Thursday, October 25, 2012

Kresge's Halloween Ad – October 25, 1956

Here's yet another one of my annual vintage ads showing what Lorain kids were wearing for Halloween in the 1950s. This Kresge's ad appeared in the Lorain Journal on October 25, 1956.

You can tell that the ad dates from the early TV era, because there aren't any licensed TV cartoon characters except for the Disney menagerie, featured on the Mickey Mouse Club by then. It looks like the indifferent artist on this ad drew Mickey and Donald from memory!

There's plenty of generic costumes, though, such as Happy Clown, Devil, Bunny, Lion, Skeleton, and Gay Gypsy (no comment).
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2 comments:

  1. fancycatOctober 25, 2012 at 7:27 AM

    I wonder what an Extra Fancy included?

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  2. Dan BradyOctober 25, 2012 at 9:18 AM

    That's a good question. I guess Kresge's assumed your average Lorainite couldn't afford the extra buck, so they didn't bother to show Extra Fancy costumes in the ad!

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