Halloween Postcard Keep Moving

The imagery on this postcard, featuring a jack-o'-lantern and a black cat, reflects the popularization of Halloween traditions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The jack-o'-lantern, derived from Irish folklore involving carved root vegetables, evolved in North America to commonly use carved pumpkins by the mid-19th century. Black cats, long associated with superstition and witchcraft in European tradition, became a pervasive symbol of the holiday's eerie charm during this period.