A young Drew Barrymore dresses up as a purple Crayola crayon for Halloween in 1984.
Punky Brewster actress Soleil Moon Frye and ’80s TV star Ricky Schroder pose in their Halloween costumes in 1984.
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Actress Brooke Shields at Halloween party at Regine’s in New York City in 1981.
Singer Sonny Bono poses with a young Chaz Bono as the two wear matching costumes on Halloween in 1972.
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First lady Betty Ford hands out cookies and candy to a few lucky trick-or-treaters on Halloween in 1974.
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Six-year-old Japanese Crown Princess Masako Owada is disguised as a skeleton as she and some friends prepare for the annual Halloween parade in New York.
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Elvis Presley wears a mask as he and actress Joan Bradshaw celebrate Halloween at a party in Hollywood, Calif., in 1957.
A boy and a girl wear Halloween costumes for trick-or-treating in this vintage shot.
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Batman, the Green Hornet, Superman, and a host of other comic strip characters get geared up for Halloween in New Jersey, 1966.
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President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office previewing Caroline and John Jr.'s Halloween costumes, October 1963.
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Elementary school children at a Halloween festival in Anaheim, Calif., in October 1962.
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A group of children in Halloween outfits, Milwaukee, Wisc., circa 1930s.
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A Halloween party circa 1940 in New York City. The party was organized for members of Tots' Town, a daycare facility at the Children's Aid Society's James Center.
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Three girls try out their masked costumes as they prepare for Halloween festivities in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1929.
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Children in costumes arriving at a Halloween party, circa 1955.
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Elementary school children at the Halloween festival in Anaheim, Calif., in October 1962.
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The 1962 Halloween episode of Lassie.
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A young girl in a Halloween hat posing with a jack o' lantern, circa 1945.
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A group of children wearing Halloween costumes wait in a trick-or-treat line to receive apples from an officer at a police precinct, circa 1960.
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Full-length portrait of three children wearing Halloween costumes and holding trick-or-treat bags with their hands held out, circa 1955.
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A little girl, wearing a clown costume for trick-or-treating, chooses a treat at Halloween, 1960s.
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