mwgerard October 16, 2015

 

Images from the Library of Congress archives

Three boys on porch steps cutting faces in pumpkins.
Three boys on porch steps cutting faces in pumpkins. c. 1917

 

Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California. Dorothea Lange. 1938.
Halloween party at Shafter migrant camp, California. Dorothea Lange. 1938.
October's "bright blue weather" A good time to read!. Poster for the WPA Statewide Library Project. Chicago : Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1940]
October’s “bright blue weather” A good time to read!. Poster for the WPA Statewide Library Project. Chicago : Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1940]
Hallow-eve, 1896. George Yost, 1850-1896, artist
Hallow-eve, 1896. George Yost, 1850-1896, artist
Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. 1920.
Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. 1920.
Old graveyard. North Carolina. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer. 1938 Dec.
Old graveyard. North Carolina. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer. 1938 Dec.
[Trinity Church and graveyard, viewed from rear] Created / Published c1916.
[Trinity Church and graveyard, viewed from rear]
Created / Published c. 1916.
Haunted House, U.S. Route 50 vicinity, Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD
Haunted House, U.S. Route 50 vicinity, Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD