Stilt Gallery

Festival Stilt Dance and Dancers - Dalian, Manchukuo, China

Manchukuo - a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic, but in 1934 it became a constitutional monarchy. It had limited international recognition and was under the de facto control of Japan. A Festival Stilt Dance. The area, collectively known as Manchuria, was the homeland of the Manchus, including the emperors of the Qing dynasty. In 1931, the region was seized by Japan following the Mukden Incident and a pro-Japanese government was installed one year later with Puyi, the last Qing emperor, as the nominal regent and later emperor.[1] Manchukuo's government was dissolved in 1945 after the surrender of Imperial Japan at the end of World War II. Date: circa 1930s

A New Kind Marathon (Colour Litho)

2778180 A New Kind Marathon (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A new kind of marathon. A Hungarian craftsman wanted to go from Graz to Budapest (about 300 km) astride a double stepladder. He completed the route, proceeding like on stilts, at an average of ten kilometers a day, but when he arrived in Budapest he had to... get off, because the curiosity of the crowd put the traffic in serious danger citizen. Illustration for Courier Sunday, 20 August 1933.); © Look and Learn

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French actress Mlle Mante as Laure in the play L'Education

French actress Louise-Charlotte-Theophile-Delphine Escoffie or Mlle Mante as Laure in the play L'Education ou les Deux Cousines by Casimir Bonjour at the Theatre Francais. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malo's Almanach des Spectacles par K.Y.Z, Chez Janet, Paris, 1823

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