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Spooktacular!

30 October 2014 adharris Uncategorized

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection.

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In honor of Halloween I thought we share some creepy images that we found recently in a copy of Vu, a French periodical that covers a range of topics concerning France in the early 20th-century.  As the cover attests this issue deals with mysteries and miracles from 1931.  We have a depiction of a man performing magnetism,   p405_le_magnetiseur en transes  a photograph of a healer that accompanies an article about sorcery, witches, and the occult.  p402_le guerisseur

And even a spooky cinematic scene.   p436_cinema

Happy Halloween!

Vu. Paris : Société anonyme “Les illustrés franc̜ais”1928-1940? can be found in Widener’s Collection.

Thanks to Alison Harris, Santo Domingo Project Manager for contributing this post.

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Tags: 20th century, France, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, magnetism, occult, periodical, Vu, Witches
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