EMMETT KELLY SR. - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 43052
Sale Price $425.00
Reg. $500.00
EMMETT KELLY
B/w, 3½x5½ photograph shown as weary willy, full portrait, holding a
broom
Photograph signed: "Emmett Kelly Sr". B/w, 3½x5½. Shown as
Weary Willy. Emmett Lee Kelly (1898-1979) began his circus career,
which spanned 55 years, after a starting out as a cartoonist. First
performing as a trapeze artist, he later went into clowning, creating his
most famous character, "Weary Willie", from a cartoon character he had drawn
years earlier. In 1942, Kelly joined the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and
Bailey Circus, where he would star until 1956 (one of his most famous routines
was "sweeping the spotlight"). In 1957, he joined the Shrine Circus and settled
in Florida (Sarasota is the winter home of the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and
Bailey Circus). Kelly, America's most famous clown, continued appearing in
commercials and performed in special shows until he was 80. His son, Emmett
Kelly, Jr. (1923-2006), followed successfully in his father's footsteps and
rivaled his fame, forming his own Emmett Kelly, Jr. Circus in 1972. Fine
condition.
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