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Lighted Jack-o-Lanterns

Date: 10 31 1986
Description: Parents with children at a carved pumpkin, or jack-o-lantern, display on lawn on Halloween night.
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Astronaut Kids

Date: 10 30 1968
Description: Three children, dressed up in homemade astronaut costumes for Halloween. One clever parent has made good use of a football helmet!
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Children Dressed in Halloween Costumes

Date: 1920
Description: Five children dressed in Halloween costumes with jack-o-lanterns hanging overhead. Two of them are Robert J. Taylor's daughters, Ellen and Donna Taylor.
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Halloween Spooks

Date: 10 31 1951
Description: Carl Lueders' children stand at the door and trick-or-treat in their neighborhood on Halloween.
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Halloween Window Display

Date: 11 08 1938
Description: Vienna French Pastry shop, 334-336 State Street, Halloween Jack-o-lantern window.
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"Phantom President" Movie Parade

Date: 10 31 1932
Description: Children in Halloween costumes carrying signs for Jimmy Durante's "Phantom President" movie, including horse and carriage with drivers and riders.
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Presbyterian Students

Date: 10 26 1928
Description: Elevated informal group portrait of students posing outdoors at a Halloween Party, some in costumes, taken outside behind the Presbyterian Student Headquar...
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Sam's Bakery Window

Date: 10 18 1955
Description: Halloween display in the window of Sam's Bakery, 735 University Avenue.
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Green Sheet Costume

Date: 10 31 1987
Description: Amanda Basile of Milwaukee's Northwest side dressed as the Milwaukee Journal Green Sheet for Halloween. She made the costume with her mother Penny Chapman ...
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Emil Jannings and Jesse Lasky

Date: 10 18 1926
Description: Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German movie star arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 return...
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Sunset Village Community Club Halloween Party

Date: 10 31 1959
Description: Mike Feifarek, Linda Houden, Carol Braton, Jackie Edwards, and Susan Arawinko attend the Sunset Village Community Club Halloween Party.
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Sunset Village Community Club Halloween Party

Date: 10 31 1959
Description: Fairy princess Patty Goggin is about to change the bunny Katherine Becker into a beautiful girl if she isn't stopped by the witch Susan Devitt during the S...
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Sunset Village Community Club Halloween Party

Date: 10 31 1959
Description: Jeff Isenring (left), Jean Cox, Nancy Willett, Jean Willett (the ghost) and Karen Olson attend the Sunset Village Community Club Halloween Party.
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Sunset Village Community Club Halloween Party

Date: 10 31 1959
Description: Children wore costumes while attending the Sunset Village Community Club Halloween Party. From left to right are Mary Moore, Nancy Shell, Jane Albert, Shar...
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Sleeping Beauty

Date: 10 1959
Description: A young girl peeks from behind a Sleeping Beauty mask that is part of her Halloween costume.
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Mallatt's Pharmacy

Date: 10 2013
Description: A sign in the window of Mallatt's Pharmacy and Costumes advertising wine tastings. The storefront window is decorated with Halloween costumes, such as Supe...
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Halloween

Date: 10 2013
Description: The corner storefront window of Mallatt's Pharmacy and Costumes on Monroe street is decorated with a Halloween display. Along the right side a cloth banner...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Toil and Trouble"

Date: 10 26 1984
Description: Newspaper (Capital Times) photograph of Sid Boyum's neighbor Johanna Oosterwky wearing a witch's hat and stirring a cauldron in front of the Devil s...
Postcard

Bienleins Livery After Halloween

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Description: View of the livery stable, with a row of five buggies parked on the roof after Halloween. Seven boys are standing among the buggies on the roof, and anothe...
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Hey Goblins, You'd Better Watch Out

Date: 10 26 1957
Description: "Free punki'ns" are being given to children by the Madison Sears store and the Y Men's Club of the YMCA. The pumpkins are to be carved and entered in a con...

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