An eerie photo showing what children dressed up as for Halloween in the 1930s has left people horrified – as many admit they would have been terrified if they’d have knocked on their door
People have been left horrified after seeing what children in the 1930s dressed up as for Halloween – with some claiming their costumes are scarier than anything on sale today. In an eerie photo, a group of children are seen wearing various paper-mâché masks likely made on their kitchen tables with their parents’ in the weeks running up to October 31.
While some children dressed up as animals – such as cats, foxes, elephants, and frogs – others dressed up as ‘strange-looking’ humans. Creeped out by the costumes, Reddit users were quick to share their thoughts on the children’s handiwork, with one user saying: “I mean, if the aim is to look frightening, this definitely is a good job.”
Another user added: “When they actually wanted to scare the mean winter ghosts.” A third user said: “Super interesting to know back then you couldn’t really buy costumes so many of these are home made.” One more user added: “I’m definitely peeing the bed tonight.”
While another user commented on the masks themselves, saying: “I was at an auction one time and some of these paper-mâché masks came up for sale. They were made from newspaper and you could still see the dates visible on the inside of the masks to verify their age. I believe the two or three masks they had were around 100 years old.
“They all went for an excess of $200 apiece. If you think about it things like this really don’t survive most times. It’s kind of amazing to see them nowadays but they were really beautiful masks you can tell a lot of time was put into them. “
Another agreed: “These are significantly cooler than 99% of the store-bought bulls**t kids have been dressing up in for Halloween for the last 20 years. I also bet these would look amazing in colour. This group of kids in these costumes was likely very, very colourful and fun… the black and white, grainy nature of old photography has a pretty harsh effect.”