{"id":6961,"date":"2012-10-22T14:52:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T18:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6961"},"modified":"2012-10-22T15:03:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T19:03:44","slug":"a-peek-to-halloweens-past-store-displays-from-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6961","title":{"rendered":"A Peek Into Halloween&#8217;s Past: Store Displays from 1969!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6962\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6962\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6962\" title=\"CC_PeekToThePast-HalloweenStoreDisplaysFrom1969_TitlePlateB\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_PeekToThePast-HalloweenStoreDisplaysFrom1969_TitlePlateB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_PeekToThePast-HalloweenStoreDisplaysFrom1969_TitlePlateB.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_PeekToThePast-HalloweenStoreDisplaysFrom1969_TitlePlateB-300x97.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m going to step sideways a bit, and rather than looking at a specific piece of Halloween packaging or marketing, I&#8217;m going to share a series of photos of Halloween retail store displays in 1969.\u00a0 I&#8217;m posting this to serve as a fun little peek into Halloween&#8217;s past.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Before I get to the images, I will point out that these came from a pair of articles on merchandising in a candy trade magazine.\u00a0 Due to the nature of the medium and the era, the quality on these isn&#8217;t so great.\u00a0 Even so, I was able to enhance them a bit, and I hope you enjoy the glimpse they provide into another Halloween era.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, I&#8217;m going to let the images speak for themselves, so here they are:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6963\" style=\"width: 1022px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6963\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6963\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6963\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6963\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-1.jpg 1012w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-1-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 1<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6964\" style=\"width: 787px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6964\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6964\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6964\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6964\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-2.jpg 777w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-2-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 2<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6965\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6965\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6965\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6965\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6965\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1016\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-3.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-3-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-3-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 3<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6966\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6966\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6966\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6966\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1010\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-4.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-4-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 4<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6967\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6967\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6967\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6967\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6967\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-5.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-5-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 5<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6968\" style=\"width: 1016px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6968\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6968\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6968\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1006\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-6.jpg 1006w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-6-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 6<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6969\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6969\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6969\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6969\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6969\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-7.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-7-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 7<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6970\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6970\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6970\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6970\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6970\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1015\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-8.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-8-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-8-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 8<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6971\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6971\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6971\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6971\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6971\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 9\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-9.jpg 705w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-9-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 9<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6972\" style=\"width: 731px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6972\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6972\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6972\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-10.jpg 721w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-10-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 10<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6973\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=6973\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6973\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6973\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6973\" title=\"CC_1969 Halloween Store Displays 11\" src=\"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-11.jpg 731w, http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/CC_1969-Halloween-Store-Displays-11-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Halloween Store Displays 11<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And that&#8217;s all of them.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into Halloween&#8217;s past.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s post has been part of CollectingCandy.com\u2019s Countdown to Halloween.\u00a0 To check out other sites celebrating Halloween all month long, check out the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.countdowntohalloween.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> official Halloween Countdown site.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m going to step sideways a bit, and rather than looking at a specific piece of Halloween packaging or marketing, I&#8217;m going to share a series of photos of Halloween retail store displays in 1969.\u00a0 I&#8217;m posting this to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=6961\">Continue reading <span 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