Halloween Girl Pumpkin Bucket Costume Couch 1957 Photo Snapshot 3.5 x 3.5

This photograph was taken in 1957 and shows a young girl in a Halloween costume sitting on a couch while holding a pumpkin trick-or-treat bucket.

Mid-century Halloween imagery often highlights the introduction of molded plastic pumpkin buckets, which became a defining accessory of the holiday during the 1950s. Snapshot photography from this era preserves these domestic moments, with children posed indoors before heading out for neighborhood trick-or-treating.

The image features a smiling young girl seated cross-legged on a couch, wearing a patterned costume and holding a jack-o'-lantern pail by its handle. Her expression and upward gaze give the scene a candid, joyful quality. The square format and white border are consistent with consumer prints of the period. The reverse includes a handwritten inscription dated 1957, adding clear temporal context and personal provenance.

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