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..
ghost & toxic
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the great circus parade ~
from 1989 ~
vintage circus images ~
these days i think of circuses & clowns regularly :/ ~
here come the clowns ~
i don't believe the circus should have animal acts anymore :( ~
the big cats & elephants should not have to perform ~
emu!! :D ~
wisconsin's national treasure ~
click circus in the category list in the sidebar for more like this anytime ~
bren
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so it's my birthday today ~
& i'm sharing my birthday present, which i received early ~
it's this lot of mezco living dead dolls ~
i'm a bit of a doll person ~
& living dead doll minis have always been a favorite ~
i've posted them here before at the lost & found ~
yes i opened them up & released them from their coffins ~
because these kids are going to be students at the historic sunset house school by the sea ~
it's a very special kind of school ;) ~
(yeah it's vampires only..) ~
nice hair ~
goths, punk, creepy clown children, you know ~
no future! ~
back ~
are you afraid of clowns? ~
send in the clowns ~
there ought to be clowns ~
what fun! ~
hopefully starting school in the fall, probably around halloweentime (check back) ~
club mez ~
these dolls often come with a keychain noose around their neck ~
because deader is better! ~
bren
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our little people, who doesn't love the old-style fisher-price little people? wood or plastic, they were just right, weren't they? in our house they were always called 'guyguys' because my husband grew up calling them that & passed it on to my son, today's fisher price toy is an oldie, the vintage musical ferris wheel made in 1966 ~
made of wood & plastic with musical movement made in japan ~
it plays 'in the good old summertime' ~
fisher price toys copyright '66 fisher price toys, east aurora ny ~
this has been a flashback friday favorite post from summer of 2012..
(note: clowns are not original to this particular toy, i'll be populating my fisher price toys with my own various little people that may or may not have originally come with each toy..)
ghost & toxic
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