Halloween
Tale of a Pumpkin with Free Jack O’ Lantern Clip Art
From Spooky Halloween Entertainments, an early 20th century book. Illustrated with a free Halloween clip art image from my antique postcard collection. Tale of a Pumpkin There was a sturdy pumpkin, On a rambling garden vine, Growing round and fat and yellow, ’Neath fair summer’s bright sunshine. But when the trees turned color, And the [...]
Justice for Bluebeard
A humorous Victorian article that presents the case that perhaps the murderous Bluebeard of fairy tale and legend, was the victim in a nefarious plot. Included is an illustration suggesting what could be a most thrilling tableau vivant, or possibly a unique Halloween costume. Source: Lippincott’s Magazine, 1869 Annual How the bare mention of my [...]
The Bewitching Hour Halloween Postcard
Vintage Halloween postcard with a pretty witch holding her broom aloft, although here it looks as if she is more interested in shooing away the bats than she is on riding it. Notice the candle with the profile of a man. The postcard reads: I’ts best beware Of the Witching hour In which the Witches [...]
Man in the Moon, Witches Dance
The jolly Man in the Moon smiles down on a coven of dancing witches on Halloween night in this vintage Halloween postcard from my collection. This card is full of Halloween icons! Witches dance in a circle around a Jack O’Lantern beneath a full and jolly moon. The card reads: You would laugh too, if [...]
Halloween Precautions Black Cat and Witch Postcard
A charming vintage Halloween postcard, with a black cat standing at attention and giving you an official Halloween salute! The lovely Jack O’Lantern is glowing, the moon is bright, the stars are shining (there is even a shooting star!) and, of course, a witch and a bat. I scanned this in from my own personal [...]
Antique Halloween Postcard Witch Owl Black Cat
This is the full Vintage Halloween postcard that I had edited to isolate the clip art image of the witch, owl and cat. The colors are really nice in this old postcard, which reads “Good Wishes for Hallowe’en (an old-fashioned way of spelling “Halloween”). This postcard is from my collection, and you are free to [...]
