by Claire O'Neill

Yesterday we featured a collection of creepy vintage Halloween photos sanctioned by David Lynch. But today it's all about you.

We asked you earlier this month to submit vintage Halloween photos and received an abundance of spooky submissions — from personal collections as well as libraries and archives. We're pleased to say that your photos are pretty weird, too. Happy Halloween!

  • "Photomontage of a fairy standing outside of her pumpkin home, Detroit, Mich., circa 1928"
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    "Photomontage of a fairy standing outside of her pumpkin home, Detroit, Mich., circa 1928"
    Walter P. Reuther Library/Wayne State University
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    Collection of Paul deJong
  • "Boys in costume, 1982"
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    "Boys in costume, 1982"
    Sarah Lipscomb
  • "Adam, New Rochelle, N.Y., 1967"
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    "Adam, New Rochelle, N.Y., 1967"
    Dana Dubbs
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    Sun collection/Library of Congress
  • "Detroit, Mich., 1933"
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    "Detroit, Mich., 1933"
    Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
  • "Halloween 1967 — I was 10."
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    "Halloween 1967 — I was 10."
    Joyce Jablonski
  • "A little skeleton, Detroit, Mich."
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    "A little skeleton, Detroit, Mich."
    Walter P. Reuther Library/Wayne State University
  • "One of my collection of found photos. I collect other peoples memories."
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    "One of my collection of found photos. I collect other peoples memories."
    Lydia Selk
  • "This cute little girl used Halloween crepe paper to fashion her costume in the 1920s. The image is from my collection of vernacular photography."
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    "This cute little girl used Halloween crepe paper to fashion her costume in the 1920s. The image is from my collection of vernacular photography."
    Collection of Mark Rotenberg
  • "Bale of cotton and pumpkin, homemade by mom, Lombard Ill., 1965"
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    "Bale of cotton and pumpkin, homemade by mom, Lombard Ill., 1965"
    Susan Waage
  • This photo appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph on Oct. 31, 1953. Pictured (left to right) are Susan Farrington, Jack Newton, John Meadows and Dick Roebkin.
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    This photo appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph on Oct. 31, 1953. Pictured (left to right) are Susan Farrington, Jack Newton, John Meadows and Dick Roebkin.
    Stan Payne/Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District
  • "I dressed as a witch EVERY Halloween!"
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    "I dressed as a witch EVERY Halloween!"
    Jane Duggan Winton

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