Name's Cat. I'm an L.A. gal who loves everything from classic movie queens to pinups to classic horror. My likes vary a lot. Having said that, I refuse to fit in a box or apologize for being me.

Artoria Gibbons c. 1920’s. 

vintagegal:

Lillian Burslem 1930’s

Schlitzie with Wallace Ford in Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932)

Tattooed Lady, Betty Broadbent c. 1940’s

1950’s sideshow

Circus performer Zelda Boden c. 1910’s

Lady Viola, whose real name was Ethel Martin Vangi, was tattooed in the late 1920s and worked until she was 73, when she retired from the Thomas Joyland show.

Unknown tattooed woman c. 1920’s

Circus clown c. 1930’s

denisepuchol:

snake charmers

 P. Widowski “The World Champion Sword Swallower” c. 1900s

Marisa Mell in Masquerade (1965)

Emma de Burgh c. 1880’s

Prince Randian in Tod Browning’s Freaks (1932)