A Jolly Halloween postcard, bobbing for apples, 1907 – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage postcard captures A Jolly Halloween postcard, bobbing for apples, 1907 in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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A Jolly Halloween postcard, bobbing for apples, 1907
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Bobbing for apples takes center stage in this 1907 postcard, where a group of children in costume lean over a tub of water with their hands behind their backs, trying to catch fruit with their teeth. Halloween games like this were a staple of early twentieth-century parties, and the picture reflects the lively, slightly mischievous tone of the holiday at the time. Postcards of this kind were mass-produced and mailed as greetings, so they often combined sentimental artwork with humorous scenes of children and seasonal play. Look closely at the bright colors and exaggerated expressions, which were typical of the printing methods of the period.
| Original scan | 1,021 × 1,596 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard9 |
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