By flickering candlelight and ancient superstition, this haunting stereoview from 1905 captures a ritual as old as fear itself. A lone woman bites into an apple before a mirror, candle in hand—performing the Halloween charm said to summon a vision of one’s destined love. And in the gloom before her, just as the rhyme foretells, a spectral man has appeared in the glass.
 
Produced by Underwood & Underwood of New York, masters of early photographic illusion, this piece merges folklore and photography in a chilling tableau of love and the unknown. 
 
Condition: The card is in remarkably fine condition for its age, with only minor edge wear and a faint mark of discoloration near the top of the image.
 
A relic from the twilight between superstition and science, where love was glimpsed through candle smoke and silver nitrate. Display with care… and perhaps avoid mirrors by night.