Hello, nostalgia! Everybody loves a throwback, and these vintage Halloween costumes in Alberta might make you long for the past (or be frightened by it).
Alberta has a storied history with Halloween, and heck, the earliest recorded usage of the phrase “trick or treat” comes from Blackie, Alberta, where in 1927, a newspaper article reported on pranksters demanding “trick or treat” at houses.
Take a peek at Halloween costumes from decades past. Happy Halloween!
Children in Halloween costumes, Little Smoky River Farm Industries settlement in 1950
Provincial Archives of Alberta/Flickr
Provincial Archives of Alberta/Flickr
Trick-or-treaters in Edmonton on October 31, 1933
City of Edmonton Archives
Independent Order of Foresters costume party in Edmonton
Provincial Archives of Alberta/Flickr
Halloween in Mountain Park, Alberta
Provincial Archives of Alberta/Flickr
A “Halloween Goblin” in Edmonton, October 1948
City of Edmonton Archives
A “ghoulish” Halloween mask in Edmonton in October 1950
City of Edmonton Archives
Alberta Avenue oldsters cavort in Halloween costumes, October 1950
City of Edmonton Archives
Children in costume in Edmonton, October 1935
City of Edmonton Archives
Be sure to get out and enjoy all the fall and Halloween things to do across Alberta before it is too late — you never know when you will wake up to a blanket of snow outside!