The Ben Cooper trade catalog for 1980, sent to buyers rather than to children
The Ben Cooper trade catalog for 1980, sent to buyers rather than to children
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| Created / published | 1980 |
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| Notes | The Ben Cooper trade catalog for 1980, sent to buyers rather than to children. The cover sells the company on its licenses: “#1 with copyright costumes” and “copyright characters.” By then Ben Cooper held something close to eighty percent of the American Halloween costume market. Source: Ben Cooper, Inc. trade catalog, copyright 1980. Cover text: “#1 with copyright costumes, ponchos, masks. New over-the-head rubber masks featuring our Super Heroes, copyright characters, rooted hair!” Office and factory, 33 34th St., Brooklyn, N.Y.; showroom, 200 Fifth Ave., New York. Reproduced under fair use for scholarly commentary. |
| Subjects | Figure 8.4 in Hollywood Halloween Horrors |
| Reference | Fig 8.4 F0804a Ben_Cooper_trade_catalog_1980 |
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