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Apples for Bobbing

Message on the back of this postcard: "Wish you a Merry Halloween from Isabelle."

 

Addressed to: Howard Knicley, Brookville, Pa., R.F.D. No. 2.

 

Postmarked: Punxsutawney, Pa., Oct. 27, 1909.

 

Printed on the back: "Raphael Tuck & Sons' 'Hallowe'en' Post Cards, Series No. 160."

 

In the scene on the front of this Raphael Tuck & Sons postcard, anthropomorphic apples jump into a wooden wash tub filled with water to initiate bobbing for apples on Halloween.

 

Originally posted on Ipernity: Apples for Bobbing.

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