Hello everyone! It's the morning of October 31, and that can only mean that All Hallows Eve is drawing nigh. As is my tradition, I'd like to present a few vintage Halloween images from days and years past. So, let's get started.
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I really like this one. Supposedly, this image is early twentieth century. I enjoy its simplicity; yet, here's a black cat wearing a witch's hat. Bats fly overhead as the moon rises or sets in the distance. What's not to like?
Here we have a young girl sitting atop a Jack O' Lantern. She also wears a witches hat and is surrounded by a broom stick on either side of her. While I'm not sure what the two ornamentals above her are, I'd like to speculate that they might represent apples as bobbing for apples used to be a Halloween tradition. I remember participating in one such event as a young child.
I'll finish with this one because it is truly an oldie but goodie. This photo, apparently of a real girl, appears to be turn of the twentieth century. She holds a Jack O' Lantern, wears a witch's hat and there's a smiling moon behind her. Images of a smiling moon seem to be a much more common feature of Halloween art way back when. In those days Halloween was simple. Images seemed to reflect nature somewhat more than they do now. It was all about ghosts, witches, black cats, skeletons and the macabre, at least to me it was.
Well, that's it for this year. I hope you all enjoy the images. Happy Halloween!
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