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October 31 - The Face In the Mirror

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Halloween Holiday Greetings Postcard
Art by Ellen Clapsaddle
Circa 1910

Postmark Hudson, N.Y. 

Candle Icon 13x35 (animation) Pumpkin Hat crazy Icon (animation) Among the Halloween divination games wildly popular in the late 19th-century and early 20th-century was a form of scrying, or mirror divination, in which an unmarried woman was instructed to sit before a mirror in a darkened room on Halloween night.

Purportedly, if she gazed long enough, she would see a vision of her future husband reflected in the mirror. :heart:

If, however, she was to die unmarried, a skull would appear instead! Skull and Crossbones 
The game play could be embellished with candles, incantations, alcoholic beverages or what-have-you depending on the host's sense of whimsy.   Halloween Icon ultra PumpkinPumpkin Hat Icon

Paint Palette Icon mid About the artist - Ellen Hattie Clapsaddle   (1865-1934)

After receiving a scholarship in 1882, Clapsaddle moved from her birthplace in South Columbia NY to New York City to attend the Cooper Institute (Cooper Union). After returning home she used her skills teaching art, painting portraits, and decorating a variety of objects, which she sold from her own studio. While a number of publishers used her work on postcards, she submitted the greatest number of her designs to the International Art Publishing Company. She moved to New York City in 1895 to work with them, and like so many other artists she made a number of trips back and forth to Germany in order to work directly with the best printing houses. International Art Publishing was a subsidiary of Wolf & Co.; and because of the popularity of her work there, Clapsaddle was hired by the Wolf bothers as a full time illustrator in 1906. She dedicated her life to this work, producing over 3,000 postcards, mostly greetings and holiday cards depicting children.

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#oldpostcard #postcardstock #deltiology #vintagestock #postcards 
Vintage item from my post card and ephemera collections, free stock for yours. 
Use however you like. Enjoy! Star! 
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