Halloween Collection

Halloween / Witch Dances
A witch dances with her black cat and a pumpkin

The Modern Witch
A reckless looking witch in a 1920s flapper dress cackles to herself as she rides her broomstick. Date: 1920s

Customs / Halloween
A Hallowe en Witch offers suitable costume, a shopkeeper provides appropriate eats

I m Some Pumpkin - a very strange postcard featuring a man with a manically-grinning carved pumpkin instead of his head, which is frankly pretty disturbing. Date: 1912

The Witchs Frolic by Alfred Bestall
The witchs frolic, taking place on Hallowe en, the date when Saman, Lord of Death, called together the spirits of all the wicked dead who in the last twelve months had been condemned to inhabit

Grace Bradley, American actress
Grace Bradley (1913-2010), American actress. 1938

Dragonflies and skimmers
Dragonflies: bar-winged skimmer, Libellula axilena 1, halloween pennant, Celithemis eponina 2, portia widow dragonfly, Palpopleura portia 3, and fulvous forest skimmer, Neurothemis fulvia 4

Four Halloween Ball costumes, in aid of the Townswomens Guilds. The models are: Mrs Alexander McCorquodale (formerly Barbara Cartland) with Good Luck symbols, Hon Mrs Parsons with Unlucky Thirteen

Scrap, Witch flying on a broomstick. 19th century

Ideas for a Hallowe en Party, 1914 Date: 1914

Boy wheeling Jack O Lantern in a cart to a dotinggirl Date: 1910

Halloween Fun Date: 1934

Witch on a broomstick
Children spot a witch on a broomstick at Halloween. Date: circa 1910

Children in fancy dress - clown and princess
Unidentified children in a somewhat sinister fancy dress tableaux. A small boy (at least we assume its a boy) wears a clown outfit

Dumb Cake Custom
BAKING THE DUMB-CAKE At Hallowe en, St Johns Eve or other feasts, young women bake a cake in expectation of seeing their beloved : it must be done in total silence

Witch at Halloween
A witch brewing a potion to make a spell of joy at Halloween. Date: circa 1910

Children shaping Jack-o lanterns
A group of children cutting & shaping their Jack-O lanterns in time for Halloween. Date: circa 1910

Children with Jack-o lanterns
Children with Jack-O lanterns scaring their friends on Halloween night. Date: circa 1910

SNOWY OWL - close-up of eye (Nyctea scandiaca). Russia

Halloween
Three scary Halloween masks and a black cat. Date: circa 1912

Halloween Greetings Postcard
On Halloween, the witches night, If YELLOW is the lantern light Your future surely will be bright. A witch flies across the moonlit sky on her broomstick

Halloween Cake
Seasonable Cakes, Halloween Cake Date: 1936

Harmonia axyridis Arkansas, harlequin ladybird
Harlequin or halloween ladybird (Harmonia axyridis). These ladybirds are classified as pests in some countries as they gather in huge swarms

Huge Pumpkin Lantern
A happy housewife cuts the lid into the top of her huge Halloween (or Thanksgiving) pumpkin lantern! Date: 1960s

The Witch, fancy dress
Fancy dress costume suggestion for 1884. To go as a Witch it is suggested to wear a quilted petticoat touching the ground, a chintz tunic open at the front and bunched up, a muslin apron

Childrens Carnival
Two children dressed up for a fancy dress party. A little girl has a rather nice witch outfit with a dress appliqued with black cats and a broom, while a little boy has come as a swashbuckling pirate

Silhouette of a Witch
A silhouette of a witch with her broom and a new moon. She has a particularly pointed nose and chin

Bobbing for Apples
Hallo e en: Young boys have fun with a tub of bobbing apples

Hallowe en Witch
A Hallowe en Witch

Vespertilion Bat
BROWN VESPERTLION

Witch Airborne
A Spanish witch returns home after a flight accompanied by her familiar, an owl

Halloween Serenade
When a gentleman pumpkin serenades a lady pumpkin on Hallowe en, e en the cats and owls are alarmed !

Halloween Card
Pumpkins, cake, crackers and candles - all the ingredients of Hallowe en, and a knife and fork to help yourself with

Halloween / Girl / Cat / Pump
A girl wearing a witches hat with a cat and two pumpkins

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