Don't Be Scared on Hallow-e'en: Things Are Seldom What They Seem, postcard – Antique Wall Art
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Step back in time with Don't Be Scared on Hallow-e'en: Things Are Seldom What They Seem, postcard, a vintage postcard rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Don't Be Scared on Hallow-e'en: Things Are Seldom What They Seem, postcard
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Little is recorded about this card beyond its catalog title, so its details have to be read from the image itself. Holiday postcards like this one were a popular form of mail in the United States and Britain in the early 1900s, when printers produced Halloween designs filled with jack-o'-lanterns, black cats, witches, and harvest imagery. Many were embossed or printed in bright colors and sent as inexpensive greetings between friends and relatives. Cards like this show how mass printing and the postal system shaped the way holiday imagery reached ordinary households.
| Original scan | 1,033 × 1,626 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard20 |
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