Vintage Halloween

One of my favorite ads from the late Victorian era. Beautiful Witch!

The quintessential Halloween broadcast. October 30, 1938. This show caused widespread panic. If you listen, and imagine yourself in 1938, not knowing this was a radio show because you didn't hear that part, you can imagine... it was brilliantly done.

War of the Worlds.mp3

Also, archive.org has a movie based on that night. "The Night America Trembled." It was made in the early 50s and for some reason they didn't bother costuming the cast for 1938. Ha! Still, ...

I can hardly believe it's been two years since I posted here! I've just gone through and fixed dead links, deleted entries where the pics have moved, and in general cleaned up.

I hope I can find time to post lots more in here.