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[hey_friend]

Does anyone know if there's a specific name for turn of the century carnival/fairground art? I'm having a really hard time researching examples.

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[mikeisenberg]

Maybe "midway art?"

[hey_friend]

Ooh good call.

[uv_searching]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funfair
http://www.fairart.co.uk/linkspage.htm
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/Car.html [some stuff down the page]

any help?

[unappropriate]

"motley crue mirror"? ;)

[hey_friend]

haha wrong century ;)

[unappropriate]

century shmentury, i'll win it if it fucking kills me.

[hey_friend]

Yes! That's what I'm going for. Pretty and creepy.

[bryantpaul]

I picked up a book a couple of years ago called "Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art," by Carl Hammer and Gideon Bosker. Most of the banner art is from the '40s and '50s, with a few modern examples.

Sadly it doesn't have a bibliography in the back.

[hey_friend]

I saw that on Amazon! i'm going to try to get it from the library.