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"One of the trenches ready for the reception of the bodies at the cemetery at Fère-en-Tardenois," 1918, Library of Congress

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Frankenstein (1931) Dir. James Whale

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Werner Rohde (German, 1906 - 1990)

Renata, 1929 - 1935

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The Invisible Man (1933) Dir. James Whale

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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Dir. Lewis Milestone

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Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Dir. John Ford

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Hearse n.d. Green, Allen Ayrault, 1880-1963 Part of The Allen Ayrault Green Photograph Collection

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I am a soldier — but you bring something into war that doesn’t belong in it. You trick men into death with your body. Victor McLaglen Dishonored (1931) Dir. Josef von Sternberg

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The Killers (1946) Dir. Robert Siodmak

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Island of Lost Souls (1932) dir. Erle C. Kenton

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Lady Mary Hamilton (Campbell) Ruthven, 1789 - 1885, from the estate of Sophia Finlay, 1937

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Mrs. William Notman and baby Alice Montreal, QC, 1863, ph. William Notman 

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"At Shottery Brook", 1892, by James Leon Williams

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Mark of the Vampire (1935) Dir. Tod Browning

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Fliegendes Blatt vom Jahre 1724 From Wunder, Wundergeburt und Wundergestalt, Eugen Holländer, 1921

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In ancient times, and in all countries, the profession of physic was annexed to the priesthood. Men imagined that all their diseases were inflicted by the immediate displeasure of the Deity, and therefore concluded that the remedy would most probably proceed from those who were particularly employed in his service. Whatever, for the same reason, was found of efficacy to avert or cure distempers was considered as partaking somewhat of the Divinity. Medicine was always joined with magic: no remedy was administered without mysterious ceremony and incantation. The use of plants and herbs, both in medicinal and magical practice, was early and general. The mistletoe, pointed out by its very peculiar appearance and manner of growth, must have struck powerfully on the imaginations of a superstitious people. Its virtues may have been soon discovered. It has been fully proved, against the opinion of Celsus, that internal remedies were of very early use.

Edmund Burke Abridgment of Eng. History

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Phantom Lady (1944) Dir. Robert Siodmak