Disappearing photographs , circa 1974-1975

File — Box: 41, Folder: 4

Identifier: Series 4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of Jim Jones intentionally developed to fade on contact with light, distributed with the Temple's August 1974 mailer and intended to be used for faith healing. Although the mailer never explicitly instructed the user to place the photograph on the site of their illness and watch the photograph vanish as they were healed, it did include several testimonials to this effect. The photographs in this folder were sent back to the Temple, many with testimonals written on their reverse sides.

Dates

circa 1974-1975

Restricted Materials

Sealed and closed until 2052: Visitor Information Cards, Box 51, Folders 4-5.

Sealed and closed until 2053: Disappearing Photograph Correspondence, Box 51, Folder 10. Disappearing Photograph Envelopes, Box 51, Folders 11-12. Disappearing Photographs, Box 51, Folder 13. Conspiracy Book [restricted], Box 51, Folder 15.

Sealed for the lifetimes of the subjects: Temple Member Biographies, Box 51, Folder 3 (Timothy Carter and Lee Ingram)