Daisy Turner of Grafton, VT describes a Halloween fortune telling game and family prank from her childhood. Audio and text excerpt from a November 1, 1983 interview with Daisy Turner conducted by Jane Beck (TC1983-0029). A part of the Turner Family…
Black and white drawing by American political cartoonist George Yost Coffin (1850-1896). Image features a woman wearing stars and stripes holding a candle to a mirror on Halloween night to learn the identity of her future spouse; the face revealed in…
Katharine Duclos of Braintree, VT describes childhood Halloween pranks and celebrations. Audio and text excerpt from a June 20, 1990 interview with Katharine DuClos conducted by Gregory Sharrow (TC1990-2032). A part of the Farm Series Project…
Image of a group of children playing at Halloween party. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.