Wonderful c. 1920s Velox Snapshot of Clowns at Leisure at Water Circus 50 ft measuring tape complete with paper lanterns hanging

complete with paper lanterns hanging from the awnings-- and it looks like the couple here are quite enjoying themselves

The phrase "No

and with Toshiko Takaezu the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine

making me think as much of folk art carved miniature books and bibles than as anything (including for the fact that the slab at his back is carved like a book as well) but I’m really not sure of its origins

Wonderful c. 1920s Velox Snapshot of Clowns at Leisure at Water Circus 50 ft measuring tape complete with paper lanterns hangingI purchased this and one other I am listing at a flea market in Adamstown, PA, plucked from a larger lot all taken at a water circus, c. 1920s I believe. (I should have bought the whole lot for context, but most of them were much less interesting.) But what a gem this one! I'm not clown obsessed, but I am obsessed with these four, looking relaxed and playful and flirtatious, and making me think about the connections between clowning and drag. And then