![1865: A white caped figure wearing a haloween pumpkin mask taking two people by surprise in their kitchen](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/43/48/00004843_medium.jpeg)
A white caped figure wearing a haloween pumpkin mask taking two people by surprise in their kitchen. London Stereoscopic Company Comic Series – 598 (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images). Circa 1865
![1922: An apple bobbing game at a Halloween fancy-dress party](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/44/48/00004844_medium.jpeg)
An apple bobbing game at a Halloween fancy-dress party. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). October 1922
![A little girl waiting at a window for the first guests to arrive at her Halloween party, USA, circa 1955](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/45/48/00004845_medium.jpeg)
A little girl waiting at a window for the first guests to arrive at her Halloween party, USA, circa 1955. (Photo by Joe Clark/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
![1950: A group of men in costume as witches, complete with brooms, to celebrate Halloween, line the staircase of a house](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/46/48/00004846_medium.jpeg)
A group of men in costume as witches, complete with brooms, to celebrate Halloween, line the staircase of a house. (Photo by George Pickow/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1950
![1955: An American family with a carved pumpkin illuminated by a candle to celebrate Halloween](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/47/48/00004847_medium.jpeg)
An American family with a carved pumpkin illuminated by a candle to celebrate Halloween. (Photo by Sherman/Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955
![1955: A young girl wearing a halloween mask](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/48/48/00004848_medium.jpeg)
A young girl wearing a halloween mask. (Photo by Jacobsen /Three Lions/Getty Images). Circa 1955
![1956: Julia Arnall, Austrian born actress and ex-model, who lives in Britain, watching one of her fellow party-goers bobbing for apples at a Halloween party](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/49/48/00004849_medium.jpeg)
Julia Arnall, Austrian born actress and ex-model, who lives in Britain, watching one of her fellow party-goers bobbing for apples at a Halloween party. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images). October 1956
![A masked guest with a pumpkin at a fancy dress halloween party given to welcome American actress Barbara Bates to Britain](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/4a/48/0000484a_medium.jpeg)
A masked guest with a pumpkin at a fancy dress halloween party given to welcome American actress Barbara Bates to Britain, 31st October 1956. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
![Children in costumes arriving at a Halloween party, circa 1960](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/4b/48/0000484b_medium.jpeg)
Children in costumes arriving at a Halloween party, circa 1960. (Photo by Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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