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Three Nude Figures Thomas Arthur Bridson Manx Museum

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A rear view of the Joke Wall on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, 1968 (photo by Los Angeles Times)

If I had to guess, I’d say, top row, l.-r., Goldie Hawn, Judy Carne, Jo Anne Worley.  The bottom row is tougher.  Maybe Arte Johnson, 2nd l.?

What’s the Joke Wall, you ask?  Here are a few shots from a blooper reel and a PBS short.

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Picture Post, England, October 13, 1951

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Marie Laurencin (1883-1956), Etude pour un projet de tapisserie

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From Kladderadatsch, 1937.  See How to Believe in Your Elf.

If you like fairies or are one, here’s my current collection of vintage fairy imagery.

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Cesare Saccaggi (1868-1934), Semiramis

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Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Diane et Acteon

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(Alfred Stevens), 1823-1906.

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Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), ‘Ch. XVIII’, “Undine” by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, 1909 Source

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Colin Jones. Banwell, Newcastle. 1963