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Spirit Painting: The Bangs Sisters; Investigative Files (Skeptical Briefs June 2000) |
 | | That is, the particulate matter resembled pollen, and would thus seem consistent with a pastel "painting" (i.e., a drawing done in pastel crayons, which consist of pigment mixed with gum). |
| | In fact, at Lily Dale, a spiritualist community in Western New York, where the sisters resided for many seasons, I was able to examine two of their "spirit" portraits that were framed and mounted under glass (as would be expected for certain media, like watercolors or pastels, but not others, e.g., oils). |
| | I am most grateful to Joyce LaJudice of the Lily Dale Museum, Lily Dale, New York, for her generous assistance in providing information on the Campbell "brothers" (Part I) and the Bangs sisters (Part II). |
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