Merry Samhain! Happy Halloween!

Happy Samhain, everyone!

The veil is thin and the spirits are restless.

It's my favorite time of the year, so I couldn't 

let it go by without posting a few 

spoooOOOOOooooooky vintage treats.

Hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

Witches...

{ I can't believe no one's photoshopped a knife in that there hand. }

{ double double toil and cute! }

{ notice she is giving the devil horns with her right hand... }

{ Guess who's coven to dinner? }

{ They just don't make 'em like this anymore. Sigh. }

Ghosts & Goblins....

{ Double exposure photography has been in existence practically since the advent of the medium... heh.  I said "medium". }

{ With a sudden realization Mary knew wasn't what was under the bed she must be wary of... }

{ Purported to be actual plague doctor masks.  Did they know how insane they looked?

Insanely awesome, that is. }

{ Clean your mean. }

{ Mary and Abe, together forevs. }

Demons...

{ Cakes and ale, cakes and ale! }

{ Even the Lord of Darkness needs his exercise. }

{ Cheeky. }

Skeletons...

{ Not sure if two men or one ugly lady and a dead guy..}

{ You may have seen this photo before, but I do so love it. }

{ It's a deadly gang! }

{ it took me a moment to fully see this one}

{ The post-mortem dangers of swanking. }

{ Skeleton, skeleton, come to me-- in abundance, three times three! }

Unnamed horrors...

{ Invasion of the Halloween snatchers }

{ I find this "stab" at a severed head septet more silly than scary, but perhaps that's just me.  }

{ THIS, however, is downright macabre. }

{ Louise Brooks looking phantas-tic. }

Do It your-own-self...

{ printable decorations. }

Merry Haunting one and all!

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Lovely Ladies

As promised, here's version 2.0 of "Hot Tintypes":
The fairer sex.

Pretty photos of pretty people.
Tintypes, Daguerrotypes, Ambrotypes, and some other types, 
I'm sure...

 { This first picture is my new favorite favorite thing.  Witches? Witches!  What's with the dead bird? Doesn't matter.  It's all amazing, and an alluring mystery. }

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{ Gorgeous.  }

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{ This lady is the great or great-great grandmother of Drew Barrymore.  Fox! }

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{ A gypsy; taken after arriving on Ellis Island. }

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{ So haunting. }

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{ So young! }

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{ A straight-up Texas lass.  She'll cut a bitch. }

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{ I would wear allll of this. }

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And rounding out the "Hot Hair" category:

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Because I missed a few fellers last time:

{ Who is he? Who cares! He's a gentleman and a scholar... I can tell. }

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{ Artist Paul Gustave Dore.  Check out his amazing engravings. }

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{ ... }

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{ Could go either way.. }

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{ Haha... these are dudes. }

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tags: ambrotype, antique, daguerrotype. first drag queens, ladies, men, photograph, picture, tintype, victorian, women, 1800s