Halloween postcard with witch and jack-o'-lanterns – Historic Reproduction
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Halloween postcard with witch and jack-o'-lanterns comes to life in this vintage postcard, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Halloween postcard with witch and jack-o'-lanterns
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Few holiday postcards from the early twentieth century were as crowded with motifs as this one, which pairs a witch with a row of grinning jack-o'-lanterns. Halloween cards of this era were mass-produced, often printed in color lithography and mailed between friends and relatives in the weeks before October 31. Their imagery drew on folk customs of the season, when harvest-time pranks, fortune-telling and ghost stories were common. Look closely at the lantern faces and the witch's pointed hat, which show how these cards turned a rural tradition into a playful, lighthearted greeting.
| Original scan | 1,127 × 1,800 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard38 1900s |
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