I promised you another tray (see our previous post HERE), and this time we're going waaaay way back to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair for a souvenir tin tip tray featuring a sneaky peeky little upskirt action gag. Yes, the Victorians were most certainly not above saucy cracks such as this, of course! And I'm just thrilled that it all comes across much more creepy than was likely intended!
Ha! Maybe not so much has changed in 122 years. But this is an incredible souvenir, and incredibly perfect for its eventual owner thanks to that accidental premonitory creepy horror movie vibe…
ReplyDeletelol! *Queue the Radiohead classic
DeleteFrom 1904 and not a scratch on the image, the owner must have taken extremely good care of this tray.
ReplyDeleteThe shoeshine boy is getting quite an education, they didn't teach such things in schoolrooms back then.
Calm down, Damien! That kid looks like he's right out of a insidious movie! I'd look away, too, that's the easiest way to get cursed!
ReplyDeleteGosh, that kid really evokes the incubus from Henry Fuseli's painting. Everybody's going to the World's Fair! Where the nightmares shine you shoes!
ReplyDeleteThat lass is definitely on the prowl for Charles Dana Gibson. All spit shined and ready for her close-up.
Lovely tray!
That kid wouldn't be out of place as a victim of satanic possession in a comic. Just look at his face!
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