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Vintage Trick-or-Treat Pictures

Bedsheet ghosts, painted skeletons and pillowcases full of candy — trick-or-treating as it looked before store-bought everything.

Trick or Treat — vintage trick-or-treat pictures

Trick or Treat

Bedsheet ghosts and painted skeletons making their rounds before the porch lights go dark.

c. 1954 postcard

On the Porch Steps — vintage trick-or-treat pictures

On the Porch Steps

A black-and-white snapshot of bedsheet ghosts and dime-store masks, taken before the candy ran out.

c. 1955 photograph

Treats at the Door — vintage trick-or-treat pictures

Treats at the Door

A ghost, a pirate and a small witch hold out paper sacks in the lamplight of a neighbour's porch.

c. 1948 illustration

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