Vintage Postcards

There is something absolutely irresistible about vintage Halloween decorations. They have a charm that no other vintage holiday trimmings can match. The best example of these delightful vintage Halloween items are not even decorations, but postcards of a lost time when people used to send as many Halloween (or Hallowe'en as it was spelled at the turn of the century) cards as Christmas cards. They represent the true era of Halloween, when the holiday was about parties, and trick or treating in costumes, and just fun games of the season. There's no frightful demons, evil monsters, or psychopathic murderers, just good clean Halloween fun. Witches and black cats are often shown in a mischievous manner, but never in the evil ways horror films of today portray. The most well known Halloween postcard artist was Ellen Clapsaddle. She's also one of the most popularly collected artists today, no doubt due to the absolutely adorable images of children, jack 'o lanterns, and friendly witches. While I don't collect original cards (I would rather send the money to Heifer Project), I do love the images scanned onto the internet. Here are a few of my favorites that bring back a sense of good old fashioned Halloween, the way it should be.