D'Alveydre Equilibriste Antique Vaudeville Postcard carved wooden Hitler figure there is room for a

there is room for a finger or two inside the head while the others fill its armholes

many of these date from the 1940s

and then I noticed the tenderly hand-stitched repairs at each of the corners

I'm not sure the age

which feel both very much like traditional quilt designs

D'Alveydre Equilibriste Antique Vaudeville Postcard carved wooden Hitler figure there is room for aThis is one of three early vaudeville postcards I purchased together from one seller, all of which I found pretty curious: this one advertising dAlveydre the Equilibriste (the othersGoodlow (with Miss Lily) and their comic trampoline act and Jacklys The Funny. Ive done some searching and havent turned up any information on any of them; there is a small part of me that thinks they are actually Surrealist creations, a notion most supported by the fact