Stephanie Carroll: Victorian Halloween Photographs
by Stephanie Carroll @CarrollBooks
Note: What follows are photos selected to accompany yesterday’s post, 10 Ways the Victorians Contributed to Modern-Day Halloween.
While not exactly a Wordless Wednesday post, we thought you’d enjoy a visual interpretation of Victorian-era behaviors.
~Mj
Parties![University of Southern California Student Halloween Party, Circa 1890](https://i0.wp.com/franklymydearmojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/University_of_Southern_California_student_Halloween_party_ca._1890_uaic-stu-lif-1880-1940-001-1.jpg?resize=512%2C410)
University of Southern California student Halloween party, ca. 1890. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Costumes![](https://i0.wp.com/franklymydearmojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Vintage_Halloween_Costumes.jpg?resize=420%2C304)
1890 Halloween Party & Costumes [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Spiritualism![](https://i0.wp.com/franklymydearmojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10590054314_52a7f43750_z.jpg?resize=407%2C640)
Caption on Card: “Author’s Third Flashlight Photograph of 1 June, 1912. Portrait of M. Bisson.” The Public Domain Review via Flickr.
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