Park Slope Halloween 2006
Pictures taken in Park Slope (Brooklyn) on Halloween Night 2006. Includes the 21st Annual Park Slope Halloween Parade.
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1: 6:31 PM. A neighbor. They always party on Halloween. It is the birthday of their twins.
2: 6:33 PM. Lurch from the Addams Family.
3: 6:33 PM. Cow ghost.
4: 6:33 PM. A little Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat being carried by mom.
5: 6:35 PM. A family with a walrus, ?, a frog and a little purple dinosaur.
6: 6:35 PM. Two infants in Rex dinosaur costumes. From
Toy Story. Mom is Snow White.
7: 6:35 PM. Cellphone sandwich board construction, and a wizard or magician.
8: 6:36 PM. Venetian-style carnival mask and jack-o'-lantern face.
9: 6:36 PM. From
Star Wars: Princess Leia, an Emperor Palpatine's Royal Guard, a Stormtrooper. A flying dragon with its back to us. Ruping?
10: 6:38 PM. A fairy with butterfly wings.
11: 6:39 PM. A robot construction.
12: 6:39 PM. An Empire State Building construction.
13: 6:40 PM. Two Snow Whites from the Disney classic
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. And Prince Charming. The baby in a duck costume.
14: 6:41 PM. A DEP worker, a player for the Rangers hockey team, Tin Man (Wizard of Oz) and a witch.
15: 6:41 PM. Playing a guitar with his leg, and a gorilla.
16: 6:41 PM. Glinda the Good Witch and the Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz.
17: 6:42 PM. Whacky horn hat from the brand Elope.
18: 6:44 PM. Group.
19: 6:45 PM. Doctor Moose promoting low-cost prescription drugs in Canada and Moose promoting Fair Trade chocolate. From Richard Drovdal's children's book series
Doctor Moose and His Amazing Friends.
20: 6:46 PM. Two kids on a car. One a witch.
21: 6:47 PM. Michael Myers from the Halloween series of slasher films.
22: 6:47 PM. Supergirl from the
Superman franchise, Captain America and monkey.
23: 6:49 PM. Aaron Naperstek and family. Active on
Blog and his
Honku website.
24: 6:50 PM. Tin Man construction from Wizard of Oz and others.
25: 6:52 PM. Vampire.
26: 6:52 PM. A ceremonial mask of the Northwest Coast Native American tribes, such as the Haida or Tlingit. And shepard.
27: 6:53 PM. ? with axe,
Pumpkinhead (a movie) and Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat.
28: 6:53 PM. Power Ranger on father's shoulders, a witch and Princess Jasmine from the Disney film Aladdin.
29: 6:53 PM. An angel, Power Ranger in the middle, a butterfly behind, and others.
30: 6:54 PM. Local teenagers.
31: 6:54 PM. Infant in peacock costume.
32: 6:54 PM. Infant pumpkin costume from Walmart, and kid in a truck construction.
33: 6:55 PM. The boy in a truck construction. A little pumpkin behind. On front is Will '06. Likely the kid's name, with the current year.
34: 6:55 PM. A girl in a Wonder Woman costume. With a medical resident clown behind.
35: 6:55 PM. Wonder Woman and a medical resident clown. At left unknown.
36: 6:56 PM. Irish family. Two lephechauns, one holding a pot of gold. A leprechaun on the right. Mom is the rainbow, where the pot of gold is to be found.
37: 6:57 PM. King and Queen of Hearts. Child is a penguin in a Pablo (The Backyardigans) Nick Jr costume.
38: 6:57 PM. A black cat and the Wicked Witch of the West from
The Wizard of Oz.
39: 6:58 PM. Crusaders: a Maltese Knight on the left. A muslim defender on the right.
40: 6:58 PM. Puss in Boots and ?
41: 6:59 PM. Batman and a medieval-style costume.
42: 6:59 PM. Doctors and a nurse.
43: 7:00 PM. A butterfly, inflatable ballerina fat suit, a small fireman, and another butterfly.
44: 7:02 PM. Wicked Witch of the West from
The Wizard of Oz.
45: 7:03 PM. Penguin costume and ?
46: 7:04 PM. Group of teenagers.
47: 7:05 PM. Dog dressed as bee.
48: 7:05 PM. Young woman covered with shaving cream.
49: 7:05 PM. More young people covered with shaving cream.
50: 7:10 PM. Young boy has just eaten bloody meat. Did he eat a person?
51: 7:10 PM. The parade is arriving. In these years the parade only went down 7th Ave.
52: 7:14 PM. Headless horseman.
53: 7:14 PM. Headless horseman.
54: 7:15 PM. A bird costume, with a tree.
55: 7:15 PM. The sash is printed with imagery from Sandro Botticelli's paintings, one being from "Primavera."
56: 7:15 PM. The parade. The Paprika Band is coming.
57: 7:16 PM. Paprika Band with Carnival dancer in front, and cook at left.
58: 7:16 PM. Paprika Band with cook.
59: 7:16 PM. Paprika Band.
60: 7:16 PM. Park Slope Civic Council banner. The sponsors of this event. A little pirate at left.
61: 7:17 PM. I fo? Brooklyn Papers.
62: 7:17 PM. Skeleton mask.
63: 7:17 PM. Angel with Trinidad colors and a girl in a Trinidad outfit. The girl's outfit was
pictured in Trinidad the month before at the Carifesta IX Gala Opening Ceremony. Likely she was wearing it there.
64: 7:17 PM. Robot man construction.
65: 7:18 PM. Woman in a flying unicorn hat.
66: 7:18 PM. A costume inspired by Elvis Presley's iconic style, but with the addition of boxing gloves. A humorous take on the boxing robe that Elvis gifted to Muhammad Ali in 1973.
67: 7:18 PM. Can Man. Takeout container woman is at right.
68: 7:18 PM. Viking costume with a horned helmet and large nose mask is a fantasy-style costume, not a historically accurate depiction of Viking attire.
69: 7:19 PM. A Dorothy costume from
The Wizard of Oz, her red shoes, a man wearing a Viking-style helmet, a woman holding a sign "Got kids into Middle + High Schools. ..."
70: 7:19 PM. The left is a vampire style, the right ?
71: 7:19 PM. A knight helmet construction.
72: 7:20 PM. A cemetery: pumpkin growing in a patch, and a skeleton that got out of a grave.
73: 7:20 PM. Dressed as a pope or bishop.
74: 7:20 PM. Freddy Krueger from
A Nightmare on Elm Street. In back is The Flash. In front is a vampire.
75: 7:21 PM.
Wizard of Oz characters: Glinda the Good Witch, Cowardly Lion and Dorothy in front. Little boy is ? super hero.
76: 7:21 PM. A band in the parade. A man in a security officer costume playing a
djembe from West Africa.
77: 7:22 PM. Mrs. and Mr. Bush with the "Tree Leaves" initiative, a project aimed at promoting reading and literacy for children by focusing on the connection between trees and stories.
78: 7:22 PM. Woman in feathered masquerade mask.
79: 7:22 PM. Boat construction with kids. Father is Noah pushing the arc.
80: 7:22 PM. Constructions of a M&Ms package, a Coca-Cola can, and a box of popcorn from the movie theater.
81: 7:23 PM. Superman and Star Wars characters: Darth Vader and Yoda holding green lightsabers, and Princess Leia.
82: 7:24 PM. A Renaissance wizard.
83: 7:24 PM. Emperor Palpatine (also known as Darth Sidious) from
Star Wars. Holding a lightsaber.
84: 7:25 PM. A little dinosaur and angel.
85: 7:26 PM. ?
86: 7:27 PM. Parents are possibly shepards or peasants. A little lion in a stroller. Little girl is ? A witch in the background.
87: 7:27 PM. A hoodlum and a skeleton. Maybe he's robbing a grave.
88: 7:27 PM. A space rover construction with a little astronaut.
89: 7:27 PM. Ronald McDonald and a pirate.
90: 7:28 PM. Jack Skellington from
The Nightmare Before Christmas.
91: 7:28 PM. A little Santa Clause in a sleigh construction.
92: 7:28 PM. Ivy and a bear.
93: 7:29 PM. Could be Mother Nature.
94: 7:30 PM. A strip of paint color chips.
95: 7:31 PM. The Eternal Brass Band.
96: 7:32 PM. The Eternal Brass Band.
97: 7:33 PM. An Indian Chief and a fairy.
98: 7:34 PM. A haunted house with Beware: Enter if you dare barricade tape. Along with a devil cat.
99: 7:35 PM. Clarence Eckerson of
BikeTV with Vote for Pirro!
100: 7:38 PM. Twin birthday cakes on tables construction. A skeleton in the background.
101: 7:39 PM. A Bull Rider costume from Spirit Halloween. With an angel.
102: 7:40 PM. Elyse Taylor, a very prolific local artist. Now deceased. See her
artwork here.
103: 7:44 PM. Rock and a sheet of paper constructions. No scissors.
104: 7:46 PM. A little Batman, Robin (sidekick to Batman), Batgirl, and a Captain America shield
105: 7:49 PM. Eric Cartman from the
South Park television show.
106: 7:50 PM. Greek warrior or gladiator and Medusa.
107: 7:50 PM. Grim reaper and boy in a red ninja costume.
108: 7:52 PM. A witch.
109: 7:53 PM. Monster mask?
110: 7:53 PM. Two robots construction.
111: 7:53 PM. Aliens and a witch.
112: 7:55 PM. Boat construction with kids. Father is Noah pushing the arc.
113: 7:55 PM. Inflatable ostrich costume.
114: 7:56 PM. Kissing Booth construction. Sexy Girls only 50.
115: 7:58 PM. Rubik's Cube construction.
116: 7:58 PM. Awo undeads.
117: 7:58 PM. Pinky and the Brain from the animated television series of the same name.
118: 7:58 PM. Medieval knight costumes resembling Peter Pevensie from the movie
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
119: 7:59 PM. A werewolf guitarist.
120: 8:00 PM. Tron costumes.
122: 8:03 PM. Kid in a Jeep construction.
123: 8:03 PM. Mom is an angel. In stroller is a lady bug.
124: 8:05 PM. Teenagers with shaving cream. They do this every year.
125: 8:06 PM. A stoop down the block from me.
126: 8:14 PM. A nearby stoop.
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