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Free Vintage Halloween Cards: Pretty Women

Holiday Crafts — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:29:11 +0000

Maybe I’m wrong, but I think men were in charge of designing these vintage Halloween cards, because each features a pretty woman! Some of the cards have hand-lettered type treatments, too, and are extraordinary examples of commercial calligraphy. Several also share a theme that seems to have died out over the years. Apparently there was a legend that said if you saw a man’s face in a mirror on Halloween, he was your true love. That belief was a little hard to sustain in the cold light of day, so that probably explains why you never hear it any more.

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Free Vintage Halloween Cards: Cute Kids

Holiday Crafts — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:20:48 +0000

Vintage Halloween images often aren’t scary at all. Take these cute kids for example, which came from vintage Halloween greeting cards and postcards. Other than the image of the terrified child in the last row, these children seem to be pretty happy it’s Halloween! These cards are also notable because there are two images of African American children, images of which are rare in vintage cards. I’m delighted to be able to offer them.

I believe the second image in the first row came from a 3D card that allowed the arm that holds the pumpkin to move. That would account for the dark circle on the shoulder.

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Free Vintage Halloween Black Cats Cards

Holiday Crafts — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:17:47 +0000

As a cat lover, the Halloween black cat has always been close to my heart. And because up until a few months ago I had two black cats, these iconic images are even more interesting to me. I write this with tears in my eyes, because this particular portion of the Vintage Holiday Crafts collection is being posted in memory of Chad, one of my black cats, who passed away on April 14, 2008. But Chad and I shared many happy Halloweens together, so let’s call this an homage instead of a memorial!

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Free Vintage Halloween Witches

Holiday Crafts — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:24:50 +0000

These vintage Halloween witches range from scary to sweet to beautiful, so there’s a little something for everyone. To make the images even more festive, the witches are accompanied by bats, birds, pumpkins, black cats, goblins and all the other iconic symbols of the holiday.

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Free Black and White Halloween Clip Art

Holiday Crafts — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:27:48 +0000

Sorry, the black and white Halloween clip art that was on this page is no longer available. But you can find plenty of it on our free contemporary black and white Halloween clip art page. You might also enjoy our contemporary autumn clip art.

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