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Do you know,--  I'd rather be a boy, said the clown

Do you know,-- I'd rather be a boy, said the clown

(DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Truant Mountebank" by Chester Holbrook Brown, Harper's magzine, 114:190 (Jan. 1907).

Clown band at Society Circus, Ft. Myer, Virginia April 23

Clown band at Society Circus, Ft. Myer, Virginia April 23

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clown face on a casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Clown face on a casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the 1990s. Title, date, subject not... More

Clown, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

Clown, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

From Dorothy Sara Lee's fieldnotes: "The clowns did not seem terribly ferocious, but their covered faces and mildly outrageous actions seemed to frighten some of the younger children. The clown dancers were ap... More

Storybook Gardens billboard, Lake Delton, WIsconsin (LOC)

Storybook Gardens billboard, Lake Delton, WIsconsin (LOC)

Margolies, John,, photographer...Storybook Gardens billboard, Lake Delton, WIsconsin..1988...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and keywords based on information prov... More

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Medieval armored knight or soldier, Christ with children, horse, lions, architecture, angel, clown, and Good Samaritan]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Medieval armored knig...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: full length, seated, facing slightly left

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: full length, seated, facing slightly left

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

[Titta Ruffo, half-length portrait, facing front, as a clown]

[Titta Ruffo, half-length portrait, facing front, as a clown]

Copyright by Matzene, Chicago. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: full lgth., standing on left foot, facing right

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: full lgth., standing on left foot, facing r...

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

[Barnum's clown--clown halfway through paper-covered hoop which woman is holding]

[Barnum's clown--clown halfway through paper-covered hoop which woman ...

Copyright by Exhibit Supply Co. No copyright renewals. No. 6. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clown with Hula Hoops, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

Clown with Hula Hoops, Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska, 1983

From Dorothy Sara Lee's fieldnotes: "The clowns did not seem terribly ferocious, but their covered faces and mildly outrageous actions seemed to frighten some of the younger children. The clown dancers were ap... More

Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

William Shakespeare books and illustrations

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: head and shoulders, facing slightly left; smiling

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: head and shoulders, facing slightly left; s...

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

Spectator laughing at the antics of a cowboy clown at the rodeo of the San Angelo Fat Stock Show, San Angelo, Texas

Spectator laughing at the antics of a cowboy clown at the rodeo of the...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clown Casino photograph taken in the 1980s, Las Vegas, Nevada

Clown Casino photograph taken in the 1980s, Las Vegas, Nevada

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Kushira [i.e., Quirana] (or clown) at corn dance, Santo Domingo, New Mexico

Kushira [i.e., Quirana] (or clown) at corn dance, Santo Domingo, New M...

Santo Domingo Pueble man in ceremonial dress, including evergreen boughs. D19788 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Adam Clark Vroman. No. 857.

Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, whose members represent the wealthier class of manufacturers and their friends. Woman clown

Detroit, Michigan. A Venetian night party at the Detroit yacht club, w...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Contact Sheet: 0A-2A Gayle Cable Introducing Gourd Dance; 3A-4A Host Drum before Gourd Dance; 5A-6A Roger Welsch; 7A-11A Gourd Dance; 12A-15A Children Dressed for Pow-Wow Contest; 16A-21A Gourd Dancers; 22A-30A Friday Evening Grand Entry; 31A-33A During Flag Song; 34A Clown;  35A Gary Tassone and Ed Matney
Clown from the Carnaval San Francisco, an annual street parade and festival in San Francisco, California on the last weekend in May

Clown from the Carnaval San Francisco, an annual street parade and fes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr... More

[Couple at fair looking at a clown and a bell ringer]

[Couple at fair looking at a clown and a bell ringer]

Illus. from: The Costume of Great Britain / W.H. Pyne. London: William Miller, 1808, no. 10.

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: full length, lying, facing front; holding flower

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: full length, lying, facing front; holding f...

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

Barnum's clown - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Barnum's clown - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Woman looking at clown while pointing to her arm muscle, weights labelled 250 lbs. on floor. Copyright by Exhibit Supply Co. No copyright renewals. No. 10.

Clown at rodeo, Miles City, Montana

Clown at rodeo, Miles City, Montana

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth. Wonderful performing geese, roosters and musical donkey / Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York.

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth. Wonderful performing geese...

Circus poster showing clowns with performing animals including geese, roosters, and a donkey. No. 1903 B 70. Copyright by The Strobridge Litho. Co. Exchange; Hastings, R.B. 1944.

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Medieval armored knight or soldier, Christ with children, horse, lions, architecture, angel, clown, and Good Samaritan]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Medieval armored knig...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: Half length, facing front; hands on top of head

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: Half length, facing front; hands on top of ...

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

The county sheriff in "cahoots" with the carnival clown, talking a victim of $16.00 loss into a considerable reduction, "back of the tent" at the Morrisville, Vermont annual fair

The county sheriff in "cahoots" with the carnival clown, talking a vic...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Vermont, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drum majorette with clown, leading parade of the drum corps, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana

Drum majorette with clown, leading parade of the drum corps, state fai...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Clown at July 4th celebration in Salisbury, Maryland

Clown at July 4th celebration in Salisbury, Maryland

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Spectator laughing at the antics of a cowboy clown at the rodeo of the San Angelo Fat Stock Show, San Angelo, Texas

Spectator laughing at the antics of a cowboy clown at the rodeo of the...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of people standing outside of a super market. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing outside of a super market. Office of War In...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Detroit, Michigan. Outhouse and clown at Labor Day parade with plea for buying of war bonds

Detroit, Michigan. Outhouse and clown at Labor Day parade with plea fo...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clown dancer, ceremonial masked lama dances, Sikkim

Clown dancer, ceremonial masked lama dances, Sikkim

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Medieval armored knight or soldier, Christ with children, horse, lions, architecture, angel, clown, and Good Samaritan]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Medieval armored knig...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: head and shoulders, facing slightly right; hand raised to right eye

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: head and shoulders, facing slightly right; ...

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

Hagen Bros. 3-ring-3 circus graphic

Hagen Bros. 3-ring-3 circus graphic

Circus poster showing clown faces and fire cracker. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Amadeo Bassi, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in clown (Pagliacci?) costume]

[Amadeo Bassi, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in clown ...

H90039 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Mishkin, N.Y. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Barnum's clown--woman holding weights labelled 250 lb. over clown lying on floor]

[Barnum's clown--woman holding weights labelled 250 lb. over clown lyi...

Copyright by Exhibit Supply Co. No copyright renewals. No. 15. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat. Great Depression FFSA ...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clown rider with his trick mule at rodeo. Quemado, New Mexico

Clown rider with his trick mule at rodeo. Quemado, New Mexico

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Negro boys like to clown before the camera, Chicago, Illinois

Negro boys like to clown before the camera, Chicago, Illinois

Public domain photograph related to race relations, African Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Medieval armored knight or soldier, Christ with children, horse, lions, architecture, angel, clown, and Good Samaritan]

[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Medieval armored knig...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[A clown wearing colorful costume and mask, with wild hair and hat with animal on top, and holding a rattle]

[A clown wearing colorful costume and mask, with wild hair and hat wit...

Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress). Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: head and shoulders, facing front; crying

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: head and shoulders, facing front; crying

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: full lgth., seated at table

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: full lgth., seated at table

Photoprint copyrighted by B.J. Falk. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Mimes; Clowns; Shelf.

Detail of clown face on Performing Arts mural by Randy Spicer, Eureka, California

Detail of clown face on Performing Arts mural by Randy Spicer, Eureka,...

This mural is part of the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts mural project in Eureka. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection ... More

A rendition of the scary clown Pennywise from the movie "It" is part of Melissa Glendinning's spooky tableau that starts with a 1,425-pound pumpkin at the annual Pumpkinfest, a colorful fall festival in Damariscotta, Maine

A rendition of the scary clown Pennywise from the movie "It" is part o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

[Boy peering through wall chink at clown with circus]

[Boy peering through wall chink at clown with circus]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece in: "A Truant Mountebank" by Chester Holbrook Brown, Harper's magazi... More

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, dressed as clown, holding back of chair, in "Pagliacci"]

[Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921, dressed as clown, holding back of chair, in...

Copyright by A. Dupont, N.Y. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Boy peering through wall chink at clown with circus]

[Boy peering through wall chink at clown with circus]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece in: "A Truant Mountebank" by Chester Holbrook Brown, Harper's magazi... More

CHO CHO THE CLOWN WITH CHILDREN

CHO CHO THE CLOWN WITH CHILDREN

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

French Quarter clown, New Orleans, Louisiana

French Quarter clown, New Orleans, Louisiana

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

William Shakespeare books and illustrations

A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
 String Fever(marionette): Clown for Pantomime. About 24". Red jumpsuit with white puffs, and white collar. White gloves, and clown makeup.

String Fever(marionette): Clown for Pantomime. About 24". Red jumpsui...

Public domain scan of 1930s theatrical costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the ... More

Contact Sheet: 1-5 Arena at Night from Hill; 6-7 Honey Creek Singers and Tai Piah Singers; 8 Charlie Edwards; 9-10 Host Drum; 11-17 Arena at Night; 18 Clown; 19-20 Dorothy Sara Lee and Clifford Wolfe, Sr.; 21-22 Grand Entry; 24-28 Tribal Elmer Blackbird Remarks; 29-34 Watching Dancers in Arena

Contact Sheet: 1-5 Arena at Night from Hill; 6-7 Honey Creek Singers a...

1983 Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska. Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clown rider at rodeo at Quemado, New Mexico

Clown rider at rodeo at Quemado, New Mexico

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

William Shakespeare books and illustrations

Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

William Shakespeare books and illustrations

A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

Clown's song, The from Shakespeare's "Twelfth night"

William Shakespeare books and illustrations

[Barnum's clown--woman about to go through paper-covered hoop which clown is holding]

[Barnum's clown--woman about to go through paper-covered hoop which cl...

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
[Boy peering through wall chink at clown with circus]

[Boy peering through wall chink at clown with circus]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0185). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece in: "A Truant Mountebank" by Chester Holbrook Brown, Harper's magazi... More

A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
The clown and the alchemist /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

The clown and the alchemist /. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

"Although we are led to believe that the ancient alchemists were all powerful, this picture somewhat reverses the order of things. The clown plays some wonderful pranks on the old professor. He appears and disa... More

 String Fever(marionette): Clown for Pantomime. About 24". Red jumpsuit with white puffs, and white collar. White gloves, and clown makeup.

String Fever(marionette): Clown for Pantomime. About 24". Red jumpsui...

The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) was a New Deal program created in 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Its goal was to provide employment for out-of-work theater professionals and to produ... More

A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
Pilar Morin as clown/mime: Full length, standing, facing right; smoking pipe

Pilar Morin as clown/mime: Full length, standing, facing right; smokin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an armed man, military forces, weapon, fight,18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
Group of slides: 1-4 Honey Creek Singers; 5 Tai Piah Singers; 6 Host Drum; 7-9 Tai Piah Singers; 10 Member of Host Drum; 11-13 A Couples Dance; 14 Clown with Hula Hoops; 15 Clowns; 16 Judging Fancy Dancers' Regalia; 17-19 Paul Brill Presents Genealogies

Group of slides: 1-4 Honey Creek Singers; 5 Tai Piah Singers; 6 Host D...

1983 Omaha pow-wow. Macy, Nebraska. Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Art "Ballerina Clown" by Jonathan Borofsky in Venice, a beachfront district on the Westside of Los Angeles, California

Art "Ballerina Clown" by Jonathan Borofsky in Venice, a beachfront dis...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a building in Venice, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes
A  duel in the snow after the masquerade ball a serio comic ballet pantomime in 3 scenes