Luckily for Daytonians, inspiration can be found all around us.
Here are six ideas inspired by the Dayton area.
👻 DAVE CHAPPELLE, costume for him
It has been a very big year for Yellow Springs area resident Dave Chappelle. Good thing for us is that the comedian, actor and activist has created so many
memorable characters.
>>MORE: Dave Chappelle caught walking down the street with brand new Emmy
👻 The WEST WING: group costume
Although set in Washington, DC., this classic show had Dayton in its DNA.
No less than three of its key cast members hail from the Gem City: Rob Lowe and Martin Sheen and Allison Janney, both members of the Dayton Region's Walk of Fame.
>> The life-changing cookies from local bakery that Allison Janney has delivered to set
>> PHOTOS: Dayton Region’s Walk of Fame 2017 induction ceremony
Janney’s charater C.J. Cregg was even from Dayton.
👻 ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT: couple’s costume
Credit: Illustration by Anthony Shoemaker, Dayton Daily News
Credit: Illustration by Anthony Shoemaker, Dayton Daily News
Let North Carolina talk all it wants, we know that Dayton, Ohio is the truth birthplace of aviation and the undisputed hometown of men who started it all.
Everything is wright about that.
>> MORE: TV show coming to town to debunk some ‘first in flight’ myths
>> The story behind six of the most interesting houses in Oakwood
👻 BRUCE BANNER/THE HULK: Super Hero
One of the smartest fictional scientist to ever be caught in a blast of gamma radiation is a Daytonian.
Bruce Banner, AKA The Incredible Hulk, is from the Gem City.
Just in case you did not know, the characters were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and are very big deals in the Marvel comic universe. Literally, The Hulk is massive.
>> MORE: Four comic book superheros, sheros and regular people you probably didn't know were from Dayton
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👻 LIBBY HEDGES, costume for her
Credit: Photo: Amelia Robinson
Credit: Photo: Amelia Robinson
The tall, strikingly beautiful redhead born as Elizabeth Richter in the German kingdom of Prussia in 1840 commanded Dayton’s redlight district.
>> MORE: What you need to know about the Queen of Dayton’s Red Light District
👻 THE POP TOP, anyone costume
Pay tribute to a man who gave the world one of its most used items, pop-top creator Ermal Fraze.
The invention helped put Dayton on the map for its inovators and tooling and machining industry. Fraze’s family donated greatly to Fraze Pavilion, the Lincoln Park amphitheater in Kettering.
>> MORE: Dayton Walk of Fame: Ermal C. Fraze
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