[Circus clown with small bicycle] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Circus clown with small bicycle] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/aa/aa20bc34cc8b-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with [Circus clown with small bicycle], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Circus clown with small bicycle]
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A clown posing with a small bicycle is the detail that sets this print apart from the other images on the board, where riders are usually shown on full-size machines. Clowns in American circuses of the 1920s often relied on oversized or miniature bicycles, unicycles, and other mismatched vehicles, since the gag of a grown performer on a tiny frame drew laughs from the crowd. The record dates the print to 1927, but the caption card that supplies that date and the circus-clown subject is unverified, so the exact show and performer remain unknown.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1927 |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Circus...--Clowns; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,150 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-130325 |
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