18 Vintage Halloween Costumes That Will Give You Nightmares
Back in the day, kids (and adults) just did not get the concept of masks and how to match them up to a costume. Actually, some of them bypassed the masks all together and fashioned creepy Halloween costumes out of sheets that ended up looking like assorted versions of Ku Klux Klan-inspired animals and public figures. Like a Ku Klux Klown. That kind of thing used to happen on the reg.
While going out at Halloween anymore is all about hipster Halloween costumes, meme play, and terrifying Halloween masks you can buy at the Halloween store, there was a time when people had some newspaper, glue, and paint to fashion a great Halloween costume, and they did their best with these meager supplies, which was not great.
Guaranteed To Scare Away Any Crows, 1800
Photo: MikiMouse88 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0Way Too Wrapped Up ... And Are Those Slippers? Undated
Photo: simpleinsomnia / Flickr / CC BY 2.0Her Pumpkin Bump Is Showing, 1928
Photo: UNK photographer / Wikimedia Commons / Public DomainLady And The Cat Tramp, 1950s
Even The Garage Has Creepy Eyes, 1918
Wholesome Yet Haunting, Undated
Photo: simpleinsomnia / Flickr / CC BY 2.0The Cane, Mask, And Photobomber Are Equally Frightening, 1938
Photo: Arthur Rothstein / Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection / No known restrictionsWould Actually Be Cute Without The Masks, 1950s
No One Can See Me In This Foliage, 1950sÂ
Rabbits? Cute. Rabbit Masks? Always Creepy. Undated
Photo: simpleinsomnia / Flickr / CC BY 2.0Mickey, With Twisted Hands Wearing Trash Bag Pants , 1956
Photo: Brecht Bug / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Cowboy Frankenstein
Photo: simpleinsomnia / Flickr / CC BY 2.0Like The Sheet Says, 'I Am GST,' Undated
Never, Ever Put A Mask On A Baby, 1949Â
Photo: simpleinsomnia / Flickr / CC BY 2.0Black Swan And White Pouf, Updated
Photo: chicks57 / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0Polka Dot Musical Blobs, Undated
Photo: Mpls55408 / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0Little Ms. Masked Riding Hood, Undated
Photo: simpleinsomnia / Flickr / CC BY 2.0Sleepy, Bashful, And Grumpy, Circa 1918