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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:proceedings-of-the-spr-1932-part129-report-of-an-investigation-into-spirit-photography-p136-plate8.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Fred Barlow (1932, in &#039;&#039;Proceedings of the SPR&#039;&#039;)]]<br /> <br /> [[File:The-case-for-spirit-photography-fig31.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Fred Barlow and 3 witnesses with the spirit of his father (1922, [[The Case for Spirit Photography]])]]<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;Fred Barlow&#039;&#039; (?-1964) was a paranormal photographer from Birmingham. He was secretary of the Society for the Study of Supernormal Pictures (S.S.S.P.) where [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] was vice-president. He was also Honorary Secretary of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Psychical Research (S.P.R.).<br /> <br /> Barlow had a huge collection of psychic photographs which were inherited by E. J. Dingwall, which published in 1975 : &quot;The Barlow collection of psychic photographs&quot;, and deposited them at the British Museum.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Fred Barlow and Arthur Conan Doyle ==<br /> <br /> In 1922, Fred Barlow wrote the [[The Case for Spirit Photography#Preface|preface]] and [[The_Case_for_Spirit_Photography#8._Evidential_and_Scientific_Aspects_of_Psychic_Photography|chapter 8: Evidential and Scientific Aspects of Psychic Photography]] of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]&#039;s essay: [[The Case for Spirit Photography]].<br /> <br /> In 1924, he was the Hon. Secretary for the donation campaign for Rev. G. Vale Owen launched by Conan Doyle. &lt;ref&gt;Arthur Conan Doyle&#039;s letter: [[The Future of the Rev. G. Vale Owen]] (31 may 1924).&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> In his book [[The History of Spiritualism]] (1926), Conan Doyle mentioned Barlow: &#039;&#039;&quot;In 1920 Mr. Fred Barlow, of Birmingham, a well-known investigator, obtained with this medium [photographs] extras of faces and written messages, under test conditions, on plates that were not exposed in the camera.&quot;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> <br /> == Related articles ==<br /> <br /> * [[Psychic Phenomena Are Real. A Reply to Mr. Nevil Maskelyne]], by Fred Barlow (june 1923, [[The London Magazine]])<br /> <br /> * [[Echoes of the Moss Case]], by Arthur Conan Doyle (april 1928, [[Journal of the American SPR]])<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> ----<br /> * [[Periodicals|Back to Periodicals]]<br /> * [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]</div>

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