The Picture Room
Vintage Halloween Gallery
Postcards, posters and lithographs pulled from the folklore archive — cats and witches, lanterns and masked dancers.
The Watcher on the Fence
CatsA black cat keeps its vigil beneath the harvest moon — the oldest omen in the almanac.
c. 1912 lithograph
A Night of Enchantment
WitchesPin-up sorcery from the golden age of Halloween posters, printed for a dime.
c. 1946 poster
Trick or Treat
Trick or TreatBedsheet ghosts and painted skeletons making their rounds before the porch lights go dark.
c. 1954 postcard
Lanterns on the Porch Steps
PumpkinsThree carved faces and a candle stub — the whole of the holiday in one still life.
c. 1908 engraving
A Merry Hallowe'en to You
Haunted PlacesThe house on the hill, its windows lit for no one, with bats crossing the moon.
c. 1915 greeting card
Harvest Masquerade
MasqueradeMusic, dancing, prizes — and a cornfield full of masks nobody dares to lift.
c. 1949 dance flyer
Memento Mori
SkeletonsA grinning skeleton tips his hat beneath the harvest moon — death doing a jig among the tombstones.
c. 1920s lithograph
Hallowe'en 1932
VampiresA velvet-cloaked host invites you to a night of mystery and magick, with castle spires behind him.
c. 1932 poster
The Witching Hour
GraveyardsA black cat prowls among leaning headstones while the dead keep their silent vigil.
c. 1910 engraving
Happy Halloween To You
Moon & BatsA witch flies across the amber moon, bats in her wake, while a black cat keeps watch below.
c. 1940s greeting card
A Happy Hallowe'en to You!
ScarecrowsA patched scarecrow stands guard over the corn, with crows for company and a pumpkin at his feet.
c. 1950s postcard
A Hallowe'en Greeting
OwlsAn owl keeps watch on the bare branch, the crescent moon smiling beside him.
c. 1900 almanac print