Halloween Artifacts, Volume 1: Lighting (a timeline series)
Contents:
Foreword by Charles Beck (pg. 4) offers an intro to the experience of meaningful vintage Halloween collecting and offers a look at Beck’s publications focused on antique and vintage photography featuring Halloween traditions.
Contains 1 photograph from Charles Beck’s “Halloween Haunts- Early to Mid 20th Century Photos.”
Harvesting an Ember Glimmers of the Past in Lanterns, Shades, & Luminescent Inks (pg. 5) is the author’s introduction that builds for a reader a sense of what it is like finding the treasures of old Halloween, and beginning to comprehend their historical presence in a vintage marketplace.
Contains 2 photographs from the author.
Introduction Revisiting a Foreword from Research Series THR, Vol. 1 (pg. 6) returns to the original publication by THR from 2023 to give a practical background of the author’s journey into research that includes the following segments: Positions for Context, Statement of Intent, Regarding Source, THR’s Archive Library.
Contains 4 photographs from the THR archive library.
Halloween Artifacts: Lighting THRs Archive Collection Synchronized with Library Data (pg. 10) is a massive 100-page survey of lanterns, shades, and objects with luminescent inks that include a large photo, a sample from a vintage source, and a timeline of vintage vendors (where available) for the collection of objects.
100 pages with photographs of vintage Halloween collectibles.
Sources & Additional Reading A Quick List of Selected Publications (pg. 113) reviews a small list of sources used throughout the book, and includes a list of additional research from THR.
Thank you for buying The Halloween Retrospect on Etsy so each book gets a quality check, and THR can include inserts like poster and crossword puzzle, as well as ship in a sturdy box.
