Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

“Spectators watching a Wall of Death performance featuring a lion in a sidecar”, Revere Beach, MA; ca. 1929

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Mr. “Fearless” Egbert taking his five year-old lion for a ride on the Wall of Death at Mitcham fair.

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This entry was posted on April 13, 2016 by . It was filed under History, Images of History, Photography, Weird and was tagged with , , .

4 responses

  1. philstanfield

    Hi Miep, I appreciate your distinctive approach to life.

    April 13, 2016 at 11:56 pm

    Reply

  2. Pingback: “Spectators watching a Wall of Death performance featuring a lion in a sidecar”, Revere Beach, MA; ca. 1929 — I hope to be remembered for my atrocities! | materialism, mysticism and art

  3. Pingback: “Spectators watching a Wall of Death performance featuring a lion in a sidecar”, Revere Beach, MA; ca. 1929 | materialism, mysticism and art

  4. philstanfield

    Hi Miep, I’ve reblogged the image. What was the lion thinking?

    April 14, 2016 at 4:21 am

    Reply

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