Halloween Greetings postcard: witch, boy and bell – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Halloween Greetings postcard: witch, boy and bell, preserved in this vintage postcard. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Halloween Greetings postcard: witch, boy and bell
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A witch, a boy and a bell share the frame of this Halloween Greetings postcard, a small piece of ephemera that shows how the holiday was marketed to children in the early twentieth century. Holiday postcards of this kind were mass-produced by printers and sent between friends and relatives, often with a short handwritten note on the back. The bell may be a nod to the old custom of ringing or the noisy revelry of the night, while the witch and the boy point to the costumed play that became central to American Halloween. Look closely at the colors and lettering, which tell you a good deal about the printing methods of the period.
| Original scan | 1,638 × 1,044 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | hallcard10 1900s |
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