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These children bobbed for apples at a Halloween party in Little Italy, New York, in 1939. 

Elementary school children participated in a Halloween festival in Anaheim, California, in 1962.

Princess costumes never go out of style.

Youngsters paraded through Central Park in New York dressed in their Halloween costumes in 1966.

These jack-o’-lanterns were photographed in 1965.

Bicyclists began the Halloween Maximus 500 from the Syracuse campus in 1971 to raise funds for UNICEF.

Sonny Bono and Cher incorporated numerous costumes into a Halloween episode of their CBS show, which was on TV in the 1970s.

First lady Betty Ford greeted costumed children from the Washington area in 1974 during a Halloween benefit.

The White House continues to celebrate Halloween each year.

Children sat atop a pumpkin pile in Brewster, New York, in 1976.

Halloween revelers at New York’s Studio 54 danced the night away in 1977.

Magician Doug Henning, right, showed actor John Ritter a card trick as they celebrated Halloween in 1978 at the Magic Castle, a private magicians’ club in Hollywood.

Actress Jane Fonda laughed along with two members of The Village People during a Halloween party in 1979 in Los Angeles.

Policemen from an upper Manhattan precinct dressed in matching Groucho masks on Halloween night in 1980.

Sammy Stewart, left, of the Boston Red Sox looked on in amusement as teammate Al Nipper wore a Halloween mask at Anaheim Stadium in 1986.

A woman wore a Raggedy Ann costume in Vacaville, California, in 1986.

Sales of presidential masks have successfully predicted nearly every US election.

Bush read a Halloween story for children during a visit to the Literacy Council of Chicago in 1990.

Notre Dame students dressed as characters from “The Wizard of Oz” in 1999.

A drag queen dressed as Glinda from “Wicked” stands near a Halloween Drag Show sign at Pasta by Hudson in Chelsea on October 31, 2021.