Pop Culture Camelot, Halloween Edition: Jackie-o-Lantern

Happy Halloween! Join Curator Stephen Fagin for a look at one of the more unusual pop culture artifacts in the Museum’s Collection - a plastic Jackie-o-Lantern bucket from the early 1960s. Learn more about this rare (and totally strange) item here in the Museum’s online collections database: emuseum.jfk.org/objects/46675.

[@brandihill3117]

I like the way Stephen can make any history facts sound interesting just by his voice inflection and obvious passion for the vintage pieces. How can you not be interested ❤ always a nice job

[@davidmoorecatdaddy6994]

Hey Stephen ! I've never heard of a Jackie Halloween anything ! Thanks for sharing .

[@TomChasuk]

This was great to see! Looking forward to seeing the Jack-o-Lantern! I love Stephen's purple gloves🙂

[@SixthFloorMuseum]

Us too!

[@Hyunlixwife]

That waz so great 😁 I love it so much!!! ❤ That man up there really knows his history and I enjoy watching these types of vids 😻

[@notrueflagshere198]

It's not Elvis? This is the kind of thing that the SFM does best, Mainstream Fluff. But it's fun fluff.