Vintage Halloween Cards

Chris Wild

c. 1910s

This colorful holiday postcard, which celebrates Halloween with a reflection in a mirror, was printed in New York City Credit: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

This lithographic Halloween postcard was published in New York City. Credit: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

This halloween illustration is by Wilfred Bronson. Credit: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

German Halloween postcard. Credit: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

Young woman, pumpkin, black cat and smoking pipe. Credit: Bob Thomas/Popperfoto/Getty Images

Vintage colour postcard featuring a Halloween witch sitting of a pumpkin lantern. Credit: Popperfoto/Getty Images

The International Art Publishing Company uses art by Ellen Clappsaddle on a Halloween postcard produced in New York City. Credit: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

A vintage colour postcard featuring a young girl dressed as a witch with pumpkins and Halloween greetings Credit: Popperfoto/Getty Images

An American Halloween greetings card depicting a woman being frightened by a Halloween trick. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Postcard of boys running from a Halloween Costume. Credit: LCDM Universal History Archive/Getty Images

A postcard company designed this Halloween card for the American market; it was produced in Germany Credit: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

A Halloween postcard for the American market produced in Germany. Credit: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

Halloween postcard by an unknown printer. Credit: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

The International Art Publishing Company uses art by Ellen Clappsaddle on a Halloween postcard produced in New York City Credit: Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

An American Halloween greeting card depicting a girl dressed as a witch and surrounded by black cats and bats. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images