From a ghost's autobiography: The Story of My Life by the late Colonel Meadows Taylor, 1878.  For an explanation of how this scanned page captures a genuine spirit, see that remarkable book The Ghost in the [Scanning] Machine, which makes good on its promises of real ghosts, actual hauntings, and necromancy by proxy.

"An apparition formed in full view."  From 'Twixt Two Worlds by John Stephen Farmer, 1886.

"Hard-headed business man (to shade of departed wife): Now, look here, Mary Ann, remember this is costing me over five dollars, and try to say something sensible!"  From Life, 1920.

A ghost dog from Life, 1920.

From Der Orchideengarten, 1919.

An illustration from an 1895 issue of Pall Mall magazine.  The caption reads: "She cautiously ventured one foot into the black-looking water."

"The authors (one a spirit picture.)"  From Her Invisible Spirit Mate by Mrs. C. W. Glass, 1917.  See The Ghost in the [Scanning] Machine.

From Paul Ardenheim, the Monk of Wissahikon by George Lippard, 1848.

"Transparent man like ghost."  From Popular Mechanics, 1930.

When vintage fashion styles come back, they attract ghosts.  From The Judge, 1916.

"The Medium" by Al Lunois.  From Jugend, 1920.

Before music "streaming," there was music "steaming," which required a small burner and the cooperation of departed musicians.  From The Judge, 1916.

Here's the answer to how much it costs to get an ancestral spirit to lend tone to a place.  "It depends."  From "Uncle's Ghost" by Owen Oliver, in The London Magazine, 1902.

A lawn mowing ghost.  From Cartoons Magazine, 1920.

"There appeared to her three very beautiful spirits, clothed in white."  From The Bird of Truth and Other Fairy Tales by Fernan Caballero, 1881.

This is how, if you aren't careful about the artwork near your bed, you can end up with a family.  From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1901.