This 1957 Sally's Halloween Catalouge was posted several years ago on the Euclid Boo Blog, and it offers a glimpse of some really old and rare masks within it's pages. There are a number of Halco vacuform masks on the first and second pages, several of which I had not seen before finding this catalog. On page three, a Bayshore Zombie can be found among a group of other early Bayshore offerings...
Perhaps the most uncommon sighting in the pages of this catalog is this trio of masks. I recalled seeing these masks in the typical Topstone-style ads in very early issues of Famous Monsters magazine. Sure enough, I found them easily by looking through the post on FMOF issue #4.
Because of the format of the ads, I have always assumed these to be Topstones, but I must confess this is only an assumption and I do not know for sure if they are actually Topstone masks or not. Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any insight on them. Here are the catalog images followed by the classic Famous Monsters ads for reference...
And now, on to the pages which contain some very cool images of Halloween costumes and masks from over 60 years ago. A big thanks goes out to the Euclid Boo blog for originally sharing these scans...
The Werewolf is definitely Topstone. I had the master & did a couple runs of the mask in the past.
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