When we traditionally think of Halloween we think of it in modern terms, scream masks or slasher movies. For this Halloween, we though it would be cool to look back, way back in history to the 1900s and then forward to the 1950s to see what Halloween meant at that time.
Children dressed as Indians, 1900 |
Costume party, 1890 |
Boy Dressed as Clown, 1905 |
Boys dressed as US army and Indians, 1905 |
A family celebrates Halloween in the garden with homemade masks, 1905 |
Children wearing homemade masks, 1905 |
A Halloween party, 1905 |
Adults in creepy masks, 1905 |
Office workers, 1905 |
Girl in costume, 1905 |
Friends celebrate Halloween, 1920 |
Halloween outfits, 1920 |
Ivy hall Halloween party, 1920 |
Wheeler hot springs Halloween, 1920 |
Halloween Costume Party at Gates’ Rooftop Garden, Denver Co., 1920 |
Barrows family Halloween, Chicago Halloween 1920 |
School Play for Halloween, 1930 |
Halloween Costumes, Buenos Aires Argentina, 1930 |
Halloween party at the Hotel Allerton, Chicago, 1934 |
Wesson Teebagi and Nusray Hadayia holding squashes decorated with faces, 1938 |
Creepy 3 pigs, 1939 |
Acting troop on Halloween – The ink paint beggars, 1939 |
Kids enjoying a Halloween party, 1948 |
Kids Trick or treating, 1948 |
Children Trick or treating, 1950 |
Kids gather for trick or treating, 1950 |
Children Trick or treating, 1950 |
Boy in Indian costume on bike, 1950 |
Kids with Mighty Mouse and cowboy outfits, 1951 |
Kids in a Halloween performance, 1951 |
Girl with Trick or treat bag, 1954 |
Kid in superman outfit, 1954 |
Teenager in Frankenstein outfit, 1956 |
Children in witches outfits, 1956 |
Teen dressed as a werewolf, 1957 |
Kids lined up wearing outfits, 1958 |
School for the deaf Kansas Halloween dance, 1958 |
Teens dressed up with friends, 1958 |