Hand-carved Barnum and Bailey circus bandwagon, known as the “Five Graces” wagon. It was built in 1878, for another circus, that Bailey bought out soon after.
For decades, it was the lead wagon in their parade, pulled by 40 horses, with the band playing in the seats on top, drawing attention to the circus in town.
This postcard.is from about 1948, showing the wagon in winter storage. Later postcards show it in the Barnum and Bailey museum in Florida.
I thought maybe it was just because it was late last night, so I waited to look again today….. But no.
I still look at this and see everybody sliding off towards the bottom left corner…. like, one day the canvas, or whatever, will be devoid of people. Cafe Europa will be empty.
If it were hanging on my wall, I’d walk past and want to tilt it to the right.
I’m sure it’s because there are so many strong diagonal lines … One from the waiter’s tray though the white pitcher and the woman’s hands below… one following the line of dancing customers.. everywhere you look, there’s someone facing somebody or something lower, on the left.
It shows you something about how composition affects everything.
A bit later incarnation of yesterday’s Mercedes-Benz ad… This is around 1920, though as with the other one, the date is hard to pin down in image search
“My Benz!”
Love her green stockings.
Ooh… I just remembered. Right around that time, a women in a DH Lawrence novel … probably one of the sisters in “Women in Love”… wears very fashionable green stockings.
(I have no idea why that little detail is stuck in my mind. It’s a dusty, cluttered place, you know, and every now and then I find something stashed in an odd corner.)
But I have to go see when that book was published.
In a traditional fox hunt, a fox terrier or two runs with the hounds. The hounds to find and track the fox, the terrier to flush him out when he runs for cover.
Not that I approve… But that’s how it’s done… Or was.
Fox huntsmen and their hounds, on Oxford St, in London, in 1926.
Why they’re on Oxford street, in the middle of London, is rather a mystery to me. It seems a strange detour.
Maybe they’re just showing off to the poor working stiffs, hustling off to their office jobs… “Hah! Don’t you wish youwere rich, riding a horse to hounds, instead of filing paperwork?”
Taken in 1868 (!)… A samurai in traditional armor, holding a yumi, a Japanese longbow, made of bamboo, wood and leather. The arrows have bamboo shafts with eagle or hawk feathers.
LOL…. The painting, or whatever that is, placement behind him is unfortunate…. At first I thought he had a strange little ponytail sticking up on top of his head.
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oh no…”the look”…what did I do this time? Let’s see…kibble: check. Biscuit: check. Snuggles: check. C’mon, gimme a hint already!
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Hand-carved Barnum and Bailey circus bandwagon, known as the “Five Graces” wagon. It was built in 1878, for another circus, that Bailey bought out soon after.
For decades, it was the lead wagon in their parade, pulled by 40 horses, with the band playing in the seats on top, drawing attention to the circus in town.
This postcard.is from about 1948, showing the wagon in winter storage. Later postcards show it in the Barnum and Bailey museum in Florida.
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This has to be a British sign.
Yes…. It’s a cafe in London, in 1942.
A sentiment since adopted by Waffle House.
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I thought maybe it was just because it was late last night, so I waited to look again today….. But no.
I still look at this and see everybody sliding off towards the bottom left corner…. like, one day the canvas, or whatever, will be devoid of people. Cafe Europa will be empty.
If it were hanging on my wall, I’d walk past and want to tilt it to the right.
I’m sure it’s because there are so many strong diagonal lines … One from the waiter’s tray though the white pitcher and the woman’s hands below… one following the line of dancing customers.. everywhere you look, there’s someone facing somebody or something lower, on the left.
It shows you something about how composition affects everything.
Trying to introduce a bit of tension into the scene? That cafe is so crowded that it would make me tense just to be there.
Do the signs on the canopies suggest anything to you?
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Tell it to hold still so I can look at it!
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Very Mod.
Great suit.
Reminds me of a “Gaston”-cartoon.
Looks like the mating display of some strange bird.
17 year old boy; close enough.
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Get him with the first strike.
Too upsetting.
Play “Misty” for me.
I was thinking “Dial M for Murder…”
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This is totally bizarre.
Like an iceberg. 10% above the water, 90% below.
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A bit later incarnation of yesterday’s Mercedes-Benz ad… This is around 1920, though as with the other one, the date is hard to pin down in image search
“My Benz!”
Love her green stockings.
Ooh… I just remembered. Right around that time, a women in a DH Lawrence novel … probably one of the sisters in “Women in Love”… wears very fashionable green stockings.
(I have no idea why that little detail is stuck in my mind. It’s a dusty, cluttered place, you know, and every now and then I find something stashed in an odd corner.)
But I have to go see when that book was published.
1920! Which means 1920 might be the right date for these green stockings as well.
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Same.
Same.
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“Fox! – Not fox-terrier, you imbeciles!”
Both, actually.
In a traditional fox hunt, a fox terrier or two runs with the hounds. The hounds to find and track the fox, the terrier to flush him out when he runs for cover.
Not that I approve… But that’s how it’s done… Or was.
Strangely, they’re not in the middle of London…
Same with weiner dogs – Dackel – Dachshund…
Fox huntsmen and their hounds, on Oxford St, in London, in 1926.
Why they’re on Oxford street, in the middle of London, is rather a mystery to me. It seems a strange detour.
Maybe they’re just showing off to the poor working stiffs, hustling off to their office jobs… “Hah! Don’t you wish you were rich, riding a horse to hounds, instead of filing paperwork?”
…and then there came the pinschers…
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Taken in 1868 (!)… A samurai in traditional armor, holding a yumi, a Japanese longbow, made of bamboo, wood and leather. The arrows have bamboo shafts with eagle or hawk feathers.
I think I’ve got them all. Time, and SusanSunshine, will tell.
🤩
Running late today…. 9pm and I still need my dinner…
But before that, I want to post the puzzle solution… I’m trying to keep things under control.
I sympathize with Clara… sometimes you just don’t know where it goes. But she has the key to it…. somewhere…..
Sometimes it’s the little things, isn’t it. Like the teeny differences between these two panels.
A couple are pretty subtle… right, Liverlips?
But they’re discoverable.
The proof is….
good catch! I missed that one (too).
Hmmm…
I have a feeling that was originally a glitch, but maybe not.
It does look like a difference, and as the saying goes… If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.
So count ten if you want to count ten. I would, I think.
As I’ve said many times, I’m not the arbiter.
Nighthawks is, but in this case, it’s a ten year old puzzle, that hasn’t been run since 2016.
I’d say all bets are off.
That means if one of you out there found that difference instead of a different difference, you can say you found 9. If you found 10, great.
LOL…. The painting, or whatever that is, placement behind him is unfortunate…. At first I thought he had a strange little ponytail sticking up on top of his head.
It’s nice to see him not looking sinister.
I think it’s a wall lamp looking at the shadow to the right of it.
Yeah, it’s pretty empty for a painting.
Clouded Leopard, for Caturday.
Clouded leopard next to a cloudy tree.