new york times, november 11th, 1911.
need not be alarmed (via benjamin alexander huseby) | zero1 )
vintage halloween inspiration
WAY CREEPIER THAN MODERN COSTUMES.
i’m making a papier mâché mask and just looking at it scares me.
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guising — children disguised in costume going from door to door for food or coins — is a traditional halloween custom, and is recorded in scotland at halloween in 1895 where masqueraders in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit and money.
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