The scariest Halloween postcard I ever saw....

Ghoul on large black cat with bats and flying witch on broomstick, attacking carnivorous skeleton and ghost chasing them all.

All I can say is "The Walking Dead" and the Zombie walk had nothing on the folks at the turn of the last century.

This Whitney Company vintage postcard comes from the estate of Beatrice Corrigan and was mailed to her by a school friend around 1913.

Last year this postcard was part of longer blog post on vintage Halloween postcards that are part of the Arts Department collection at the Toronto Reference Library.

There is a display on now of this postcard and others at the top of the stairs on the 5th floor of the Toronto Reference Libray opposite our temporary information desk. Come visit - they look even more scary in person.

If you are interested in scary things you may also enjoy the blog post The scariest book I never read by Maureen up at North York Central Library.

Speaking of scary things.....let's talk about Pinterest. Pinterest is a great visual source on which you can "pin" and create bulletin boards of images arranged any way you like. Toronto Public Library has a Pinterest page - including a board on vintage postcards and it has a variety of our postcards. As well this general search on Pinterest shows a great collection of vintage Halloween postcards.