Vintage Halloween Greeting Card, Jack-o'-Lantern, Auld Lang Syne

Vintage Halloween Greeting Card, Jack-o'-Lantern, Auld Lang Syne

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OccasionHalloween
EraEdwardian
Decade1900s
Stylechromolithograph
Colorsgreen, blue, yellow, cream, orange
Vibessurreal, anthropomorphic

Text on Card

For Auld Lang Syne this Hallowe'en

Description

Unusual for its era, this Edwardian-era Halloween greeting card pairs a green (not orange) anthropomorphic jack-o'-lantern with New Year's Scottish sentiment. The pumpkin-headed figure wears a dark coat and holds or stands behind a large circular wreath decorated with berries or grapes in blue and green tones. The text wishes recipients 'For Auld Lang Syne this Hallowe'en,' blending the Scottish New Year tradition with Halloween festivities. The border is filled with small circular vignettes of smiling human-like faces.

Subjects

jack-o'-lantern, anthropomorphic pumpkin, berry or grape wreath, small faces border, figure in dark coat

Printing Notes

Hand-colored chromolithographic printing with embossed details; decorative border featuring repeating smiling face motifs

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