Halloween Costumes from 1884

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SKELETON. Close-fitting tunic and trousers of black velvet, painted down the front to represent a skeleton. This can be done with Judson’s luminous paint, or with Judson’s glitterine paint. Another way is to cut the shapes in white sayin, and shade them up with crayons. High boots. Large cavalier cloak and hat.

Interestingly, the vast majority of costumes were actually historical costumes including such oddities as Basque peasants, Ethiopians, and some other unbelievably offensive caricatures.

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