Vintage Halloween Illustration: Children and Jack-O'-Lantern Ghost #3364250 (License: Personal Use)

This early 20th-century watercolor illustration captures the whimsical tension of Halloween night: two children-a boy in green cap and shorts, a girl in red coat and pink skirt-huddle behind a hedge, wide-eyed, as a costumed figure draped in a flowing white sheet advances, crowned by a luminous carved pumpkin. Bare trees and deep indigo twilight frame the scene, evoking nostalgia and gentle suspense typical of Golden Age children’s holiday art.

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