Hello all! It's been several months since I've posted here, but Halloween is approaching so I thought that I would at least keep up my tradition of providing some vintage Halloween illustrations, just to help you the reader get a little more in the mood. With everything that's going on the the world, I find it increasingly difficult to feel it. The veil between the worlds may well be growing thinner, but it's taking more effort to eliminate the distractions so that we might sense the spookiness of the season.
There's just something about photos like the above that bring back the days of my own childhood. Back then, images such as the above were the products of the imagination of the artist. They were in line with how Halloween was viewed at that time, and not computer generated. Here we see a young girl dressed as a witch while carrying a Jack O' Lantern in a cemetery. She holds a broomstick in her left hand as ghosts and bats swirl around her.
This one, called "A Thrilling Halloween," found itself on the cover of a post card. Black cats were a big part of the imagery back in those days, and it's interesting to note that they're being carried by flying Jack O' Lanterns rather than on a witch's broomstick.
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Here we have either a young girl or a witchy Jack O' Lantern stirring something up in her caldron. Considering that a cat is staring down from a tree branch, I prefer to think it might be the latter. After all, anything can happen on Halloween night.
Well, there you have it: this year's Halloween images. A Happy but spooky Halloween to you all!
