A Thrilling Halloween greeting card with jack-o'-lanterns and cats – Antique Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this vintage postcard of A Thrilling Halloween greeting card with jack-o'-lanterns and cats. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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A Thrilling Halloween greeting card with jack-o'-lanterns and cats
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Lantern-faced pumpkins and black cats share the center of this Halloween greeting card, a pairing that was already a fixture of American holiday imagery by the early twentieth century. Postcards and cards of this kind were mass-produced in large numbers, often printed in bright chromolithographic colors, and sent to friends and family in the weeks before October 31. Their bold outlines and playful scenes reflected a shift in the holiday from its older rural harvest and folk customs toward a more festive, child-friendly celebration. Look closely at the cats' arched backs and the carved grins on the pumpkins, which show how illustrators turned a spooky theme into something cheerful.
| Original scan | 1,068 × 1,648 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard2 1900s |
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