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An investigation into archival audio from the 1926 haunting of Lenora Bowen.

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Cylinder 23?
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[Originally posted October 31, 2022]
On the left, the lid of a canister for a phonograph cylinder with a hand-written label reading "23". On the right, a mass-produced record cylinder with a label in white lettering stamped into the beveled edge of the record reading "2151 By the Light of the Slivery Moon".
November 16, 2023 at 6:03 PM
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Cylinders 39–45
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[Originally posted October 30, 2022]
Close-up on the lock of an antique steamer trunk, the upper lid is partially open. On top of the trunk at the edge of the frame are a page of sheet music and a hand-written page of poetry.
November 16, 2023 at 12:32 AM
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Cylinders 32–38
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[Originally posted October 23, 2022]
Close-up on a sheet of paper with holes punched in a zig-zagging line for playback in a music box. Beneath it is a military burial record for Timothy Martin.
November 14, 2023 at 5:59 PM
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Cylinders 19–31
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[Originally posted October 16, 2022]
Close-up photo of an antique safety razor. Behind it, slightly out of focus is a postcard book and an order slip for Hamblen Hardware.
November 13, 2023 at 5:59 PM
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Cylinders 11–18
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[Originally posted October 9, 2022]
Close-up image of a wooden planchette over a pamphlet title "The Southern Cassadaga Spiritualism Campmeeting Association".
November 12, 2023 at 6:47 PM
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Cylinders 1–10
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[Originally posted October 2, 2022]
Top-down view of ten paper tubes containing phonograph cylinders arranged in two rows of five. Across mis-matched labels on the top of each tube is a hand-written note numbering each tube one through ten.
November 9, 2023 at 6:21 PM
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Spiritism
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[Originally posted September 25, 2022]
Photo of a pair of newspaper clippings about spiritism along with a scrap of paper covered in seemingly random pencil marks.
November 8, 2023 at 6:09 PM
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Enlistment
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[Originally posted September 18, 2022]
Close-up photo showing military papers behind a can of shoe polish.
November 8, 2023 at 5:34 AM
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Temperance
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[Originally posted September 11, 2022]
A close-up image on a newspaper clipping with the headline "W. C. T. U. Department." Other documents and clippings fade out of focus into the background. The ring of a zipper pull is on the left side of the image next to the WCTU clipping.
November 6, 2023 at 5:59 PM
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Shining in June
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[Originally posted September 4, 2022]
Close up on a small purse with its contents spilling out including a folded paper flier, some smashed pennies, a perfume bottle, and a ticket.
November 5, 2023 at 8:24 PM
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Correspondence
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[Originally posted August 28, 2022]
Handwritten letters and notes overlapping each other in a pile on top of the distressed lid of an antique steamer trunk.
November 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM
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Bar Kit
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[Originally posted August 21, 2022]
Shallow focus close-up on an antique bar kit. A patinaed silver ounce measure is in the foreground while other tools fade into the shallow focus of the background.
November 3, 2023 at 5:38 PM
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St. Augustine Ephemera
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[Originally posted August 14, 2022]
Shallow focus close-up on the top half of a map of St. Augustine, Florida. Beyond it other pieces of St. Augustine ephemera appear obscured and out of focus.
November 2, 2023 at 4:59 PM
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Postcards
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[Originally posted August 7, 2022]
Three antique postcards laid over a table with peeling paint. Clockwise from top left, the postcards depict the swimming pool at the Alcazar Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida; the watch tower at Fort Marion; and the old city gates.
November 1, 2023 at 5:00 PM
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Cylinder Zero
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[Originally posted July 29, 2022]
Close-up on a deep crimson recording cylinder on the spindle of an antique phonograph.
October 31, 2023 at 5:38 PM