Vintage Owl Pictures
The owl was the almanac's favourite omen: patient, unblinking, always on the bare branch.
A Hallowe'en Greeting
An owl keeps watch on the bare branch, the crescent moon smiling beside him.
c. 1900 almanac print
The Sentry Stone
An owl settles on a mossed headstone, patient as the names beneath it.
c. 1903 natural history plate
The Fencepost Owl
A barn owl shares a fence post with a lit jack-o'-lantern on the edge of a harvest field.
c. 1915 plate