Wonderful c. 1920s Velox Snapshot of Clowns at Leisure at Water Circus 50 ft measuring tape with just three items on

with just three items on it: "Be Trustworthy

I think these are pretty old and they've got a few layers of paint on them -- the back of the chair shows an old faded dark red

The phrase "No

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

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

Wonderful c. 1920s Velox Snapshot of Clowns at Leisure at Water Circus 50 ft measuring tape with just three items onI 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