Nobody can avoid the fact that this Saturday is Halloween! How fun! I love this holiday as I know many of you do as well. My husband and I are going out with some friends to a party and I can’t wait to see what everyone is wearing (follow me on Instagram to see what my costume is this year).

For today’s post, I decided to do a post with a mishmash of Halloween “things” to get you in the spirit of the day and maybe possibly help you out with last-minute ideas on whatever you’re looking for.

Let the Halloween Roundup Party Begin!

1940s vintage photo of a halloween hollywood reveler, carol winter
Source: vickielester

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NOTE: If you click on any of the items featured below and they are not available, don’t fret! Hit the search button and see what else is on the websites. There are 1000’s and 1000’s of items being listed daily.


A Collection of Vintage Halloween Ads, Photos & More

(Updated Oct 2023)

First up, every vintage Halloween loving gal (or guy) needs a broom brooch. This is not yet a pin but with one quick fix that can change.

1950s Vintage Halloween Costume Jewelry, two vintage witches brooms
Source: Etsy-ifoundgallery

Brooms not your thing. How about black cats with hats? A 1950s vintage halloween brooch.

1950s vintage halloween brooch of a black cat with a witches hat.
1950s Brooch. Source: Etsy-greencat00

Everywhere you look Halloween advertising is all around you, here is a small selection of some vintage ones I found.

(P.S. last year I did a post on Vintage Halloween Candy Advertising).

1940s vintage ad for Hanes Stocking Nylons.

1940s vintage ad for Hanes Stocking Nylons featuring a Halloween theme in 1946.

1950s shoe ad for Selby Shoes featuring a Halloween theme.

vintage 1950s shoe ad for Selby Shoes featuring a halloween theme (Illustration of shoes with a woman dressed as witch with her black cat).
Source: Pinterest

1950s Fashion Ad for Spunlo, women’s affordable undergarments (slips, petticoats and more).

1950s Fashion Ad for Spunlo women's affordable undergarments (slips, petticoats and more) featuring a Halloween theme illustration of a woman in a hat and mask holding a carved pumpkin.

Vintage Halloween Cards. Do you send Halloween cards to friends and family? I know I don’t and I don’t believe I have ever received one either.

1945 halloween card featuring an illustration of a ghost with a pumpkin on it's head.
1940s Card. Source: Flickr-Allison Marchant

How cute is this 1950s greeting card of two witches having tea together? NOW I want to send one to my friends.

1950s vintage halloween greeting card-1950s greeting card of two witches having tea together
Source: Pinterest

And one more…Halloween parties MUST have party games, like the one our two little costumed kids are playing.

1950s halloween vintage greeting card of two kids dressed as clowns playing a Halloween party game.
Source: Pinterest

Leave it up to the Saturday Evening Post (Nov 3rd, 1934) to give you the warm and fuzzies, even during the scariest time of the year.

Further Reading: Do you enjoy vintage magazines? Then check out my archived blog posts on Vintage Magazines & Vintage Catalogs.

1930s vintage magazine cover: Halloween Saturday Evening Post 1934
Source: flickr-Paul Malon

I really wish the below pamphlet was intact as I would have loved to have heard the suggestions on how to run a successful 1946 Halloween party.

1940s front cover image of pamphlet for how to run a halloween party
Source: forces of geek

Here is a fantastic image from the 1940s on what could be found in a store around Halloween to help decorate for your party. Not too much has changed has it?

1940s vintage photo of a Halloween decorations in a store with two young women in 1940s hairstyles browsing the decor.
Source: Archive Photos on Getty Images

Looking for that perfect vintage item for you Halloween party today? How about this 1950’s Paper Jack O Lantern that is double-faced and can shine from either side. COOL!

1950's Paper Jack O Lantern - Vintage Slot & Tab Pumpkin Die Cut Decoration by Dolly Toy Co.
Source: Etsy-RyokosVintiques
1950's Paper Jack O Lantern - Vintage Slot & Tab Pumpkin Die Cut Decoration by Dolly Toy Co.
Source: Etsy-RyokosVintiques

Need some Halloween Costume ideas? Inspiration from 1924.

1924 Halloween costume ideas featuring 1920s fashion illustration
Source: Witness 2 Fashion Blog

1950s sewing pattern for classic clown outfits for kids and adults.

1950s sewing pattern for classic clown outfits for kids and adults vintage halloween

Source: Etsy

1950s Sewing pattern for a girls ballet costumes for fairies and ballet princesses.

1950s Sewing pattern for a girls ballet costumes for fairies and ballet princesses

Source: Etsy

1950s fashion illustration for women dressed up with stars for the Lutterloh Carnival.

1950s fashion illustration for women dressed up with stars for the Lutterloh Carnival.

In the 1930s you could have gone as a Gypsy.

1930s gypsy costume pattern
Source: Flickr-Allison Marchant

I just adore all of these Spanish style costume ideas from the 1940s.

1940s spanish halloween costume pattern
Source: Pinterest

And of course you cannot expect Liz the lover of Vintage images to not share a couple of gems I found, so here they are (they are good ones).

1950s Halloween Costume Party. Batman and Batgirl for the win!

1950s halloween vintage image of a halloween party featuring batman and batgirl
Source: fishki

Winner for the best pumpkin…THIS FAMILY!

1950s vintage photo of a family in their kitchen with their decorated Halloween pumpkin and tasty desserts.

And with that image we have come to the end of the Halloween Roundup Party because I have to run off and finish my costume. Enjoy your Halloween friends!

But one last item..Question Time: Will you be going out for Halloween? And if so as what?

Further Reading: Collection of Vintage Halloween Blog Posts

Halloween Vintage Inn
Mini collage of some of the Halloweens gone by

Liz 🙂

2 Comments on Halloween Roundup: A Collection of Vintage Halloween Ads, Photos & More

  1. Awesomely lovely post!!! The marriage of Halloween + vintage always puts me over the roof on the happiness front. Great idea about making brooches from those delightful metal charms. I really want one now. 🙂

    Tony and I will both be dressing up and I’ll be sharing our costumes on my blog next week.

    Wishing you guys a stellar All Hallows’ Eve weekend!!!!!!

    ♥ Jessica

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