William H. Mumler (1832–1884) was a Boston jeweler’s engraver and amateur photographer of no particular skill, until one fateful day when a strange photograph changed his life and made him famous. Toiling away alone in a studio on October 5, 1861, the 29-year-old Mumler had no idea of the fantastic image that was about to develop on his plate. He had just finished taking portraits of himself.
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