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Czech midget showman Baron Richard Nowak, 19, stands 19 inches high & weighs 17 lbs., while posing on pedestal on the midway at the Hamid-Morton Circus next to one of the band’s tuba players. Location: Trenton, NJ, US. Date taken: July 1940. Photographer: John Phillips.
[Top image (uncolorized) found here; caption and bottom photo found here.]
I dunno, Babs, but I do know this. It’s better with the sound off.
[Found here.]

Do I Worry, Ernie Andrews (1981) Jazz/soul singer virtuoso Ernie Andrews (1927-2022) worked with Harry James, Cannonball Adderley, Gene Harris, Lionel Hampton, the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra and Kenny Burrell.
HST.
Glass slugs in a box and more.
“No More Walking On Eggshells.”
DIY dentures [via Everlasting Blört].
[via Thompson, blog].
Easy side hustle [via The view from Lady Lake].
“Gilbert’s got some grapes.” [via Bustednuckles].
There’s a window in the bathroom [Bits & Pieces].
The 1910 Henri turbo-propulseur motor-jet sesquiplane
[via Memo Of The Air].
[Top image found here. From the comments: “It is a wheel balancer, used to place wheels or other objects on to ensure they are balanced to run correctly. For example, you can place lawnmower blades on it to ensure they run true.”
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[Found here.]


Work by Cuban artist Esterio Segura. The retro sled must’ve been in pretty sad shape to do that to it. At least he could have painted it yellow.
[Images found here, here and here.]