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Hollywood Does Halloween — 1950

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020
  • 1950s

Ann Blyth and Roddy McDowell in homemade Halloween costumes. Sitting down isn’t really that important…. (Click to see full photo.)

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Halloween Costumes from the Sears Catalog — 1957

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on October 31, 2020October 31, 2020
  • 1950s

So many choices for mail-order costumes for kids in 1957! From Lassie to Rickey Rivet the Robot.

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Please, Sir — May I Have Another Snickers?

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on October 31, 2018
  • Children

Halloween is one of the few occasions when creepy children are welcome. See a little trick-or-treater whose “trick” is something you don’t want to test.

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