Hallowe'en postcard: a girl with a jack-o'-lantern in a moonlit field, a witch behind the fence, 1900s – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage postcard captures Hallowe'en postcard: a girl with a jack-o'-lantern in a moonlit field, a witch behind the fence, 1900s in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Hallowe'en postcard: a girl with a jack-o'-lantern in a moonlit field, a witch behind the fence, 1900s
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Halloween postcards like this one, showing a girl beside a jack-o'-lantern and a witch, belong to a wave of holiday cards that flourished in the United States and Europe in the early 1900s. Publishers printed them in large numbers, often in bright color lithography, and many were mailed between friends and family as seasonal greetings. The jack-o'-lantern, carved from a pumpkin, reflects a tradition brought over by Irish and Scottish immigrants, who had once carved turnips and other vegetables. Scenes pairing children with witches and harvest symbols were a favorite motif, so the card offers a window into how the holiday was pictured for young audiences a century ago.
| Original scan | 995 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard24 1900s |
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