Halloween postcard with witch, black cat, and apple bobbing – Antique Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this vintage postcard of Halloween postcard with witch, black cat, and apple bobbing. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Halloween postcard with witch, black cat, and apple bobbing
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A witch's cat arches its back beside a basin of apples in this Halloween postcard, a pairing that points to one of the holiday's oldest parlor games. Apple bobbing, in which players tried to catch floating fruit with their teeth, was a common feature of autumn festivities in English-speaking countries and was tied to older harvest and divination customs. Holiday postcards like this one, popular in the early twentieth century, turned such traditions into bright, stylized scenes that were mailed between friends and family each October. Look closely at the black cat and the witch's pointed hat, which became shorthand for the season in American and British greeting cards.
| Original scan | 1,062 × 1,637 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard11 1900s |
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