An illustration titled “Magic Lantern” by artist Charles Hawes, which appeared on the cover of Coronet Magazine in October 1953.

An illustration titled “Magic Lantern” by artist Charles Hawes, which appeared on the cover of Coronet Magazine in October 1953.
A vintage promotional advertisement sign from McDonald’s featuring the classic 1980s Halloween Happy Meal buckets: McBoo (orange jack-o’-lantern), McPunk’n (green witch), and McGoblin (white ghost).
A vintage 1956 print advertisement for Schlitz Beer, featuring the tagline “Light refreshment is half the fun!” and illustrating a man and woman carving a Halloween pumpkin.
A vintage paperback copy of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night (Part I), published by Pan Books (catalogue number X344) with cover art by Glenn Steward.
The cover of Esquire magazine from November 1955 featuring a woman smiling while holding a carved pumpkin mask over her head against a bright orange background.
Actress Barbara Eden in a promotional Halloween photograph from the mid-1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
The October 1960 cover (Number 64) of the vintage children’s and girls’ magazine Calling All Girls, published by Parents’ Magazine.
A vintage 1964 print advertisement for Kool-Aid featuring a glass pitcher styled like a jack-o’-lantern with a smiling face, surrounded by children in retro Halloween costumes and the slogan “Treat a host of ghosts with one package of Kool-Aid”.
A vintage 1980s Eureka / The Paper Magic Group haunted house Halloween die-cut decoration.
A double-sided cardboard die-cut wall/window decoration measuring about 14 inches tall.
The front cover of the October 1962 issue of Wee Wisdom magazine, a long-running children’s publication, featuring a classic Halloween theme illustrated by artist D. Wagstaff.
The cover art titled “Halloween Scare,” illustrated by Frederic Stanley for the November 2, 1935, issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
A vintage 1984 print advertisement by E.J. Brach & Sons titled “The tricks to throwing a Halloween party are the treats from Brach’s.”
A promotional poster/advertisement featuring Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, alongside the classic 1989 Elvira and the Party Monsters pinball machine manufactured by Midway under the Bally label.
A vintage paperback edition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories My Mother Never Told Me, edited by Alfred Hitchcock and originally published by Dell Publishing in 1965 (Dell #5816) with an original cover price of 50 cents.
The cover of Good Housekeeping magazine from October 1938 (priced at 25 cents), featuring a Halloween illustration by Horace Gaffron.
A vintage 1986 magazine advertisement for Dunkin’ Donuts featuring an Anchor Hocking glass pumpkin jar filled with a dozen sugar cookies for $4.99.
The October 1969 Halloween issue of Jack and Jill children’s magazine (Volume 31, Number 12), published by Curtis.
Barbara Eden as Jeannie and Larry Hagman as Major Anthony Nelson from the classic sitcom I Dream of Jeannie pose with a jack-o’-lantern in a 1966 promotional photo for Season 2.
A vintage print advertisement from 1967 for Hunt’s Catsup featuring a ripe tomato carved like a Jack-o’-lantern resting on top of a ketchup bottle.
The first paperback edition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me, published by Dell Publishing (Dell #8290) in 1965, featuring cover art illustrated by Banbery.