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Oct. 31st, With Best Wishes for All Hallowe'en postcard – Antique Wall Art

Oct. 31st, With Best Wishes for All Hallowe'en postcard — vintage postcard
Oct. 31st, With Best Wishes for All Hallowe'en postcard. 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.)

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Oct. 31st, With Best Wishes for All Hallowe'en postcard comes to life in this vintage postcard, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Oct. 31st, With Best Wishes for All Hallowe'en postcard

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This card stands out for its dated greeting, "Oct. 31st," printed alongside the wish "With Best Wishes for All Hallowe'en," which marks it as a holiday keepsake meant to be sent rather than simply displayed. Holiday postcards like this were especially popular in the early 1900s, when cheap postage and mass printing made it easy to mail a quick seasonal greeting to friends and relatives. Halloween cards of that era often combined jack-o'-lanterns, black cats, witches, and children in costume, and their bright colors and playful scenes show how the holiday was being shaped into a festive, family-friendly celebration.

Original scan1,025 × 1,637 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Referencehallcard19 1900s

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