In a time when so much media is defined by passionate fandoms—those dedicated to Star Trek, Star Wars, and Stranger Things come to mind—Chidester believes that “the Beach Boys were one of the first examples of fans taking an outside role of the media.”

Baskin’s collection was aimed to expand and deepen understanding about what has historically constituted women’s work.

“Strange things will happen!

Strange things be seen!

If you’ll watch out

On Halloween!” 

“Halloween Night,” Samuel Schmucker, 1913 

Miranda’s likeness has been parodied in cartoons—specifically Bugs Bunny—as Halloween costumes, and the basis of many a drag queen performance.

A drive to communicate with the dead intensified through the Civil War, when people were desparate for some token of their deceased loved ones

 “Paper dolls are actually a unique look at social history and popular culture of the times,” explains Sheryl Jaeger, an ephemera dealer and appraiser based in Connecticut.

“Afrofuturism inspires the most marginalized peoples in the world to see themselves in ways that contradict the narratives of criminal immigrants, violent offenders, and the rare athlete who was fortunate to make it.”