Box from theatrical company - wig, masks, etc.

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  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    I found this box in the same barn I found my glass negatives. I found a "costume" cape near this box - I posted it in the Textiles area.
    The box is cardboard - VERY nasty - I assume I should get rid of it?

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    Stuff in the box:

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    Some ringlets sewn to a velvet cap, and two separate locks (all human hair):

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    Some masks and a mustache:

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    A few random items:

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    Can you tell me how old these items might be? Do you think there is a market for them?
     
    Bookahtoo, Jul 7, 2014
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  2. yourturntoloveit

    yourturntoloveit Well-Known Member

    See my response below, please.

    Bookahtoo, re last photo, find out when P. Lorillard Co. was the successor to Thos. (Thomas) H. Hall New York company as shown on the "Between the Acts Little Cigars" tin. I doubt if that "successor" wording would have been left on the tins past two or three years after P. Lorillard entered the picture.
     
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  3. yourturntoloveit

    yourturntoloveit Well-Known Member

    Lorillard, P., NYC, Jersey City, NJ, and elsewhere

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    Here's the website:

    http://cigarhistory.info/Cigar_History/Who_made_what.html
     
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  4. pentiques

    pentiques New Member

    The comb with the blue stones will sell well. I assume you might list on ebay, put faux tortoise Victorian jewel hair comb in the title. I do well with fancy Victorian hair combs and this one is very nice.
     
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  5. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    I think the masks and the box should go away. They still make these masks.
    greg
     
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  6. 42Skeezix

    42Skeezix Moderator Moderator

    Nose putty............................LOL.........................
     
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  7. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thanks for that link yourturn. Pentiques - is it really fake?
    Greg - even the cool black drape mask?? ha ha
    Nose putty - nose putty - nose putty.
     
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  8. 42Skeezix

    42Skeezix Moderator Moderator

    LOLOLOL

    :D
     
    42Skeezix, Jul 8, 2014
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  9. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi,
    Be careful with the nose putty. Remember Lucy's nose caught on fire from her cigarette?:wacky:
    greg
     
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  10. 42Skeezix

    42Skeezix Moderator Moderator

    I wonder if she was using Hess nose putty. How many nose putty makers can there be?

    An aside. Every baseball thrown by a national league pitcher is first treated with mud from the banks of the Rancocas crick (yes, crick) which runs behind my house. A guy from Riverside N.J. harvests a bunch every year, packages it and sells it for rubbing baseballs. Apparently it's unique mud perfect for getting the shine off the balls. This is the ONLY source for this perfect mud. The exact location is very secret. The guy has been harvesting it for years after inheriting the business, and secret location from his father, who supplied baseball leagues everywhere, from the majors to little league, for many decades.

    It's called Lena Blackburn Rubbing Mud, and it is the only accepted rubbing mud out there.
    I doubt a much higher demand for nose putty exists.
     
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  11. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Interesting items!
     
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  12. User 67

    User 67 Active Member

    I agree with what has been said, except the title "Box from theatrical company".

    Before WWII skits were a popular form of public and private entertainment (before TV). Charades may be a vestige of those times. People put on skits at home, during gatherings and meetings and at church and community entertainment events. In fact, in a small town, these events would be something to look forward to and talk about.

    The thing is many families had a little (or large) box like this of collected props and costume pieces tucked under a bed or in a closet. These are not theater grade.

    Having a mold allergy, I'm almost sneezing looking at the photos. I would toss the face masks and the box. The hair isn't from a wig. It's from cutting (and saving) a pony tail, like a 24 yr old girl cutting her hair for the first time in a bob in 1926.

    Since I have my own costume box, like this one, I would wash the hair pieces, skull cap, and scarf mask in Woolite or shampoo to see how they come out (the black fabric may bleed). Maybe add a drop of bleach to kill the mold. If they smelled okay after they dried, I would put them in zip lock and add them to the costume box.
     
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