We’re proud to share the latest addition to our Historic Image Archive: the Scott Laperruque — Village Halloween Parade Collection.

This collection of black-and-white and color images was taken between 1983 and 1987. At the time photographer Scott Laperruque and his wife Amy lived on West 10th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, a perfect vantage point from which to photograph the annual Village Halloween Parade. The images highlight the people, costumes, and flavor of the era, and document an important period of the parade’s history. Taken just after the parade outgrew its grassroots beginnings as a more informal event winding its way through the streets of the West Village, the collection shows its early years after it moved to Sixth Avenue, but well before it became what is now recognized as the largest Halloween parade in the world.

This is our 72nd historic image archive collection, covering Greenwich Village, the East Village, NoHo, and notable landmarks and sites across NYC from the 18th through the early 21st centuries. 

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