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Palmistry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Judith Garnett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 G185
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1902, received by Judith L. C. Garnett. Many concern her writing. Includes printed advertisements, newspaper clippings, and a poetry manuscript. Some concern patent medicines, astrology and there is a book with instructions for palmistry.

Dates: 1902

Mademoiselle Zare Papers, 1930s-1950s

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2012.225
Scope and Contents Papers, circa 1930s-1950s, of Mademoiselle Zare, a psychic of Chicago, Illinois. Contains notes on phrenology, including ways to read the various parts of people's heads and facial features. There are also notes on palmistry and various methods of reading people's palms, including descriptions of the meanings of various features of the palm. There are notes for each of the signs of the Zodiac and what they mean for someone born under a certain sign. Finally, there are general notes on...
Dates: circa 1930-1950