Fi Webster's photos with the keyword: Emmett Kelly

a gentle ride for the hobo clown

03 Jun 2012 346
It's a sunny day in 1948. We're in the Boxcar City section of the circus grounds. We see Emmett Kelly, hobo clown par excellence , shufflin' in the grass, practicin' his bit with the broom. All of a sudden--oh no! one of the juvenile Tyrannosaurs has escaped from her pen...she's got Mr. Kelly in her fearsome jaws! No, wait a minute...it's all part of the entertainment...she's trained to do this! She deposits him gently on top of the boxcar, where he scoots over next to a pretty girl with a parasol. Gee...isn't the circus swell? Cut-paper collage postcard. Emmett Kelly from Taschen's The Circus . Dinosaur is actually an Aucasaurus, from Dorling Kindersley's Prehistoric Life.