The Costume Trunk is the oldest and most unique business on West Main Street and quite possibly in the entire Peoria area!
The shop sells colorful and original kinds of costumes, masks, wigs, make-up, mascot gear and anything costume-related.
Through the years I’ve done several posts on The Costume Trunk and the Disney influence that owner Steve Spain has brought to the Peoria area.
Below are some of the photos from those posts and links to the Disney influence posts that Steve has presented to Peoria in the past few years.
Enjoy!
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THE COSTUME TRUNK
The Costume Trunk is the Halloween hot spot in Peoria and that holiday is just a couple of months away!
When you walk in to the Costume Trunk, the odds are you’ll see Steve Spain behind the counter.
Steve has owned and operated The Costume Trunk since 1981 and this unique shop is the longest running retail business on the block and beyond!
Steve was way ahead of his time, decades ago he started telling people to mask up!
That’s confirmed in the top photo here which is a PJ Star article entitled, “The Man Behind The Masks.”
There’s an additional space next door, there’s Steve leading us in!
Wow, this place is loaded with cool stuff including a wall of costumes.
There’s lots of unique inventory on display to add to your Halloween and festive fun in here at The Costume Trunk!
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THE BOOK!
Owner Steve Spain has an extensive Disney art collection and he’s written a book about his interest and Disney collection.
Here’s a few photos from my visit with Steve at the store discussing his book.
Check out the entire post and pictures by clicking here: Steve Spain’s Disney Art Book.
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THE BASEMENT!
Steve’s Disney art collection is curated in his basement.
It’s an amazing collection and it was thrilling to get a first person tour from Steve!
Check out the entire post and photos by clicking here: The Wonderful Basement Of Disney.
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STEVE SPAIN’S GOLDEN AGE OF DISNEY ON DISPLAY @: THE PEORIA RIVERFRONT MUSEUM!
The Peoria Riverfront Museum put Steve’s Disney collection on display between 2018 and 2019.
Steve gave me a personalized tour of the exhibit and it was fun to hear his perspective of it.
What a wonderful display of an historic collection of Disney art and memorabilia.
Of course I dressed up for the occasion!
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The Costume Trunk…For Sale!
Last March, Costume Trunk owner, Steve Spain announced that he was putting the colorful and unique shop up for sale. It’s still on the market and you can contact Steve at the number below or just stop in and talk to him about it. The hours at The Costume Trunk are: 10am to 5:30pm, Monday through Friday and 10am to 2pm, on Saturday.
Here’s a link to the MBIP post I put up last March.
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The Costume Trunk
710 West Main Street
Peoria
309-637-4234
facecrack page
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