Circa 1777 etching of the mythical chimera by Louis Jean Desprez (La Chimère de Monsieur Desprez)
Silent Sundays
Silent Sundays: In Memory of Erin O’Keefe (1876)
Tombstone erected to draw tourists to Pikes Peak, Colorado, with the tall tale of baby Erin who was eaten alive by rats in 1876.
Silent Sundays: The Modern Witch (1927)
March 1927 silk stockings advertisement in Ladies’ Home Journal, featuring Ipswich Hosiery’s “Modern Witch” (via Smithsonian Magazine).
The Year of Halloween 