Happy Hallowe’en from the “fortune teller” in the middle. One of my favorite blogs, Envisioning the American Dream, has some wonderful Halloween ads from the 1950’s, when this photo was taken.
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Blogs I Love to Read
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Happy Halloween to you too! Thanks for your ‘spookily’ interesting blog.
Happy Halloween and thanks for the shoutout