Tag Archives: costumes

Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2017LHC, Pique of the WeekEvents, Holidays, People, Schools, costumes, Halloween, Kingston Elementary SchoolSusan Aprill

KES Halloween contest 1952 Take a look at these Halloween costume winners at Kingston Elementary School back in 1952!

Source: This image is from the School Photographs Collection (IC5).

Ted Avery’s Costume Shop

October 25, 2017LHC, Pique of the WeekCommerce, People, business, costumes, HalloweenSusan Aprill

While going through a box of photographs, I came across this striking image of Ted Avery, holding a mask in front of his face just inside the doorway of his costume shop on Summer Street. With Halloween just around the corner, it was too fitting not to share!

Source: Image from the Local History Room Image Collection (IC7)

Happy Halloween from 1952

October 30, 2015Pique of the WeekHolidays, People, Schools, costumes, Halloween, Kingston Elementary SchoolSusan Aprill

Milkmaid and robot Halloween costumes at Kingston Elementary School, 1952

Halloween costumes at Kingston Elementary School, 1952

Halloween assembly at Kingston Elementary School, 1952

Source: School Photographs IC5

For more, visit the Kingston Public Library, and the Local History Room, and the full blog at piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com

Trick or treat!

October 21, 2011Pique of the WeekEvents, Holidays, People, Schools, costumes, Halloween, schoolchildrenSusan Aprill

Best costumes at Kingston Elementary School, 1952. Photo by Kingston Sudio. — Best costumes at Kingston Elementary School, 1952. Photo by Kingston Studio.

If you need any ideas for your Halloween festivities, here are the costume winners from a few decades back.

Equal time

November 21, 2008Pique of the WeekPeople, cats, costumesSusan Aprill

After the dog photo last week, the cat demanded equal representation. Here is an undated photo of Martha Bradford in costume holding a substantial and apparently contented tabby.

: Miss Martha Bradford and cat