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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from the Underbelly staff! Enjoy these scary photos from the bowels of the Maryland Historical Society’s archives.

MS 3126 Box 18 Folder 2 Group in Halloween costumes at the White

Halloween at the White House in 1971. President Nixon is in the dog costume. (just kidding)
(Group in Halloween Costumes at the White House, 1971, MS 3126, MdHS.)

PP79-573-7 Halloween masks

Halloween masks, 1951, Robert Kniesche, PP79.573.7, MdHS.

PP79-573-5 Halloween masks

Halloween masks, 1951, Robert Kniesche, PP79.573.5, MdHS.

1982-19-1-190 Highlandtown Halloween Parade

Fun at the Highlandtown Halloween Parade circa 1979..
(Highlandtown Halloween Parade, circa 1979, Linda G. Rich, The East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, BCLM 1982.19.1.190, MdHS.)

Halloween Dancers on "the Block", Baltimore Street, 1939 (Halloween Dancer, Baltimore Street, 1939, Robert Kniesche, PP79.574.1, MdHS.)

Halloween Dancers on “the Block”, Baltimore Street, 1939
(Halloween Dancer, Baltimore Street, 1939, Robert Kniesche, PP79.574.1, MdHS.)

Halloween Costumes, circa 1953, Paul Henderson, HEN.00.A2.221, MdHS.

Halloween Costumes, circa 1953, Paul Henderson, HEN.00.A2.221, MdHS.

All set for trick or treating. (Halloween costumes, circa October 1949, Paul Henderson, HEN.00.A2.219, MdHS.)

All set for trick or treating.
(Halloween costumes, circa October 1949, Paul Henderson, HEN.00.A2.219, MdHS.)