Halloween Precautions witch postcard with owl and jack-o'-lantern – Antique Wall Art
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This vintage postcard of Halloween Precautions witch postcard with owl and jack-o'-lantern brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Halloween Precautions witch postcard with owl and jack-o'-lantern
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A witch rides across a moon-lit sky beside a perched owl and a grinning jack-o'-lantern, a stock scene that turned up again and again on early twentieth-century holiday postcards. The "Halloween Precautions" wording gives this card its joke: the lighthearted warnings printed on such cards played on fears of pranks and mischief that were common at the time. Halloween was then still largely a holiday for children and young adults, and cards like this were sent as playful greetings. The bold colors and exaggerated figures reflect the printing methods of the era, which made inexpensive, eye-catching postcards widely popular.
| Original scan | 1,597 × 1,020 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard8 1900s |
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