A Jolly Halloween postcard with witch, owl and jack-o-lantern scarecrow – Vintage Print
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Step back in time with A Jolly Halloween postcard with witch, owl and jack-o-lantern scarecrow, a vintage postcard rich in period 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 with witch, owl and jack-o-lantern scarecrow
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Few holiday designs from the early twentieth century carry as many motifs at once as this one: a witch, an owl, and a jack-o'-lantern-headed scarecrow share the same card. Postcards like this were mass-produced in the years around 1900 to 1915, when the picture postcard was at the height of its popularity and Americans mailed one another holiday greetings much as they later sent cards at Christmas. Halloween imagery of this era leaned on playful, slightly comic figures such as witches on broomsticks, owls, and carved pumpkins, drawn in bright colors, and the combination seen here reflects that lighthearted tradition.
| Original scan | 1,595 × 1,011 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard22 |
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