Started as basically a giant advert for their Crepe Paper and what you could create with it, Dennison's started printing yearly Bogie Books in 1909. Being from the UK, and also not being born until 1977, I never got to experience these wonderful books that give you lots of ideas for parties, decorations, costumes and games to liven up your Halloween experience!
Thankfully, the Internet Archive let me know some of these books were in the public domain, and so presented here is one in its entirity for your reading pleasure! For more information on these, there is a wonderful blog post over at the Food Historian's blog that does a far more impressive job of explaining them than I ever could, so go check that out and then go try out some of these ideas.....just be sure to buy a ton of crepe paper first though!
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Look at those costumes! Also, I think "Old Man Autumn" needs to make some sort of comeback as a thing for Halloween..his leafy face is just amazing!
Do we really only have two days left before Halloween!? Where the heck does the time go?
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The whole book is awesome. Funny how something that was used for advertising basically became a Halloween collectible in its own right. Beautiful stuff. Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome...I had to share it when I saw it! So much orange and black for us Halloween fiends!
DeleteI just adore these old graphics and the costumes are fantastic. If I were a member of a club, I would be sure to have a party there.
ReplyDeleteThe costumes are fantastic aren't they...although I would be slightly worried about all that crepe paper in the days when only about 30% of homes had electric lights!
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