Vintage Halloween Collectibles Research (1900-1979)

Vintage Makers & Ideas for Halloween From the  archive library  of THR research, the newest vintage Halloween collectibles guide The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 4 features a brief glimpse at those working for improved U.S. education in the early-20th-century, and some of the details are very curious. For example, most modern folks will think of  Milton Bradley in terms of games for entertainment, but the founder was a strong proponent of American education (see also " Milton Bradly and the Kindergarten Movement ").  In light of that fact, THR turns its attention to  Milton Bradley Company  (mostly 1920's-1950's) and considers others who join the company's greater educational vision. One of those individuals is  Louise D. Tessin who brings her love for art (and the holidays too). While THR, V4   turns its attention to  Louise D. Tessin and of work for  Milton Bradley Company , she is but one contributing artist with numerous aven...

A World of Online Halloween Resources The Halloween Retrospect (and Bindlegrim ) are very appreciative of Etsy bookstore customers who were kind enough to take the time and leave their latest book reviews of new digest The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 4 . Thank you one and all - and see below at the close of this blog entry for a handful of those review. I appreciate that so many people are enjoying these at printed primary sources given their content of visual data in tables and charts, identification posters, numerous examples, and even more entertaining pieces like the new Bindlegrim homage meant to provide tangible examples of vintage working processes.  In the meantime, this blog entry echoes some of the content recently discussed not only in THR, V4 print publication ( and a total of 5 books for sale as of this date ), but THR's recent blog entry Collectibles Research Tools that considers many of the online sources many forget... likely because those sources aren't s...

NEW! Vintage Halloween Collectibles Guide: The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 4 Returning now this March 2025 with a new book for sale ---  The Halloween Retrospect  ( see THR's bookstore on etsy ) announces the latest edition released in a series of vintage Halloween collectibles guidebooks now with  The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 4 . THR's archive librarian picking  up the digest series once again with a new book that not only continues solving old market mysteries (via 625+ catalogs 1900-01979) but has the honor of including a one-of-a-kind nowhere-else-available freebie vintage-style paper decoration by Bindlegrim  with an homage piece to faux stained glass educational items from the 1940’s. Also, as good measure for its puzzling audience, THR has created another new Halloween-themed crossword with its Frolic Flier series. Set of items with THR,V4 features book, puzzle, & decor.   The   Halloween Retrospect, Volume 4   (2025) $25.00 + tax...

Halloween Eye-Candy A goal for The Halloween Retrospect's antique/vintage Halloween collectibles art survey  Halloween Artifacts V1:Lighting is a focus on imagery (maintaining a heavy-lean on data from primary sources). The result is a full-color 8-1/2" x 11" book that displays 100+ pages of large-format photos of lanterns, shades and glow-in-dark diecut decor. The end result presents to collectors unusual views and/or previously unseen objects (with enough room in the layout to include vendor timelines and catalog samples). Below is a page sample that hopefully gives readers an idea of book contents cover to cover (and see  THR's bookstore on Etsy  to read reviews like the flattering one included below). Cover and page samples of  Halloween Artifacts, V1: Lighting    Book review of  Halloween Artifacts, V1: Lighting    Given that THR has now published a handful of reference guides, what is this particular reference all about?  Hallowee...