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    William Branham appears to have invented all of these various stories in an attempt to hype the Houston photograph.
    William Branham appears to have invented all of these various stories in an attempt to hype the Houston photograph.


    =George Lacy's comments=
    =The Hall of Religious Art in Washington, D.C.=


    William Branham stated that a copy of the Houston photograph was in Washington, D.C.:


    Is this story true? We don't think so.
    :'''''And one of them is in Washington, DC, in the religious Hall of Art, with a note under it, "The only supernatural being was ever photographed in the history of the world."''' And now, then, if you're ever through there, drop in, see it.<ref>63-0606  SHOW.US.THE.FATHER TUCSON.AZ</ref>


    The problem with William Branham's statement is that there is no '''Hall of Religious Art''' in Washington, D.C.  There is a copy of the picture that someone sent to the U.S. Library of Congress for preservation.  But the photo does not hang on the wall and there is no caption underneath it.  Rather, it sits in a filing cabinet.  We have personally been to the Library of Congress and have seen the photo in the file folder.  It was never hanging on the wall but remains in a filing cabinet.<ref>[http://catalog.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Online Catalog]</ref>
    =William Branham's comments about George Lacy=
    :''And it was given into the hands of George J. Lacy... He kept the picture for two days; then he sent word, said, "We'll give the reading on it, and let you know about it on two o'clock, on the following afternoon, on the third day. Big bunch of photographers, and so forth, gathered in. Many of the people around the city, like the writer for the "Colliers" and "Times," they gathered in.
    :''And it was given into the hands of George J. Lacy... He kept the picture for two days; then he sent word, said, "We'll give the reading on it, and let you know about it on two o'clock, on the following afternoon, on the third day. Big bunch of photographers, and so forth, gathered in. Many of the people around the city, like the writer for the "Colliers" and "Times," they gathered in.


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    :''He said, "But as long as there's a Christian civilization, your picture shall never die." He said, "It's the first time in all the world's history that a supernatural Being was ever photographed. But I put it through every test that can be thought, and," said, "It was a supernatural Being that's been shot." He said, "For myself, I have said and heard of your meetings, and read it in the magazines, and I heard about that Angel, and so forth. I said within myself, even to the time that I received the negative, 'It's psychology.'" He said, "But Brother Branham, the mechanical eye of that camera will not take psychology." Said, "The Light struck the negative."<ref>THE.ANGEL.OF.THE.LORD_  TOLEDO.OH  WEDNESDAY_  51-0718</ref>
    :''He said, "But as long as there's a Christian civilization, your picture shall never die." He said, "It's the first time in all the world's history that a supernatural Being was ever photographed. But I put it through every test that can be thought, and," said, "It was a supernatural Being that's been shot." He said, "For myself, I have said and heard of your meetings, and read it in the magazines, and I heard about that Angel, and so forth. I said within myself, even to the time that I received the negative, 'It's psychology.'" He said, "But Brother Branham, the mechanical eye of that camera will not take psychology." Said, "The Light struck the negative."<ref>THE.ANGEL.OF.THE.LORD_  TOLEDO.OH  WEDNESDAY_  51-0718</ref>


    If George Lacy spent all of this time looking at the picture, don't you think that he would have recognized the man in the picture, William Branham?
    '''Questions about this story'''
     
    #If George Lacy spent all of this time looking at the picture, shouldn't he have recognized the man in the picture, William Branham?
    =The Hall of Religious Art in Washington, D.C.=
    #Why doesn't the actual written report below include William Branham's statement that it was a "supernatural being"?
     
    William Branham stated that a copy of the Houston photograph was in Washington, D.C.:
     
    :'''''And one of them is in Washington, DC, in the religious Hall of Art, with a note under it, "The only supernatural being was ever photographed in the history of the world."''' And now, then, if you're ever through there, drop in, see it.<ref>63-0606  SHOW.US.THE.FATHER  TUCSON.AZ</ref>
     
    The problem with William Branham's statement is that there is no '''Hall of Religious Art''' in Washington, D.C.  There is a copy of the picture that someone sent to the U.S. Library of Congress for preservation.  But the photo does not hang on the wall and there is no caption underneath it.  Rather, it sits in a filing cabinet.  We have personally been to the Library of Congress and have seen the photo in the file folder.  It was never hanging on the wall but remains in a filing cabinet.<ref>[http://catalog.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Online Catalog]</ref>


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