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Halloween postcard with chestnut faces: Hope, Despair, Happy ever after – Vintage Wall Art

Halloween postcard with chestnut faces: Hope, Despair, Happy ever after — vintage postcard
Halloween postcard with chestnut faces: Hope, Despair, Happy ever after. Vintage postcard from the Halloween collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This rare vintage postcard captures Halloween postcard with chestnut faces: Hope, Despair, Happy ever after in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

Halloween postcard with chestnut faces: Hope, Despair, Happy ever after

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Three chestnut figures, labeled Hope, Despair, and Happy ever after, tell a small romantic story in a single card. The sequence reads like a courtship or a fortune told on All Hallows' Eve, a playful sentiment that suited holiday postcards in the early 1900s. Cards like this were mailed to friends and family as cheap, quick greetings, and their humor often rested on simple figures that look homemade. The painted faces carry the mood, with little more than expression and placement to show each stage of the story.

Original scan959 × 1,548 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
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