The Lone Ranger with an Eerie Jack-O'-Lantern, Halloween, 1954

A Halloween photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A Halloween portrait with a kid in a Lone Ranger costume and an eerie (oops, I mean ear-y) jack-o'-lantern in the window (notice how the lamp ended up on the chair for the picture-taking session). The big ears and toothy smile of the jack-o'-lantern remind me of Alfred E. Neuman.

A logo consisting of the numbers "1/55" inside a sideways letter "D" appears on the top border of the full version of this snapshot (see below). I'm not sure what the D refers to, but I take the numbers to mean that the photo was developed in January 1955, which suggests it was taken during Halloween the previous year.

The boy's choice of costume reflects the popularity of the Lone Ranger TV series, which ran from 1949 to 1957.