Wonderful c. 1920s Velox Snapshot of Clowns at Leisure at Water Circus mended object Putting a bit of tissue

Putting a bit of tissue inside allows for display with the snake halfway emerged

I found it with a book inside and believe it was indeed intended as a book box

I also like that Caspar Merritt and Cora Marion share the same initials

and the chimney painted by hand with a brick pattern

at just the right angle to amplify her high perch and the tower she completes

Wonderful c. 1920s Velox Snapshot of Clowns at Leisure at Water Circus mended object Putting a bit of tissueI 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