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Posted: Oct 3, 2013 - 6:44am
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: I was that age when the photo was taken. In fact, I had the same costume as the red hooded girl has. Whoops. TMI. I don't imagine it fits very well anymore.

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 2:02pm
meower wrote: Watch out for Manbird!

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 1:53pm
Proclivities wrote: That's a good find. I should have known that picture was from Shorpy. I assumed that photo was taken in some relatively urban area in the north, but I was thinking the Northeast. Yeah, that costume must be some sort of clown or gypsy, or something like that, and then they improvised that mask. Ummm.... Flipper has an eye in his neck?

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 1:36pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I'll bet that was a hot seller.

Here's the larger Shorpy version of the 1958 photo... I'm sure that's supposed to be an indian brave. Can't explain the rest of it tho.

That's a good find. I should have known that picture was from Shorpy. I assumed that photo was taken in some relatively urban area in the north, but I was thinking the Northeast, not Michigan. Yeah, that costume must be some sort of clown or gypsy, or something like that, and then they improvised that mask.

Ummm....

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 1:20pm
I wonder if it's homemade...

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 1:05pm
meower wrote: what is Yellow Pants dressed up as? Is it Sinbad, from Popeye?

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 12:57pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote: I'll bet that was a hot seller. Here's the larger Shorpy version of the 1958 photo... I'm sure that's supposed to be an indian brave. Can't explain the rest of it tho. it was a cold day. and Jerz is right, he has two heads.

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 12:50pm
I was that age when the photo was taken. In fact, I had the same costume as the red hooded girl has. Whoops. TMI.

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 12:47pm
Proclivities wrote: While trying to figure out the origins of that "yellow pants" costume I stumbled across this other interesting Halloween costume from the '70s: I'll bet that was a hot seller. Here's the larger Shorpy version of the 1958 photo... I'm sure that's supposed to be an indian brave. Can't explain the rest of it tho.

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 12:36pm
While trying to figure out the origins of that "yellow pants" costume I stumbled across this other interesting Halloween costume from the '70s:

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 12:12pm
meower wrote: what is Yellow Pants dressed up as? The mask looks like some Injun brave. The outfit looks like a clown or cowboy. Weird stuff. The kid's wearing a jacket under the short-sleeve top, I think. That makes it more like some sort of Genie outfit...

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 11:56am
meower wrote: what is Yellow Pants dressed up as? it has two heads

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 11:50am
meower wrote: what is Yellow Pants dressed up as? I've been trying to figure that out. Parts of it must be from those old Ben Cooper costumes. More research is required.

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 10:59am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: SeS 2nd from right... OMG, that is the stuff of nightmares.

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 10:56am
meower wrote: SeS 2nd from right...

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 10:54am

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 10:50am
Proclivities wrote: It sure looks like it. There are such interesting details in that photo: the costumes, the cars, a couple of kids wearing saddle shoes...Popeye is hanging out in the back too. what is Yellow Pants dressed up as?

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Posted: Oct 2, 2013 - 10:17am
Prodigal_SOB wrote: I think they took the picture just as he was taking off. Wow did I ever read that wrong.

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