"Hallowe'en Greetings"

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

circa 1915

GUSN

GUSN-374865

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Greeting cards
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"Hallowe'en Greetings"
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Description

Illustration of hanging harvest baskets, including the head of a black cat, a jack-o-lantern, and candles. Text reads, "Hallowe'en Greetings, This is the night o' Hallowe'en When the witchie might be seen Some o' them black, some o' them green, Some o' them like a turkey bean."

Details

Descriptive Terms

postcards
greeting cards
cats (domestic cats)
holidays
candles
postcards
greeting cards

Physical Descrption

1 postcard

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1926

Reference Code

EP001.05.02.016

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Lydia S. Chace, July 31, 1926.

Record Details

Material Type

postcards
greeting cards

Subjects

Halloween
Pumpkin

Description Level

Item

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