Helen's Excellent Halloween Pumpkin Card with Cutout Eyes and Flapping Tongue antique animal illustration which it how it has

which it how it has clearly been for many years

I am not certain the year on these but they are definitely quite old

the energetic cross-hatching on her dress

colorfully painted

Checkers 1 1/8” d

Helen's Excellent Halloween Pumpkin Card with Cutout Eyes and Flapping Tongue antique animal illustration which it how it hasOur Helen made quite an excellent jack o' lantern here, I'd say. And no small effort expended with cuts into the face of the pumpkin just as if carving a real one, and then eyes drawn in graphite and pink tongue partially trimmed on the other side of the fold so as to line up and extend! just right. Excellent!. 5 1 8" x 3 1 4". Earlyish 20th century. Good condition, with some scattered stains, all to the good I think. Graphite and crayon on plain