Hey Halloween lovers! Tell us about your your favorite costumes over time. Homemade vs. store bought? What were the trends? How has trick or treating changed? Where did you go to get spooked - haunted houses in the area, forests, graveyards? We are dying to know!We will add your photos and stories to the Halloween images below from the History Center collection.
Above: Costumed children at the south end of the Gorton School parking lot, c. 1955-56. Can you help us identify them?
Above: Letter from Lake Forest resident Jane O'Neill to her older brother Joe, 1954.
Above: Parks and Recreation department staff or volunteers on Halloween, c 1990s. Can you help us identify any of them? The ones in the masks might be a challenge!
Above: Gorton School, late 1950s - kids are mostly from the Lake Forest High School class of 1970. Can you help us identify them? Here's what we've got so far:
Above and below: pages from the Halsey Times, the Halsey School newspaper, December 1948.
Below: Residents at the Lake Bluff Children's Home. Undated.
