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Posted: 30 Oct 2015

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The Joys of Halloween Be Yours

The Joys of Halloween Be Yours
An owl and a bat flap their wings through the nighttime sky as Cupid stands on a cloud and contemplates whether to shoot an arrow at the full moon, where a witch has replaced the Man in the Moon.

I can't help but wonder whether L. R. Conwell, the publisher of this 1909 postcard, recycled a Valentine's Day card to compose this perplexing scene, but a search for other Cupid cards didn't uncover any similar postcards.

Conwell also featured Cupid in at least one other Halloween postcard. See Wishing You a Lucky Halloween:

Wishing You a Lucky Halloween

, , Smiley Derleth, have particularly liked this photo

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