See how people dressed up as witches, ghosts, skeletons, and other scary creatures for Halloween in the past. These rare historical photos capture the gloomy and eerie atmosphere of the season of Allhallowtide. 21 Terrifying Old Photos That Prove Halloween Was Once Scary AF. Halloween was no laughing matter back then! Ullstein Bild Dtl. / Getty Images. Halloween costumes in Germany, 1938. Three kids dressed as ghosts are ready for trick-or-treating, circa 1925. Three masked five-year-olds with a jack-o-lantern in Chicago, 1954. A ghoulish goblin and a painted clown embrace at a Halloween party in 1955. Children surrounded by "ghosts" go bobbing for apples at a Halloween party around 1935. A trio of kids dress up like ghosts for trick or treating in 1925. A little boy wears a clown costume on Halloween in 1948. Creepy Vintage Halloween Photos (122 Pics) Many of these are from Ossian Brown’s Haunted Air. Haunted Air: Anonymous Halloween photographs from c.1875–1955—truly haunting Americana, with a foreword by David Lynch. The photographs in Haunted Air provide an extraordinary glimpse into the traditions of this macabre festival from ages past A Collection of 26 Nightmarish Vintage Halloween Photos From the 1930s. October 04, 2016 1930s, fashion & clothing, Halloween, humor & hilarious, life & culture, people, portraits, WTF. It's a time when all things spooky, scary, and mysterious become the norm, when people embrace the darkness that we horror fans enjoy year round. Matt Growcoot. These terrifying vintage photos from the early 20th century of homemade Halloween costumes come from a remarkable collection. English artist Ossian Brown collated the photos that Want a real scare this Halloween? Check out these creepy vintage photos of 20th and 19th century Halloween kids that capture hidden spirits and crazy costumes. Back at the end of the 19th century and on into the 1930s, costumes were downright chilling. The masks had mischievous facial expressions; pair that with tattered clothes and you've got a recipe for hauntings. The added horror that comes with black and white grainy pictures makes these old Halloween photos extra spooky. In this collection, creepy vintage photographs show anything from the primitive Halloween costumes of the past to Victorian-era portraits where something doesn’t feel quite right. Perhaps it’s grainy black and white, sometimes sepia feel to them. Or maybe because they’re often torn, crumpled, and look damaged. Creepy and nightmarish vintage Halloween photos from the 1900s to 1950s. From doll masks to decorated bags over heads to specially crafted outfits, these fascinating and nightmarish photos capture random people donning their Halloween costumes. 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Few creepy old photos are more disturbing than those captured inside the mental institutions of decades and centuries past. Seen here is one of countless patients being restrained in a French mental institution in 1900. It's unclear what condition this unfortunate patient suffered from. Browse 45,240 authentic creepy halloween stock photos, high-res images, and pictures, or explore additional creepy halloween background or creepy halloween decoration stock images to find the right photo at the right size and resolution for your project. If you are wanting to switch out your standard art with some spooky antique-style images for Halloween, I’ve got you covered with my Halloween antique photo free printable! In this post, you’ll find 6 super unique, creepy haunted images that will make your Halloween decor so much fun- and don’t forget-totally FREE! Vintage photographs always fascinate us; they depict how people lived before, how they suffered, how they fought, how they survived and how they scared others. Here we at Bygonely, have collected some spooky old photographs blended with an unimaginable creepy feeling of uneasiness. Oh, and everything was creepy as hell, or at least it was according to the contents of these 50 vintage pictures. Maybe it's all the black and white photography, but there is just something about these old-school photos that makes your skin crawl. 1. Vintage Halloween costume snapshot Real Scary Pictures With Creepy Backstories To Match. While most of these real scary pictures are plenty haunting even at first glance, others convey a slow-burning creepiness that only reveals itself as you learn the full story behind the image. Take, for example, the 1929 Christmas portrait of the Lawson family of Germanton, North Carolina.
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