As we near Halloween, I thought it would be fun for ‘Vintage Photo Tuesday‘ to showcase a collection of vintage images I recently found from ‘Archive.org. They feature art students in 1948 in the Newark, New Jersey school district painting store windows with Halloween scenes. How fun!

Let’s take a look at what I found….

Vintage Photos of Art Students Painting Halloween Windows in 1948

Students paint a window on a store selling radios, ranges and other appliances inside. Gravestone in painting reads, “”Died on Halloween Night”.

Side Note: The girl with her back to us, is wearing a sweater with Lindy Hoppers on it (swing dancers) and musicians playing big band music for them to dance too! As a Lindy Hopper myself, I am madly in love with this sweater and would give anything to own it in real life!

1940s vintage image of art students in 1948 painting a Halloween scene on a store front window selling radios, ranges and other items. The teenagers are wearing 1940s fashions for Teens / Juniors. One woman is wearing a swing dance / Lindy Hop sweater.

Three girls painting on the storefront window of Dr. Moses B. Gross Optometrist, on South Orange Avenue.

1940s vintage image of three young black teenage girls painting a halloween scene on a business window in Newark, NJ in 1948

Two young kids paint their Halloween mural on a grocery store window.

1940s vintage image of two young kids in Newark, NJ painting a Halloween mural on a grocery store window in 1948.

A boy paints a graveyard scene on an Auto Supplies store.

1940s vintage image of a boy in Newark, NJ painting a Halloween mural on a auto supplies store of a graveyard scene.

Witches, black cats and haunted houses being painted on a Ladies and Gent furniture store.

1940s vintage image of teenagers in Newark, NJ painting a Halloween mural on a furniture store. The mural is of a witch with a black cat and a haunted house.

A teenage girl paints a window with a black cat and scarecrow.

1940s vintage image of a teenage art student in 1948 painting a Halloween scene on a store front window featuring a black cat and a scarecrow.

A haunted forest scares a couple going for a walk, as seen on the window of Marquier’s Pharmacy on South Orange Avenue.

1940s vintage image of a teenage art student in 1948 painting a Halloween scene on a store for Marquier's Pharmacy featuring a Haunted forest.

Schick’s Bakery, gets a mural featuring skeletons riding horses in the sky.

1940s vintage image of a teenage art student in 1948 painting a Halloween scene on a store for a bakery in Newark, NJ. The Halloween mural features skeletons riding horses in the sky.

Thanks for dropping by and taking a look at these cool Halloween vintage photos. If your interested in more spooky fun, then take a look at my other Halloween themed blog posts below.

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Thanks for dropping by!

Liz

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