Title:Hallowe'en greeting
Creator: Clapsaddle, Ellen Hattie, 1865-1934
International Art Publishing Co.
Description:Embossed postcard titled "Hallowe'en Greeting" depicting (on front) two young children standing behind a large Jack-o-lantern and smiling, sent from a Baltimore post office to Master Donald Whelply [sic] in Baltimore, Maryland.
Holding Institution:Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center
Collection:Special Collections Department, Postcard Collection, MS30, Box 29
Date:1912
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Title:Hallowe'en
Creator: E. Nash Company
DescriptionEmbossed postcard titled "Hallowe'en" depicting a girl dressed in a colorful witch's costume holding a broom in one hand and a black cat in her other arm, with the following verse shown below:
O let Us cast Dull Care away
Again be Children for a Day
Witches Goblins have their 'sway
Tis Hallowe'en, lets Joke and Play.
Date1913
Holding InstitutionEnoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center
CollectionSpecial Collections Department, Postcard Collection, MS30, Box 29
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Title:Hallowe'en greetings
Creator:Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Description:Colored postcard titled "Hallowe'en Greetings" depicting a girl in a clown costume falling into a large spider's web as a witch flies off from a church bell tower on a broomstick. Published by the Gibson Art Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, this card was sent October 29, 1928 from V G in Upper Falls, Maryland to Miss Elma Erich in Baltimore, Maryland.
Holding Institution:Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center
Collection:Special Collections Department, Postcard Collection, MS30, Box 29
Date:1928
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Title:Merry Halloween
Creator:International Art Publishing Co.
Description:Embossed postcard titled "Merry Hallowe'en" that features (on front) a girl and a boy leaning across a Jack-o-lantern and smiling at one another while two black cats look on, sent by Madge from Baltimore, Maryland to Mrs. G. Bissing in Brooklyn, New York and stamped with an October 30, 1909 postmark. The painting only (front) is copyrighted by the International Art Publishing Co.; the card was printed in 1908.
Holding Institution:Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center
Collection:Special Collections Department, Postcard Collection, MS30, Box 29
Date:1909
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Title:Indications plainly show you're going to marry someone I know
Creator:Whitney, George C., 1842-1915
Description:Embossed postcard depicting a little girl with a pumpkin-like head in a witch's costume holding the palm of a little boy, also with a pumpkin-like head, and sitting on a log by the woods as she tells him his future: "The indications plainly show You're going to marry someone I know". This card was sent from Aunt Emily to her nephew Arthur, although no postage was used. (Editor's note: Although this card is undated, it was probably produced around the early part of the twentieth century, thus the Coverage (Time Period) of 1901-1920.)
Holding Institution:Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center
Collection:Special Collections Department, Postcard Collection, MS30, Box 29
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