer |
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| Biography of spiritualist and psychic healer Mary Hayes Chynoweth. |
| Magician and Showman |
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| Brief biography of Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926). |
| A Disappointment that Created a Community |
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| Learn about the most successful Utopian community in Wisconsin, born of a failed doomsday prediction. |
| A Good Mother, a Good Friend and a Good Woman |
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| Discover Juliet Severance, the free-thinking Whitewater physician who was involved with the anti-slavery movement, temperance and women's rights. |
| The Virgin Mary Appears to an Illiterate Peasant Girl |
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| Learn about the first and only manifestation of the Virgin Mary in the United States near Green Bay, confirmed by the Vatican. |
| Where Exactly did it Start? |
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| When and where did The Gideons International really begin? There are more answers then you would think. Give this a read and decide for yourself. |
| Spirits Lead a Woman to Fortune |
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| Morris Pratt was a well known psychic medium whose legacy is his eponymous spiritualist institution in Whitewater, known locally as "Pratt's Folly." |
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| Description: | A seance robe worn by Louise Parke during her work as a Spiritualist in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Engraved masthead for The American Spiritualist depicting a seance over the word "phenomenal," a globe over the word "scientific," and a man at a de... |
| Date: | 04 2014 |
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| Description: | View of a Ouija board lying on an ornately detailed rug. |
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| Description: | On the left is the back of the card, with a photograph of swans on a lake surrounded by trees. The title reads: "The meek shall inherit . . ." On the right... |
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| Description: | Four-fold, copy art card with an image on the inside of a composite photograph and drawing of Sid using a trowel to spread mortar on a brick wall. On the b... |
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