The Belgian Congo

Commander Attilio Gatti with Two Pygmies and the Gorilla He Had Killed

Location: Chibinda Forest in the Lake Kivu region, the Belgian Congo, circa 1930 AD

The Man Who Laughs

– German actor, Conrad Veidt, was born in 1893.
– The photo shows him as Gwynplaine in the silent film The Man Who Laughs.
– The character who undoubtedly inspired the look of one of fiction’s most famous villains, Batman’s arch-nemesis, The Joker.

The Arm-Chair

What you see here is an actual trick that Jack Bonavita performed in his act. This photo has not been tampered with.

At the time of this photo Jack was with the Frank Bostock wild animal circus in England the year 1910.

The name of this trick that Jack is performing is called ”The Arm- Chair”.

London Bus

UnKnown Photographer
Life Magazine
Circa: 1865