Halloween Greetings

 

Happy Halloween!

 

 Halloween party at State Normal School, Kearney, Nebraska. c.1908

 

Library of Congress American Memory Collection

Nebraska State Historical Society, [Digital ID, e.g., nbhips 12036]

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Getting Ready for Halloween

 

c. 1917

Library of Congress

Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.  

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Shopping Saturday: That Special Halloween Costume

 

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c.1952

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Confederate pomp amid burial of slave's daughter

Mattie Clyburn Rice, who was 91 when she died in September, devoted her energy to confirming her father's Confederate service.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/17/5248731/slaves-daughter-to-be-buried-in.html#.VEU5jCLF_qU#storylink=cpy

Weary Clyburn was in his early 80s when Mattie was born.

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Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/17/5248731/slaves-daughter-to-be-buried-in.html#.VEU5jCLF_qU#storylink=cpy

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