Below is a collection of vintage photographs from collector Steven Martin.
Dubbing his haunting time capsule collection, “Halloween in the Time of Cholera,” Martin told Wired.com in an e-mail interview:
“The idea being that people back then were probably on a more intimate level with death — and that would have affected the way they celebrated Halloween.”
His collection which he amassed through ebay, can be viewed in full on his Flickr site.
Pretty creepy pics.
dude. i’m gonna get nightmares from these photos!