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In 1949 franklin gurley bought the rights to the tavern brand, and changed the name to the gurley novelty co. Raymond walks by the prison sign with dad every sunday. Theyre vegan, soy candles and have a killer halloween collection. Spotlight artifacts the buffalo history museum blog. Both these books cover essentially the same ground and are good basic guides for making candles. Vintage gurley halloween candles a few years ago i came across these novelty candles at a garage sale. Halloween, thanksgiving, and christmas candles by the. These gurley inspired candles, depicts classic halloween characters to illuminate spooky memories past and present. All are unlit, one has broken hymnals, all have been displayed and shows signs use, fading, nicks, scratches from. Vintage halloween card vintage halloween gurley candles love this. Gurley made candles for all of the major holidays, but the ones most sought after today by collectors are generally the christmas and halloween candles.
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Even more elaborate halloween candles were produced and marketed by gurley in the 1960s including the witchs brew halloween glow candle. The company was owned by franklin gurley, who also designed the candles. Nancy drew is leading its fourth generation of girls to reading, something that cant be said of all of the supposedly better books. Gurley s business went from wax lips and teeth to candle production. Old books is one of our most unique scents leathery and musky and slightly sweet, like the pages of an old book. Gurleys business went from wax lips and teeth to candle production. Halloween gurley ghost trick treat candle wax vintage. Light in the dark black pillar candles set of 4 unscented candles 6 inch tall, 3 inch thick 36 hour clean burn time best halloween fall candles 4.
This small collection was the extent of my halloween decorations, until this. The tavern and gurley wax figures and candles were most commonly sold at discount stores such as woolworths, but they could also be found at department stores like macys. Increase your halloween sales by displaying these candles with other halloween items such as halloween candy, masks, party favors, and tricks or treats equipment. Perfect for a miniature display or stocking stuffer. Halloween candles we had that big orange witch out every halloween when i was growing up. Inc gurley s first products were marketed under the name tavern.
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