lost & found vintage toys

flashback friday favorite ~ clown bank

circus week continues with this humpty dumpty cast iron clown bank ~

i believe this is a very old reproduction of the original, but still cool vintage ~

you can barely read humpty dumpty on the back.. (george l. fox was america's first great white face clown character humpty dumpty created in 1867 - fox gave 1128 performances on broadway in this role and was the most highly paid actor of his time - unfortunately he was removed from the stage during his last performance and taken to an insane asylum dying three years later - it was rumored he went insane due to poisoning from his lead based face make up - but in reality he succumbed to the ravages of syphilis..) ~

part of his hand is missing so he can't hold a penny, but his hand still raises & his tongue moves to eat pennies ~

the lever works & pennies still fall inside ok ~

but they fall out the bottom because he has no stopper underneath ~

i just like him because he's old & freaky looking..

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from circus week 2013 :D

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twilight town

a vintage reader today ~

twilight town ~

from 1927 little, brown & co ~

with teddy bear, woolly dog & dolly gay ~

& santa claus ~

some nice color plates ~

where's jack-o-lantern joe? ~

the toys terrorize the dolls ~

what fun! ~

i almost laughed out loud in the daytime?? ~

bren

wendy witch comic book

it's halloween week! ~

& saturday is comicfest so remember to visit your local comic book store for freebies :) ~

meanwhile here's vintage wendy witch, casper & little dracula from 1992 ~

& spooky ~

a circus mystery ~

more casper & wendy ~

hot stuff ~

bren