https://www.ipernity.com/tag/aemays/keyword/4316594 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/45/66/288325.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/aemays/keyword/4316594 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:03:43 +0000 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:03:43 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/47559002 tag:ipernity.com,2019-11-01,doc-47559002 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 03:10:48 +0000 2019-10-31T23:10:48-04:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/aemays">Alan Mays</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/47559002"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/90/02/47559002.19db89a2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="144" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I'm guessing that a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_ball" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">masquerade</a> held near the end of the month of October in the year MCMXX (or 1920 in Arabic numerals) would have had something to do with Halloween. One of the classes—juniors, sophomores, or freshmen—at an unidentified high school or college evidently created this invitation to ask the seniors to come to a party "garbed in costumes appropriate for th' occasion."<br /> <br /> Also, someone used a pencil on the invitation to darken the masquerader's ruffle and add lines to some of the squares in the plaid clothing design.<br /> <br /> <strong>A Masquerade!</strong><br /> <br /> When? Saturday, October 25, MCMXX at 7:30 o'clock.<br /> <br /> Where? In the Conference Rm., News Bld'g.<br /> <br /> Hark, ye seniors: come garbed in costumes appropriate for th' occasion.</div> A Halloween Masquerade Invitation! October 23, 1920 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/aemays">Alan Mays</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/aemays/47559002"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/90/02/47559002.19db89a2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="144" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I'm guessing that a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_ball" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">masquerade</a> held near the end of the month of October in the year MCMXX (or 1920 in Arabic numerals) would have had something to do with Halloween. One of the classes—juniors, sophomores, or freshmen—at an unidentified high school or college evidently created this invitation to ask the seniors to come to a party "garbed in costumes appropriate for th' occasion."<br /> <br /> Also, someone used a pencil on the invitation to darken the masquerader's ruffle and add lines to some of the squares in the plaid clothing design.<br /> <br /> <strong>A Masquerade!</strong><br /> <br /> When? Saturday, October 25, MCMXX at 7:30 o'clock.<br /> <br /> Where? In the Conference Rm., News Bld'g.<br /> <br /> Hark, ye seniors: come garbed in costumes appropriate for th' occasion.</div> Alan Mays