Art, Symbol & Imagination
Carlyle Petersilea: Portrait in an Ornamental Frame
A balding man in a dark suit and patterned tie appears in profile within a curling ornamental border. The plain photographic background gives the face a clear outline. The caption identifies Carlyle Petersilea, whose mediumship frames the letters collected in this edition.
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Citation
Photographer not identified. "Carlyle Petersilea: Portrait in an Ornamental Frame" [editorial title]. In Letters from the Spirit World, Carlyle Petersilea; letters attributed to Franz Petersilea and other spirits. Chicago: The Progressive Thinker Publishing House, 1905., 1905, The Progressive Thinker Publishing House. Source scan leaf 6. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0395-0001
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Reproduced from the exact historical library edition. The surrounding source presents spiritualist or cosmological claims; the image records that publication rather than verifying those claims.
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Letters from the Spirit WorldCarlyle Petersilea; letters attributed to Franz Petersilea and other spirits1905Related illustrations
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Photographer not identified. Carlyle Petersilea: Portrait in an Ornamental Frame. Letters from the Spirit World. Scan leaf 6. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0395-0001