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vintageads2012-03-18 10:15 pm
noluck-boston.livejournal.com) wrote in vintageads2012-03-18 10:15 pm
Entry tags:
- 1930s,
- 1940s,
- candy,
- hats,
- life savers
Stik-o-Pep
I find it weird that a candy cane , most commonly associated with the winter, would be wearing a straw hat, a summer item.
May 15 is straw hat day. That was traditionally the day men hung up there felts, and wore their straw hats.
May 15 is straw hat day. That was traditionally the day men hung up there felts, and wore their straw hats.
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The reference is not seasonal - it's theatrical. “Appearing in a new 'roll'” - note the spotlight. A straw boater and cane were standard attire for vaudeville dance acts.
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I was just htinking that the boater was meant to look antique, but now I see the other theatrical references, and you are exactly right. The candy stripes even suggest the striped blazers sometimes worn in those routines, like this image (http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/s320x320/282135_241729529191039_147725871924739_792794_7759349_n.jpg) of Dick Van Dyke in the "Jolly Holiday" scene from Mary Poppins.