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Check out these vintage Halloween costumes across the decades

Thursday, October 15, 2015
Cabinet photograph of a young woman and five boys in full Halloween costume, Lexington, Oklahoma, circa 1890.
Portrait of theatre perfomers dressed up, circa 1900s.
Circa 1905: View of a person wearing a ghost costume behind a lunch table with Halloween decorations in a rural schoolhouse.
A 'coven of witches' line up for a Halloween portrait dressed in festive witch hats and improvised costumes, circa 1910, United States.
October 1922: An apple bobbing game at a Halloween costume party.
Three girls amuse each other with their masked costumes as they prepare for Halloween festivities in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1929.
October 10, 1930: The Hon Mrs Roland Cubitt dressed as 'Three Candles' in a costume made by L & H Nathan Ltd, for the "Pageant Of The Superstitions" in London.
Circa 1935: A costumed woman shakes hands with a life-sized Halloween skeleton decoration hanging on a wall. A paper jack-o'-lantern sits on the floor.
Circa 1940: Four kids join in the fun at a Halloween party in New York City.
Children in costumes arriving at a Halloween party, USA, circa 1955. A sign on the door warns "Beware Ghosts are within!"
Portrait of three people in Halloween costumes as they pose behind a carved pumpkin, 1965.
Oct 1969: Kids trying on costumes that will be for sale at the Secrest Elementary School carnival in Arvada, Colo.
Children wearing Halloween costumes stand in front of a woman's door, trick-or-treating, circa 1975.
October 31, 1978: Nurses from the University of Colorado newborn nursery collect contributions from costumed Halloween night customers at a bar in Denver.
Night-time view of participants in elaborate costumes during the annual Halloween Parade, New York, New York, late 1970s or early 1980s.
Spiderwoman-costumed Minnie Mouse welcomes a Japanese girl during Tokyo Disneyland's Happy Halloween Pumpkin Parade on October 31, 1997.
A child in a pumpkin outfit sitting next to a pumpkin, Halloween, United Kingdom, 2000s.
Stylist Hannah Bhuiya and jeweller Lara Bohinc at the 3rd annual Browns Focus Halloween Party held at the Shepherd's Bush Pavilion, London on October 30, 2009.
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Cabinet photograph of a young woman and five boys in full Halloween costume, Lexington, Oklahoma, circa 1890.
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