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Halloween Party at the Orpheum

Date: 10 31 1930
Description: View from the stage of a full audience of costumed Halloween party-goers in the auditorium at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street.
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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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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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Women in Halloween Costumes

Date: 10 24 1938
Description: Group portrait of nine women posing indoors in Halloween costumes. 119 N. Butler Street.
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Halloween Decorations in Orpheum Theater Lobby

Date: 10 29 1930
Description: Halloween decorations in the lobby of the Orpheum Theater.
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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...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Front cover of a catalog for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. The illustration portrays a little girl being frightened by a little boy. The girl ...
Photograph

Halloween Observance

Date: 10 28 1948
Description: Connie and Michael Burch, children of Mr. and Mrs. Byron B. Burch, 205 South Owen Drive, with their huge pumpkin in observance of Halloween.
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Girl Scout Week

Date: 10 20 1952
Description: Three members of a Girl Scout troop at the Washington Orthopedic school, and their leader and teacher, Miss Erna E. Schweppe, are shown making hats for a H...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Hard-Time Party

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils of the Northey School, District No. 7, pose with their parents at a Halloween "Hard-time" party at the school. Many in the group wear ragged or outd...
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...
Photograph

Arms Child with Jack-O-Lantern

Date: 10 1966
Description: One of Lewis Arms's children (most likely Paul Arms) is wearing a Halloween mask and holding a jack-o-lantern. He is standing in front of a rocking horse o...

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