All Hallowe'en Greetings postcard with pumpkin-headed man – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: All Hallowe'en Greetings postcard with pumpkin-headed man, preserved in this vintage postcard. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
All Hallowe'en Greetings postcard with pumpkin-headed man
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A pumpkin-headed figure in a dark coat anchors this all-Hallowe'en greeting card, a design that reflects how Halloween imagery was set in the early twentieth century. Holiday postcards of this kind were mass-produced and mailed between friends and relatives during the hobby's peak years, roughly 1900 to 1915, when a penny stamp could carry a seasonal message across town or across the country. Artists of the period leaned on jack-o'-lanterns, black cats and bright orange and yellow backgrounds to signal the holiday, and the carved face here shows the tradition of turning a harvest vegetable into a lantern. Notice the lettering and the printed color, which often reveal how these cards were made.
| Original scan | 1,644 × 1,063 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard18 |
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