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Oct
2022

Vintage Halloween Magazines, Books & Advertising 1920s-1960s

categories: Vintage Advertising, Vintage Magazine Covers

It’s that spooky time of year…..Halloween! So as my last post for this ghouls and goblins season, here is a collection of vintage advertisements, books and magazine covers (1920s-1960s) focusing on the Halloween holiday.

1930s Vintage Photo: Skeleton having cup of tea wiht a woman in a 1930s outfit and 1930s hairstyle, PIX Magazine Skeleton series, 4 April 1938, Ray Olson
April 1938

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October 1938, Good Housekeeping Magazine.

A young mother grins as she puts a sneering jack-‘o-lantern in the window for Halloween, but it is so graphic it frightens away the trick-or-treaters.

1930s vintage magazine cover: Good Housekeeping 1938 Halloween Cover. Young mother grins as she puts a sneering jack-'o-lantern in the window for Halloween, but it is so graphic it frightens away the trick-or-treaters

Source: Archive.org

1959 Eveready Batteries ad featuring flashlights in carnival colors that are perfect for using on Halloween.

1950s Vintage Ad: 1959 Everready Batteries for flashlights to be used at Halloween in Carnival colors. Featuring kids and adults dressed up in Halloween costumes.

Source: eBay

1920s vintage magazine cover for “Parties-A magazine of decorations, costumes, games & refreshments” featuring the Halloween Edition -1929.

1920s vintage magazine cover for "Parties-A magazine of decorations, costumes, games & refreshments" featuring the Halloween Edition

Source: Fineartamerica.com

“You’ll look charming and smart bound to enTRANCE, When you attend that gay Halloween dance, For on any OH!cassion you’re smooth as a dream, In a PETITEEN outfit that’s right on the beam!!!”

Adorable 1940s vintage ad for Petiteen drawer and sportswear for Size 10 to 14a (if your too old for 7 to 14’s and too small for teens).

How CUTE are their 1940s outfits and hairstyles (love the hair flower on the teen on the right)?!

1940s vintage ad for PETITEEN drawer and sportswear for the petite teen girl. This vintage halloween ad features and illustration of two teen girls in 1940s fashions at a halloween party. Also featured 1940s hairstyles.

Source: Pinterest

 1950s Ballantine’s Ale Halloween print ad.

Vintage 1950s Ballantine’s Ale Halloween Print Ad featuring an image of a carved pumpkin beside a glass of beer.

Source: Etsy-American Century Shop

1964 Ad for Coca Cola. “That’s using your pumpkin!”

1960s Vintage Ad / 1960s Vintage Halloween Advertising: 1964 That's Using Your Pumpkin Coca Cola Advertisement featuring a Jack o Lantern and a man and woman.

Source: Etsy- Wright Selections

Leach’s Fancy Dress catalogue dating from 1934. Features a wide array of costumes from the historical to the fantastical and whimsical (the whole book is avail as a digital copy HERE).

1930s Halloween Costume Ideas as seen in a 1930s magazine.... Leach's Fancy Dress catalogue dating from 1934. Features a wide array of costumes from the historical to the fantastical and whimsical.

Source: Etsy-tuppencehapenny

This dress featured in a 1950s catalog is for spring but I think it’s the perfect Halloween dress.

“Style No. 510- Luscious roses caught in a fragile web make a startingly beautiful print for this year around dress. Exquisitely fashioned of rich rayon crepe in black or navy.”

1950s vintage ad for a women's spider web with roses 1950s dress.

Source: Pinterest

I know I’m not doing vintage photos for this post, but I had to share this 1940s image of a woman wearing the same pattern but in a 1940s style dress.

1940s vintage photo of a woman in a 1940s dress with a spider web floral pattern on it. She is standing in front of a floral wallpaper.

Source: Pinterest

“The Jell-O Girl in October”. 1920s ad for everyone’s favourite gelatin..JELL-O!

1920s vintage ad: 1920s Jell-O Halloween Advertisement featuring "The Jell-O Girl in October"

Source: Pinterest

Jane Wyman on the October 1948 issue of Silver Screen.

1940s Vintage Magazine: Jane Wyman on the October 1948 issue of Silver Screen

Source: Pinterest

1951 Old Gold Cigarettes ad.

1950s vintage ad for old gold cigarettes featuring a halloween pumpkin. Vintage Halloween advertisement

Source: Etsy-RelicElectic

Dennison’s Bogie Book from 1925. This book offers a wealth of art deco style Halloween illustrations, as well as detailed suggestions on how to throw a 1920s style Halloween party. It is a guide for everything from decorations to costumes to games to play with guests (avail as a digital PDF HERE).

1920s vintage halloween book for kids: Dennison's Bogie Book from 1925. This book offers a wealth of art deco style Halloween illustrations, as well as detailed suggestions on how to throw a 1920s style Halloween party. It is a guide for everything from decorations to costumes to games to play with guests

Source: Etsy – bluehoursatelier

1960s ad for Budweiser and cheese and an odd Halloween decoration of a cheese tray and a pumpkin. Ohhh the 60s.

1960s ad for Budweiser and cheese and an odd Halloween decoration of a cheese tray and a pumpkin.

Source: Mascola.com

“Throw a Hallowe’en Party ’round the Pumpkin!”. Vintage Ad for crackers as seen in Woman’s Day magazine, October 1947.

The ad features an idea of “roasting marshmallows” over the candle in the Jack-o’-lantern and then putting them on crackers (like smores, but not smores).

"Throw a Hallowe'en Party 'round the Pumpkin!". Vintage Ad for Crackers as seen in Woman's Day magazine, October 1947. Ad features marshmallows on crackers.

Source: Flickr

1926 Coca-Cola Halloween ad as seen in Literary Digest.

1920s ad for coca cola featuring a family enjoying a drink while the son plays with the halloween pumpkin

Source: eBay

Redbook october 1933 featuring a woman bobbing for apples.

1930s vintage magazine cover of redbook october 1933 featuring a woman bobbing for apples with a 1930s hairstyle

Source: Pinterest

Happy Halloween friends! If you are celebrating I hope you have the best time.

Question Time: What was your favourite ad / book or magazine from above? Share in the comments section below.

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Thanks for dropping by!

Liz


Oct
2022

Vintage Photos of Art Students Painting Halloween Windows in 1948

categories: 1940s, Halloween, vintage images, Vintage Photo Tuesday

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.

Further Reading:

Thanks for dropping by!

Liz