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‘The Haunted Lane,’ a stereoscope card from L.M. Melander & Bro., 1875. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Victorian ghost photographs amused viewers with spooky thrills

In the mid-19th century, photographs with ghostlike figures became collectible amusements thanks to the invention of the stereoscope – a device that created three-dimensional optical illusions.

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