"I wish you luck this Hallowe'en"

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1925

GUSN

GUSN-374877

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Ephemera collection
Greeting cards
Halloween cards
"I wish you luck this Hallowe'en"
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Ephemera collection
- Greeting cards
  - Halloween cards

Description

Illustration of a witch surrounded by pumpkins, a cauldron, two young children, and a black cat. Text reads, "By pumpkins fat and witches lean By coal black cats with eyes of green, By all the magic ever seen I wish you luck this Hallowe'en."

Details

Descriptive Terms

postcards
greeting cards
witches
cats (domestic cats)
children (people by age group)
cauldrons
holidays
postcards
greeting cards

Physical Descrption

1 postcard

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1927

Reference Code

EP001.05.02.027

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Miss N. J. Simpson, March 12, 1927.

Record Details

Originator

Whitney Made

Material Type

postcards
greeting cards

Other Organizations

Whitney Made

Subjects

Halloween
Pumpkin

Description Level

Item

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