My Halloween Greeting postcard: woman with mirror and candle – Antique Poster Print
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This vintage poster of My Halloween Greeting postcard: woman with mirror and candle brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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My Halloween Greeting postcard: woman with mirror and candle
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Divination by mirror and candle is the thread running through this postcard, which shows a young woman peering into a hand mirror by candlelight, a traditional Halloween scene of the kind meant to reveal a future spouse. Such fortune-telling customs were widely associated with October 31 in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when Halloween cards often leaned on romance and folklore rather than the ghosts and jack-o'-lanterns that later became standard. Postcards like this were mass-produced and mailed as cheap, quick greetings, so they offer a useful window into the popular imagery and superstitions of their day. Notice how the candle and dark setting create the mood that made these games feel mysterious and playful.
| Original scan | 3,996 × 2,533 px · prints to 13 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1933749506_28e5a25639_b |
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