Old-Fashioned Halloween Cards: 24 Cards (Dover Postcards)

Headless horsemen, unsightly witches, devils, and demons — these frightful Halloween symbols have captured the imagination of old and young alike for generations. Within the early decades of this century, despite the fact that, no longer all photographs related to this night of goblins and ghouls displayed sinister qualities — as found out in these delightfully lighthearted cards issued between 1900 and 1930.
Bringing a fairy-tale quality to the vacation, these vintage cards (many with fascinating rhymes) recall the romantic nature of long-ago Halloweens with festive scenes of youngsters and cats, witches and bats, jack-o’-lanterns, fortune-telling, pranks, and white-sheeted ghosts.
Exhibiting the meticulous detail so highly prized amongst these days’s collectors, the 24 full-colour cards on this fascinating assortment come with now-rare illustrations by two widespread artists of the length: Ellen Clapsaddle (1865–1934) and Frances Brundage (1854–1937), whose rosy-cheeked and startled kids turned into their logos.
Perfect for sharing heat thoughts of friendship all over a mystical night, these simply detachable cards are positive to thrill kids of every age.