Chewing the Rag: Antique Mounted "Ectoplasm" Spirit Photo with Two Women. late 19th/early 20th c. New York artist and it is one I

and it is one I handle pretty carefully as I believe it is really very old and somewhat fragile

which came into popular use in the 1870s

Both measure 5" in diameter

both men wear crosses on their labels

Chewing the Rag: Antique Mounted "Ectoplasm" Spirit Photo with Two Women. late 19th/early 20th c. New York artist and it is one IA very curious one, which I think one could write a whole book about! I am no expert on "spirit " photograph, but this seems to be an example though perhaps a very self aware or even tongue in cheek one specifically portraying (via a length of what I presume is cheesecloth stretching between the mouths of these two women) an "ectoplasmic" event. And then above the mounted photo, written in ink: "chewing the rag," an expression, English in origin and