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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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.

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

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

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

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.

Source: Etsy

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.

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 🙂

Friends! Let’s take a stroll down malt shop lane and check out some cool images from the 1930’s-1950’s of vintage soda/malt shops and the customers who are enjoying them.

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Lana Turner in”Slightly Dangerous”, 1943 serving up a ice cream float.

Vintage Malt Shops

Vintage Images 1930’s – 1950’s

HISTORY OF THE MALT SHOP

A Soda shop, also often known as a Malt shop (after malt, a sweet milkshake flavoring), is a business akin to an ice cream parlor and a drugstore soda fountain. Interiors were often furnished with a large mirror behind amarble counter with gooseneck soda spouts, plus spinning stools, round marble-topped tables and wireframe sweetheart chairs.

The counter-service soda fountain was introduced in 1903, and around that same time, drugstores began to attract noontime customers by adding sandwiches and light lunches. The beverage menu at a soda shop usually included ice cream sodas, chocolate malts, fountain colas and milkshakes. A 1915 issue of Soda Fountain magazine stated: “The soda fountain of today is an ally of temperance… Ice cream soda is a greater medium for the cause of temperance than all the sermon ever preached on that subject (source).”

Now, what can we get you?

1950s vintage photo of a soda jerk in a malt shop making a milkshake.

Source: Wikimedia

1950s vintage photo of teens at the malt shop counter enjoying treats.

1950s Malt Shop Soda Shop 1950s Teenagers

Source: Flickr- UNCG Digital Projects

Late 1940s / early 1950s photo of a busy malt shop. All those treats look yummy!

Malt Shops are for hanging out, catching up and also reading as these girls are demonstrating in 1952.

1952 malt shop image featuring teenage girls in 1950s fashiosn hanging out at the counter.

Source: Flickr- File Photo Digital Archive

When grabbing a drink at the counter it’s mandatory that one looks their best, like these very stylish teenagers. Their hats are the BEST! -1940s Photo-

Late 1940s / Early 1950s teenagers at the soda shop

And looking their best for these boys means it’s all about the Plaid. 1950s photo.

1950 teenage boys hanging at the soda shop

After a fun day at the beach a nice refreshing drink will do the trick. And now on a side note, what an amazing photo! The girl swimsuits are stunning as well as the girl’s hair on the right. WOW! -1940s Photo-

1940 girls in swimsuits at the soda counter

1942 Nifty Nook Diner / Malt Shop. Phoenix, Arizona. Super 1940s “teenager” fashions on display in this image.

Source: Etsy

There is that fantastic “counter” style we keep seeing. Another great hat!

1940s woman at a soda counter in 1940s hait and 1940s dress

Even movie stars stopped by for a milkshake or two as seen here in the picture below with Joan Crawford and her editor Alice in 1939. P.S. HAT!

Joan Crawford at Soda Fountain with Editor Alice Thompson, 1939.

Malt Shops are not just for teenagers and movie stars, they are for all ages.

Source: We had faces then

1953 – Mavis sipping a strawberry milkshake in a white milk bar.

1950s little girl at the malt shop counter

Photo by Terrence Spencer//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

1930s photo of a couple out on date night at the malt shop.

1950s photo of two teenagers enjoying a drink together and some fun conversation. Wonder what they are chatting about?

Shall we have a dance or listen to some music before we leave? -1950s photo-

1950s Teenagers dancing in a soda malt shop

So much to take in here! Saddle shoes, jukebox, plaid skirt, 1940s hairstyles and young men and women enjoying their time at their local malt shop.

1940s teenagers listening to music at the soda shop

Source: Pinterest

Lastly when I was in Memphis the hubby and I stopped in at A.Schwab and had REAL soda’s from their vintage soda counter. Here are a couple of images of that super cool experience.

Read about my trip to Memphis & Nashville HERE.

Mmmmmm real soda pop. Which one to try first?

Now Question Time: Do you have a favorite place to go for vintage sodas? Milkshakes? Maybe you hung out at a Malt shop back in the day? Share anything you want in the comments section below.

FURTHER READING:

Vintage Photo Tuesday-Collection of archived vintage blog posts showing vintage images from the 1920s-1960s

Liz

Tag: 1930’s

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

A Collection of Vintage Halloween Ads, Photos & More

Vintage Malt Shops

Vintage Malt Shops

Vintage Images 1930’s – 1950’s

HISTORY OF THE MALT SHOP