Photos courtesy of Gene Wolande These extremely rare family photos come to us from Gene Wolande, a Los Angeles screenwriter and relative of ...

Photo courtesy of Tom Dougherty Another in a series of photos from the Tom Dogherty Collection, The Golf Gag, taken from the personal scrapb...

Todd Robinson reminded me that "Slivers Rag" the Ragtime accompaniment to Slivers' Baseball Gag, composed by Harry Cook (and d...

Photo courtesy of Tom Dougherty Another photo from the Tom Dougherty Collection of photos from the personal scrapbook of Frank "Slivers...

Here is the 2nd in a series of extremely rare photos from the Tom Dougherty Collection of Slivers Oakley from Slivers' own personal scra...

Photo courtesy of Tom Dougherty This is probably the rarest photo we've ever had here in THE ALLEY. It is a photo of Frank "Slivers...

Photos courtesy of Rik Gern Blogging today from the parking lot of the Wash & WiFi, Rutland Vermont's first (and probably only) laud...

Photo courtesy of Rik Gern Rik Gern found this amazing photo of Lou Jacobs' handiwork at putting his makeup on others. This guy may have...

Photo courtesy of Rik Gern Two clowns very near and dear to my heart, Ruth Chaddock and Peggy Williams. From Peggy herself: "It was tak...

I'm currently away at the Vermont State Fair from the 1st to the 10th. Then I'll be touring with Circus Royale throughout Upstate Ne...

Photo courtesy of Bill Strong Dime Wilson in 1939 wearing the whiteface makeup that he used for several years.

Photo courtesy of Bill Strong Dime Wilson in his familiar tramp character makeup that he wore for the next 50 years. The bare feet date this...

Photo courtesy of Bill Strong Can anyone identify the clown in this picture? All Bill Strong and I have been able to figure out is that he w...

Photos taken at the Charlie Rivel exhibit at the museum in his birthplace, Cubelles, Spain. You can see Rivels's wigs, shoes, makeup box...

My friend Dave Carlyon, author of the book Dan Rice: The Most Famous Man You've Never Heard Of ( http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Rice-Famous-Y...

I don't know if this is going to work, or how it's going to look, so please bear with me. PLEASE take a moment to let me know if the...

My computer, which has been on it's last leg for the whole summer, may finally have died last night. My wife bought me a brand new Mac b...

Emmett Kelly's spotlight gag and Otto Griebling's pie plate come-in may have their origins in the same location. Shorty Flemm (list...

- Photo courtesy of Fred Pfening and the Pfening Archive Bluch Landolf "The Ringmaster well might feel like telling Bluch Landolf to pu...

Today is my 39th birthday. I am a very lucky man. I am extremely fortunate in that I get to do exactly what I've always wanted to do, w...