Are You Ready for Halloween (1927 version)

 

Paterson New Jersey The Morning Call, October 27, 1927, p. 13

I think I can remember the last time I dressed up for Halloween, and I'm pretty sure it was very early this century.

This ad for Butterick costume patterns appeared in a larger ad for the Quakenbush Company. The same Quackenbush Co. ad also appeared in the Passaic New Jersey Daily Herald on October 27, 1927, p. 5.

If you've waited until October 27th to start making your Halloween costume, I foresee some late nights and a costume held together mostly with basting stitches and pins.

On going through my archive, I find that I own several of these patterns

4258 - Martha Washington

4262 - Continental Suit

5522 - Dutch Costume

6282 - Cat Costume

You can see more of these patterns using the wonderful COPA database. Costume patterns tend to stay in the catalog over multiple seasons, sometimes with just the artwork updated, sometimes with changes to the pattern but retaining an old number.

Colonial Costume, No. 1087. Sizes 8 to 18. dated 1918

Witch Costume, No. 5613. Sizes 8 to 16. , dated 1924

Chinaman's Suit and Cap, No. 1049, Sizes 9 to 15., dated 1926

Santa Claus Suit, No. 6500. Sizes 34 to 46, dated 1935

Butterfly Costume, No. 3326. Sizes 6 to 18. dated 1921

Clown's Suit, No. 4048. Sizes 9 to 17. dated 1922

Bell Hop, No. 1089. Sizes 6 to 17. dated 1940

Pierrot Costume, No. 4785. Sizes 9 to 16. dated 1923

Liberty Costume, No. 5047. Sizes 8 to 17. dated 1924

Mouse Costume, No. 6174. Sizes 4 to 9., dated 1935