Friday, July 22, 2011
Heigh-Ho for Halloween!
We started off the month with some Xmas in July fun, now looking at my calendar I see we are exactly 100 DAYS away from HALLOWEEN 2011! And there is certainly no time like the present to get excited about the best holiday of the year, so how about mood enhancers for you from two 1940's book sources, the first: selections from Elizabeth Hough Sechrist's classic "Heigh-Ho for Halloween" (1948), with neat little illustrations from Guy Fry, followed by highlights from "Spooks and Spirits and Shadowy Shapes" (1949), featuring wonderfully atmospheric art by Robert L. Doremus.
OK. Here is why I love this blog: artwork that would otherwise be lost to the ages. Just look at that inking!!! Wonderful stuff.
ReplyDeleteYeah, these are great, man. I love the Halloween clip art from the first book, but the illustrations (and especially the cover) from the second book were solid gold.
ReplyDeleteTonight it was actually pretty cool here (in the fifties), and windy, so it was really super easy to imagine that fall is right around the corner. So this post was good timing for me.
Beautiful images! I wish Halloween wasn't so far away now though!
ReplyDelete~Lisa
Wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteLove these! Vintage holiday imagery is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the kinds words and comments... this was of course just a teaser for the month of October that is slowly but surely creeping up on us. I have so much good stuff lined up for that month, I seriously hope I can fit it all in!
ReplyDeleteUP NEXT: A trip to TV LAND!
wow - i love the images from both books - but the atmosphere in the images of the second one is amazing. the one with the kid outside the house looking at the barn and the one with the kids with the bags on their heads are both so great.
ReplyDeleteQuickly, find some pix of old 60s or 70's atmospheric barns-- and farmer's daughters with bags over their heads!
ReplyDelete:)
ReplyDeleteI'll see what I can do.