Halloween in the Time of Cholera

Posted by Miss Cellania in Pictures on October 28, 2008 at 10:27 am



Steven Martin collects pictures of Halloween from long ago.

“My theme is ‘Halloween in the Time of Cholera,’” collector Steven Martin told Wired.com in an e-mail interview. “The idea being that people back then were probably on a more intimate level with death — and that would have affected the way they celebrated Halloween.”

See a gallery at Wired. Link

Link to Martin’s Flicker stream.


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6 comments to "Halloween in the Time of Cholera"

  1. Frau
    October 28th, 2008 at 10:32 am

    I like the devil costume on the far right. At least I think that is what it is.

  2. Kitten
    October 28th, 2008 at 11:23 am

    Awful lot of harlequins.

  3. Pudifoot
    October 28th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Wow. He is one wild and crazy guy.

  4. chech
    October 28th, 2008 at 1:48 pm

    "Link to Martin’s Flicker stream."

    What's "Flicker"?

  5. Tempscire
    October 29th, 2008 at 12:10 am

    I don't know if it's the grainy b&w/sepia-toned photos or the prevalence of creepy masks, but I find those photos surprisingly unnerving.

  6. Josh
    October 29th, 2008 at 11:32 am

    Haha,christ...I read that as "Steve Martin". And my first following thought, "Comedian Steve Martin uses Flikr??"


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