Sugarchurch's Outside Talker
the Tumblr of a fictional character. Sugarchurch is the Barker or "Outside Talker" in the play Left-Handed Darling
This blog by mikl-em (I played Sugarchurch) features Stuff about carnival sideshows, the 1800's to 1930’s, Vaudeville, clowns, freaks, silent film, or whatever else seems to fit.
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Photo reblogged from Turn of the Century
“Gibson Girl” Gabrielle Ray with Bullwhip, c.1910. She doesn’t want to have to flog you. But she will. From realityayslum via turnofthecentury
The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal of beauty portrayed by the satirical pen-and-ink illustrations of illustratorCharles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the United States.
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Ray was considered one of the most beautiful actresses on the London stage and became one of the most photographed women in the world. In the first decade of the 20th century, she had a good career in musical theatre. After an unsuccessful marriage, however, she never recovered the fame that she had enjoyed. She spent many of her later years in mental hospitals.
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Photo reblogged from Maudelynn's Menagerie
Gabrielle Ray and her house of cards (circa 1905). She happened to pass away on my 3rd birthday. via maudelynn
