Vintage Halloween card no. 164 – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Vintage Halloween card no. 164, a vintage postcard rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Vintage Halloween card no. 164
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A witch on a broomstick, flanked by carved jack-o'-lanterns, is the kind of image that defined American Halloween postcards in the early twentieth century. Cards like this were mass-produced by printing houses and mailed between friends and family in the weeks before October 31, often with a short handwritten greeting on the back. The bright palette and exaggerated, cheerful figures reflect a holiday that was then shifting from its older harvest and folk roots toward a more playful, child-friendly celebration. Look closely at the lanterns and the witch's flying pose, since these motifs were repeated across many cards of the period.
| Created / published | Early 1900s |
|---|---|
| Medium | Postcard |
| Original scan | 687 × 1,080 px |
| Reference | Card 164 |
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