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Lot 1089

RPPC Carnival Photo Cutout Amusement Display

Estimate: $50 - $1,000
Starting Bid
$10

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Real photo postcard photograph showing a carnival or amusement photo cutout display with several people posing behind painted character boards. The display consists of illustrated theatrical figures arranged across a decorative stage platform while the real participants place their faces through circular openings in the boards. The painted figures depict stylized characters and props forming a whimsical scene typical of traveling carnivals, amusement parks, and fairground photography attractions during the early twentieth century. A swastika symbol appears on one of the painted costume figures, used here as a decorative good‑luck symbol commonly employed in graphic design before its later political associations. The front bears the printed text: Painted character names partially visible on the display. The reverse reads: Undivided message and address layout. Handwritten inscriptions read: Single handwritten name reading “Heritage.”.

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