Vintage Halloween Collectibles Research (1900-1979)

The Halloween Retrospect: Looking for a way to show this poster insert, a 1926 advertisement, that comes with The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 1 , a remnant from the interior of a vintage weather forecaster came to mind. Yes, the poster is real, it's just the interior here that is conjured - a tongue-in-cheek take on websites with those oh-so modern interiors advertising fine art.  March's Halloween Page (1926) as a poster in a haunted house. There is more to read about such things in a blog entry titled 1926 Halloween Poster  on The Halloween Retrospect website, that includes a bit of information on the tools that were used to re-create this advertisement as a poster print, as well some more images of those fun weather forecasters. Vintage remnant of The Weatherman Jr. And for those interested in purchasing a copy of The Halloween Retrospect, Volume 1 , the listing is currently active on Etsy . I thank you too for buying on that platform, as this allows me to inspect eac...

The Halloween Retrospect: It sounds a bit funny to say, particularly for those who think Halloween is anything but normal  - but in this instance it's a bit of word play on a meaning few use these days, when a "normal school or normal college [was] an institution created to train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum." ( wikipeida ). So, circling back to that title, Normal Halloween , this is a tongue-in-cheek reference to a time when vintage Halloween products (fun and spooky) abounded in the pages of the vintage catalogs that supplied those instructors.  Get the classroom ready for Hallowe'en, The Bogie Book. (1926) There is more to read about such things in a blog entry titled  Bogie Book Ad, 1926 on The Halloween Retrospect website. Yet for a full perspective see “Normal Halloween: Holiday Novelties & Early Twentieth Century Youth” in the printed book ( via Etsy checkout ). The article discusses vintage Halloween products availabl...