Ben Cooper Masks and Memories

I did pretty well with finding vintage Ben Cooper Halloween masks this past year.  I found this Frankenstein's Monster and the Skull below it at estate sale, untouched by everyone that had passed through the room prior.  They are made in Hong Kong and date from the 1970's.

Halloween Jigglers

 What's Halloween without some rubber bats and spiders? Boring, that's what!  These jigglers (technically, the bat doesn't jiggle, but he falls in the same class) were made in Hong Kong and date to the 1970's.  First up is this green bat which is one I hadn't seen before finding this one.  Image Googling him didn't provide any matches.

Halloween Revisited -- The Wonder Fears

Today's post, like yesterday's, dates back to 2015.  When I repost these, I can't believe how long it's been. It seems like I just wrote them.  Enjoy one of my favorite posts.

When I saw these cards in a shoebox at a sale a while ago, I was immediately taken back to a particular summer of my youth in the 1970's.  For more than one reason, you might refer to it as my "Wonder Year".

Halloween Revisited -- Hoostradoos and You

 Today's post comes from 2015 as we revisit the Wyandotte legend of the Hoo' Stra Doo'.

Rosbro Scarecrow

Back in my first post of the season, I mentioned I'd found a grail this year that I'd been on the hunt for for years.  I went to a sale last spring that promised vintage Halloween.  I showed up maybe an hour after the sale had opened and found the Halloween in the basement.  It had already been gone through, but there were still a few good items I picked up including some Gurley candles (stay tuned for a later post). My daughter and I were both at the sale and thought we had looked through everything before finally checking out and leaving.

I went back the next day thinking I might pick up a few other remaining items at 50% off.  I went back down in the basement where the Halloween items had been and found this guy sitting on the shelf, plain as day.

Halloween Greetings

Over the summer, I picked up a couple of scrap books from a garage sale.  They appeared to have belonged to a young girl through her teenage years and probably date from the late 1960's to the mid to late 1970's.  Within the pages, she saved greeting cards and other memorabilia you would expect.  She had a fairly good collection of Halloween cards, so I extracted those.  The cards were well glued down, so extraction was more successful on some than others.

Being of this era, most of the cards are of the "cutesy" kind.  A number of the cards were of the "insult" variety which was common with cards of this era as well.  Some I only scanned the front of, others that involved a punchline, I also scanned the interior.  Enjoy!

A Halloween Ink-Link

I found this company newsletter for American-Associated Insurance Companies.  It's called the "Ink-Link" and is dated October 1952.