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theyroaredvintage · 6 months

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Circus performer, early 1900s

#1900s #turn of the century #antique circus #circus portraits #antique portrait

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unknownmisworld · 7 months

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#michael jackson #the king of pop #antique Circus #vintage #shabby chic #he is alive #codeim #mjj fans #find the answer #Christina Maloue Engelhardt #pretty #circus #carousel horse #believe

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illustratus · 20 days

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Circus Games in Ancient Rome by Luigi Ademollo

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shewhoworshipscarlin · 8 months

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Tiger wagon toy, 1937-41.

#circus toy #1930s #antique #toys

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teanster123 · 5 months

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Some wholesome pics from my favorite Raggedy Ann story from Johnny Gruelle's Raggedy Ann Stories (1918), "Raggedy Ann and the Chickens"

( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝) these images are (already) giving me ragapom/buttonblossom/jesterdoll vibes ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝)

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the-magpie-archives · 1 year

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'I'm made of plastic, silly!' elicits a very specific image to a modern audience. One of shiny, brightly coloured modernism. Perhaps of cheap animal figures, and barbie dolls; harmless childhood toys.

But bear in mind this is said by a creature of the past. Have you ever held an antique baby doll? a weakly cast action figure? Even the case of an old typewriter? You can feel the brittle plastic, cold and rough; it feels as if it would snap under your fingers and its deceptive strength leaves your hands unsure of the density and your mind trying to figure it out.

Have you ever seen an old automaton? I read a book about them once, it was the first time I ever felt truly afraid of a puppet. Not the brash, fluffy, celebratory animal things of America, but the original European circus pieces.

One of the primary reasons a circus succeeds is spectacle: the creation of something so entirely awestriking that audiences have no choice but to gawp, and pay their fees. There's something so terrifying about not being able to look away. Sometimes not being able to see really is a good thing.

To see something that isn't a person move and talk like a person is horribly unnerving. It's far too common in this modern age, but can you imagine the terror of seeing these things firsthand for the first time, in a world where technology is scarce beyond an idea?

That fear is enough to power a thing for years to come. Enough to give it more power than a thing like that should ever have.

#I woke up super aggressively at 1am and couldn't go back to sleep until I wrote this so I hope you enjoy it!#Nikola holds a special place in my heart as someone enthusiastic about antique animatronics....#They absolutely have the power to kill #<3 #the magnus archives #tma #the magnus institute #Jonathan Sims #Nikola Orsinov #tma the stranger #the unknowing #tma season 3 #mag 97 #tw unreality #tw mannequin #tw animatronics #circus of the other

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sagradofemenin0 · 10 months

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Trapeze artist and strongwoman Laverie Vallee, best known by her stage name Charmion. Photographed in 1897.

#laverie vallee #trapeze #victorian era #circus #1800s photography #1800s #muscle woman #strong woman #charmione #vintage #weird aesthetic #antique #photography

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cowboyslikedean · 9 months

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watching good omens and the fact they simply superimposed a distant vague london skyline over one of the most recognisable streets in edinburgh is really making me laugh