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Happy Halloween!
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
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
Source: School Photographs IC5
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Trick or treat!
If you need any ideas for your Halloween festivities, here are the costume winners from a few decades back.
Equal time
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