1968 WOOLWORTH'S HALLOWEEN AD

Sign that you'll marry next year ( she's a little young don't you think?)

early 20th century greeting card (I don't know why he's holding an ear of corn, but it's cute)

BRACH'S CANDY GOBLIN APPROVED (1965)

APPLE PARTY GAME

NO TRICKS IF YOU TREAT THEM RIGHT

1960 SUNKIST FROZEN PUNCH

HALLOWEEN HALL OF FAME SPECIAL

This television special was aired at part of the Wonderful World of Disney and it first aired in 1977. Jonathan Winters plays a Disney security guard at work on Halloween night. He and his dog end up in the prop room and act out scenes and eventually a prop he finds comes to life and shows some vintage Disney cartoons with a Halloween theme.

Another romantic Halloween superstition

1968 FAMILY CIRCUS scary trick or treaters

CLAPSADDLE MAKING A JACK O LANTERN

A CLAPSADDLE CLOWN

LITTLE CLAPSADDLE WITCH

Ellen Clapsaddle was a very popular illustrator in the early part of the 20th century and she owned her own greeting card company. She created thousands of different designs, many of which featured cute children, which were her specialty. Her cards were sold from early in the century up to WWI. She was actually trapped in Germany during the war and she came back to the United States a broken woman and she did not create any more designs, but her cards are still popular with collectors.

TURN OF THE CENTURY HALLOWEEN EVE APPLE PARING

The superstition is that if a girl pares an apple in one piece, only on Halloween night, and then throws the paring over her shoulder, when she turns around the piece of apple will have formed the initial of the name of the man she will eventually marry.

1955 SKINESS FRANKS OFFERING FREE HALLOWEEN MASKS

Cats on the way to go trick or treating