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Showing posts with label Amusements of the past. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amusements of the past. Show all posts

Sunday, July 28, 2024

THEATER by different artists, part 3

1921 Simplicissimus Magazine, a theatre scene
1921 Simplicissimus Magazine
        
T H E A T E R
       
1950s Cinerama curved projection theater
1950s Cinerama used a curved projection screen with two simultaneous
projectors,  seen here on the left and right       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
an 1800s Japan theatre helmet
an 1800s Japan theatrical helmet
        
T H E A T E R
              
overacting on the stage by Harry Furniss 1905
overacting on the stage,  a Harry Furniss illustration 1905  "There is murder in the air"       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
Brecht-Vandenbroucke art, criticism and a circus
Brecht-Vandenbroucke     "You look like a freak! Why
don't you join the circus?"
        
T H E A T E R
       
1920s Violetta Half-Woman at the World Museum in Los Angeles
1920s     "Violetta ... 19 years old ... the only armless Half-Woman on Earth"
        
T H E A T E R
       
1893 Chicago World's Fair City Of The Moon theater
1893 Chicago World's Fair  "City Of The Moon"  theater
see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
1959 Folies Bergère showgirls
1959 Folies Bergère,
  Paris       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
a Chris Van Allsburg illustration of the initial M on a theater stage
a Chris Van Allsburg illustration
        
T H E A T E R
       
an 1899 Jean-Marc Côté retro-future theater orchestra
an 1899 Jean-Marc Côté retro-future orchestra       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
a crime photograph by Weegee
a crime photograph by
Weegee       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
        
a Ronald Searle illustration for Binaca breath spray
a Ronald Searle illustration for Binaca breath spray
        
T H E A T E R
       
Ronald Searle crocodile or alligator
Ronald Searle,
  insincere tears       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
         
Trapeze Disrobing Act, early pornography by Thomas Edison 1901
"Trapeze Disrobing Act"     early pornography by the Thomas
Edison
Manufacturing Company,  1901       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
an Armin Hofmann poster,  1955
an Armin Hofmann poster,
  1955
        
T H E A T E R
        
Gustave Doré knights fighting in front of king and people
Gustave Doré       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
Thomas Theodore Heine 1929 chorus girls on stage
Thomas Theodore Heine,
  1929       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
        
1914 two cowards dueling cartoon
a 1914 cartoon
        
T H E A T E R
       
1918 theater in a forest, with a giant stage set
1918 theater in a forest       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
a Fritz Bühler cinema poster with large printer's dots
a Fritz Bühler cinema poster
        
T H E A T E R
       
1960s anti-drug films were silly, and the Freak Brothers were paid to make one for the government, by Gilbert Shelton 1971
1960s anti-drug films were silly, and the Freak Brothers
were paid to make one for the government,  by
Gilbert Shelton 1971       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
a Sebastian Kruger caricature of film director Alfred Hitchcock referencing The Birds
a Sebastian Kruger
caricature of film director Alfred Hitchcock, referencing his movie 'The Birds'
        
T H E A T E R
       
Robert Crumb for Weirdo Magazine, Madonna rides a pig in mud for an audience
Robert Crumb for Weirdo Magazine       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
        
props from the 1957 film The Incredible Shrinking Man
props from the 1957 film 'The Incredible Shrinking Man'
see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
1951 Broadway shows advertisements, Ethel Merman, Tennesee Williams, Jose Ferrer, Nanette Fabray, ,
1951 Broadway shows       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
1898 female impersonator C.E. Colby as Allie Way
C.E. Colby as "Allie Way", 1898
        
T H E A T E R
       
1900 female impersonator Harry Le Clair
famous performer Harry Le Clair,
  1900
        
T H E A T E R
       
a  theater on the Italian cruise ship SS Raffaello
a
theater on the Italian cruise ship SS Raffaello       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
       
Jon McNaught art, dogs in a cinema watching a dog on screen
Jon McNaught art       see full size
        
T H E A T E R
        
a 1929 theater ticker chopper
a 1929 theater ticket chopper

Sunday, February 12, 2023

CHANCE . . . by different artists

1923 playing cards Mayfair
1923 British playing cards
      
C H A N C E
        
a Felix Valloton woodcut print of gamblers at a racetrack with tiny racers
a Felix Valloton print       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
the public game of bingo, a vintage bingo woman player
the public game of 'bingo'
      
C H A N C E
        
a Dick Sargent funny illustration of a man in a hurry stuck in traffic
a Dick Sargent illustration
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
John R. Neill illustration, a frog with gambling dice
a John R. Neill illustration
      
C H A N C E
        
René Georges Hermann-Paul 1903 cartoon illustration
René Georges Hermann-Paul,  1903
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
Brueghel The Younger art, gambling
Brueghel The Younger
      
C H A N C E
         
LOTO a 1950s game in France
"
LOTO"   a 1950s game in France       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
René Georges Hermann-Paul 1919 gambling print
René Georges Hermann-Paul,  1919
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
         
a Ronald Searle sketch in Las Vegas, a woman at a slot machine
a Ronald Searle sketch in Reno Nevada
      
C H A N C E
        
Ronald Searle in Las Vegas
Ronald Searle in Reno
      
C H A N C E
        
Ronald Searle old prospector
Ronald Searle
      
C H A N C E
        
Ronald Searle Las Vegas casino
Ronald Searle in Reno
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
Robert Williams art, food poison clams
a bad clam by chance ... Robert Williams art
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
The Game of Life Milton Bradley 1889 illustration
"The
Game of Life"  by Milton Bradley,  1889
      
C H A N C E
          
1500s gambling in a brothel illustration
1500s gambling in a
brothel       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
a Don Weller poster for Western Airlines to Las Vegas
a Don Weller poster for Western Airlines
      
C H A N C E
        
a 1959 cartoon about an artist
a 1959 cartoon
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
1902 boys gambling in the street
1902 boys gambling in the street
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
a John P. McCutcheon 1907 illustration of ladies gambling at a club
a John P. McCutcheon 1907 illustration
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
a funny Russ Heath illustration for National Lampoon Magazine
a funny Russ Heath illustration for 1970s National Lampoon Magazine
      
C H A N C E
          
1930s coin toss gambling
"The loser's stuck to take her home"    a 1930s advertisement 
for a fresh breath product       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
1956 pick flower petals, She loves me she loves me not
"She loves me,  she loves me not..."
      
C H A N C E
        
a Dan Decarlo cartoon about gambling and allure
a Dan Decarlo cartoon
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
a Douglas Crockwell illustration for a beer advertisement
a Douglas Crockwell illustration for a beer advertisement
see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
a cockfight by William Hogarth
a
cockfight by William Hogarth       see full size
      
C H A N C E
        
a Jerome Snyder illustration of a gambling king with playing cards
a Jerome Snyder illustration
       see full size
      
C H A N C E
          
a Gahan Wilson cartoon about bad luck affecting a billiards competion
"Damned hard luck,  Fitzhue."     a Gahan Wilson cartoon
see full size
      
C H A N C E
 
the eightball was a symbol for bad luck in 1948
 
the 'eightball' was a symbol for bad luck and failure in 1948   
    
C H A N C E
           
an illustration by William Harnden Foster 1910, a motorcycle beating two trains at a crossing
an illustration by William Harnden Foster,1910