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Posted: 23 Oct 2018

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For Auld Lang Syne This Halloween!

For Auld Lang Syne This Halloween!
A postcard addressed to Miss Mary Elliott, c/o Mrs. R. Elliott, Milton West, Canada, and postmarked at Niagara Falls, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1909.

Handwritten message: "Hope Papa is better since he went away. Love to you all from cousin Annie."

Although Auld Lang Syne is traditionally associated with New Year's Eve, I suppose that All Hallows' Eve might also be a good time for old acquaintance not to be forgot.

Note, too, that the jack-o'-lantern on this card is a carved turnip rather than a pumpkin.

Smiley Derleth, Deborah Lundbech have particularly liked this photo

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 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
If it weren't so difficult, this could be a fantastic post for a cross-holiday theme!
This is so funny!
6 years ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to Deborah Lundbech club
Yeah, it's definitely an odd card! I'm not exactly sure how it ended up being a Halloween card.
6 years ago.
 amylsacks
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Even odder: those flowers on the border look like fritillaria uva vulpis, which blooms in Spring.
6 years ago.

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