Delightful Vintage Halloween Cards for the Spooky at Heart

Candy, jack-o-lanterns, ghost stories—there's a lot to love about Halloween! Add to that list another treat: charming vintage cards. You may not normally think of the holiday as one with its own stationery, but we have around 100 years worth of cards that prove otherwise. You'll find plenty of spooks, witches, and scariest of all, unseemly suitors in the treasure troves of the NYPL Digital Collections. Here are a few favorites.

 1587792On Hallowe'en (1908)
Image ID: 1587792

Hallow'een greeting.
Hallow'een greeting (1908)Image ID: 1587782
All Hallowe'en greetings.
All Hallowe'en greetings (1908)Image ID: 1587812
Hallowe-'en greeting.
Hallowe-'en greeting (1917)Image ID: 1587794
Hallowe'en pleasures.
Hallowe'en pleasures (1911)Image ID: 1587790
What the boys did to the cow.
What the boys did to the cow (1908)Image ID: 1587798