Historical Halloween photos from the 1950s and ’60s
This year, Halloween night coincides with the annual dreaded turning back of the clocks. So while you fall back this weekend, may you also fall into a sugar coma from an obscene amount of mini KitKats and Snickers.
Here are four photos from the 1950s and ’60s that show Maine kids living their best Halloween lives. Boo!
A Portland Press Herald photo from Oct. 31, 1954, shows five children who won a Halloween costume contest at a Westbrook school. From left are Cheryl Hanney, 5; David Call, 5; Linda Pride, 7; Terry Allan, 8; and Terry Webber, 6. (Donald Johnson/Staff Photographer. Photo courtesy of Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives)
Terry Ann Tourangeau, 2, of Westbrook, appears to be trick-or-treating as a ghost in this photo in the Evening Express on Nov. 2, 1960. (John C. Olson/Staff Photographer. Courtesy of Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives)
Westbrook trick-or-treaters Paul Carrier, left, and Samuel Broaddus, both 9 years old, pose for a Halloween photo in the Nov. 2, 1960, Evening Express. (John C. Olson/Staff Photographer. Courtesy of Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives)
In this Evening Express photo from Nov. 2, 1960, Bette McKenna, left, 12, Susan Swan, 12, and Donelda McKenna, 11, pose for a photo. (John C. Olson/Staff Photographer. Courtesy of Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives)
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Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town. More by Aimsel Ponti
