Throwing a Halloween party? Sure, you can search Pinterest for cute ideas like most everyone. Or you can browse the pages of The Ladies’ Home Journal in the 1910s! I’ve posted some of the pages I found, as well as old Halloween cards from Wikimedia Commons. Happy Halloween!
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A wonderful collection. Who would have thought that Halloween would be considered a day/night on which to discover future husbands. Also, rather upsets my idea that Halloween had been for kids.
Thanks. I had fun with this post.