The wonderful power of a photographic camera to bring out details that are invisible to the naked eye was referred to by W. Lewis Fraser m his lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts, and he vouched for a remarkable instance of thab kind which recently occurred m New York. A photograph was taken of one of the new American liners, and on receipt of the proof the owners were surprised to see a hand bill pasted on the side of the hull. An examination of the ship showed do hand bill there, but another photograph revealed the same result. A more thorough inspection revealed the presence of the mysterious paper buried beneath four coats of paint so completely as to defy the scrutiny of a human eye, except within the closest quarters. Possibly an explanation of some "spirit photographs" may be found here. A "faked" background would do the trick.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7005, 18 June 1894, Page 4
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