Yesterday we took a trip to Doylestown, a well-preserved town incorporated in 1838, about an hour west of Philly. Among its assets is the Mercer Museum, established by Henry Mercer in 1916, and filled with his (very idiosyncratic) collection of tools, baskets, decorative tiles, stoves, carriages, dolls, pottery, and a fire engine, The exhibits are very haphazard and not very well labelled or annotated, but it is a very interesting place nonetheless. So, herewith a haphazard collection of photos: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/September-2023/Mercer-Museum/ (K-5, DA 17-70) Comments always appreciated! Rick

Am 09.09.23 um 18:16 schrieb Rick Womer: > Yesterday we took a trip to Doylestown, a well-preserved town incorporated in 1838, about an hour west of Philly. A most peculiar place indeed. What do you call the guy in the third and fifth photo? It would be a Kasper in German or a Guignol in French. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012

On Sat, Sep 09, 2023 at 06:45:09PM +0200, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 09.09.23 um 18:16 schrieb Rick Womer: > > Yesterday we took a trip to Doylestown, a well-preserved town incorporated in 1838, about an hour west of Philly. > > A most peculiar place indeed. > > What do you call the guy in the third and fifth photo? It would be a > Kasper in German or a Guignol in French. > > Ralf In the U.K. that would most often be identified as "Mr Punch" (from "Punch & Judy" puppet shows, and also featuring on the masthead of "Punch" magazine)

> On 9 Sep 2023, at 20:20, John Francis <johnf@panix.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 09, 2023 at 06:45:09PM +0200, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >>> Am 09.09.23 um 18:16 schrieb Rick Womer: >>> Yesterday we took a trip to Doylestown, a well-preserved town incorporated in 1838, about an hour west of Philly. >> >> A most peculiar place indeed. >> >> What do you call the guy in the third and fifth photo? It would be a >> Kasper in German or a Guignol in French. >> >> Ralf > > In the U.K. that would most often be identified as "Mr Punch" > (from "Punch & Judy" puppet shows, and also featuring on the > masthead of "Punch" magazine) > -- > He is based on the character of Pulcinella from the Italian Commedia dell’arte. His profile is said to be derived from that of the Emperor Vespasian, as seen on Roman coins.

Aren't Punch (Punchinello) & Pulcinella the same character? On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 11:45 PM Bob W PDML <pdmlbw@icloud.com> wrote: > > On 9 Sep 2023, at 20:20, John Francis <johnf@panix.com> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Sep 09, 2023 at 06:45:09PM +0200, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >>> Am 09.09.23 um 18:16 schrieb Rick Womer: > >>> Yesterday we took a trip to Doylestown, a well-preserved town > incorporated in 1838, about an hour west of Philly. > >> > >> A most peculiar place indeed. > >> > >> What do you call the guy in the third and fifth photo? It would be a > >> Kasper in German or a Guignol in French. > >> > >> Ralf > > > > In the U.K. that would most often be identified as "Mr Punch" > > (from "Punch & Judy" puppet shows, and also featuring on the > > masthead of "Punch" magazine) > > -- > > > > He is based on the character of Pulcinella from the Italian Commedia > dell’arte. His profile is said to be derived from that of the Emperor > Vespasian, as seen on Roman coins. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.