Old Judge & Gypsy Queen Poll

[baztacula]

I'd like to start a 'Scariest Old Judge' poll but so far I only have one example. If someone has seen a more frightening image, please post.

[rhettyeakley]

Voted for Mlle. Marianne simply because I really want to find out what that is on her head!

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Voted for Mlle. Marianne simply because I really want to find out what that is on her head!

The thing on Mademoiselle's head appears to have a fish quality from that angle but her collar reminds me of Kermit. This other angle gives off more of an avian vibe:

[Jobu]

That is so awesome that it can't be real. (I may or may not sleep with the light on tonight.)

Originally Posted by baztacula

I'd like to start a 'Scariest Old Judge' poll but so far I only have one example. If someone has seen a more frightening image, please post.

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by Jobu

That is so awesome that it can't be real. (I may or may not sleep with the light on tonight.)

Oh, it's real. It is apparently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It belonged to Jefferson Burdick and, after reading about his untimely death, I feel it may have cast some sort of evil curse upon him. Even the condition of the card looks scary.

[Leon]

I voted for Curtis, as well as several others. I think we like her "open" style.

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by Leon

I voted for Curtis, as well as several others. I think we like her "open" style.

No love for Mademoiselle Maggi? OK, she looks a little sad but zero votes?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by baztacula

No love for Mademoiselle Maggi? OK, she looks a little sad but zero votes?

She is less happy and less prone to give it up . What red blooded guy wants to deal with that?

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by Leon

She is less happy and less prone to give it up . What red blooded guy wants to deal with that?

She's vulnerable, Leon. Don't underestimate the potential associated with well-timed vulnerability.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Leon

I voted for Curtis, as well as several others. I think we like her "open" style.

She got my vote.

[baztacula]

I still haven't found the scary Johnstone Bennett card but I scooped up some other stuff... including a few tobacco cards, her autograph and a wicked demon whose eyes follow me around the room (he has the same look on his face that JB has on the old judge card.) I am declaring her the godmother of horror all because of that one evil looking image.

[baztacula]

Despite the change in angle, notice how the demon's eyes are still looking at the camera...

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by baztacula

I'd like to start a 'Scariest Old Judge' poll but so far I only have one example. If someone has seen a more frightening image, please post.

To paraphrase from the Kramer portrait on Seinfeld: ""She is a loathsome, offensive brute, and yet I can't look away"

For some reason I decided to google the name "Johnstone Bennett" to see what came up - lots of info on her. Here is the 1906 obituary. Another article in 1896 discussed her desire to give up the vaudeville act and join a convent.

Johnstone Bennett

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by scooter729

To paraphrase from the Kramer portrait on Seinfeld: ""She is a loathsome, offensive brute, and yet I can't look away"

For some reason I decided to google the name "Johnstone Bennett" to see what came up - lots of info on her. Here is the 1906 obituary. Another article in 1896 discussed her desire to give up the vaudeville act and join a convent.

Johnstone Bennett

Interesting info, Scooter. It makes one wonder if she was shunned and abandoned because of an alternative lifestyle. At least we know Miss Bennett wasn't scary looking in real life.

[Peter_Spaeth]

A fetish for late 19th century women?

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

A fetish for late 19th century women?

It's a safe fetish because, aside from stealing Burdick's museum collection, I can't think of any other way it could ever lead to jail time. We should encourage more men to take a walk on the 19th century wild side.

Check out this Duke's Cameo Cigarettes card of Net54 favorite, Celia Curtis...

[steve B]

Ah, pose is so much of it.

I like Miss Rats the best overall.

But it was close between her and mille Marianne until I saw the second pose. The first has a bit of mystery to it the second she just doesn't seem as interesting. The reverse was true for Celia Curtis, Didn't like the original pose, but the second seems much better.

Lulu Barry was a close third, and would have been almost tied with Lily Howard if the latter didn't look so underage.

The others don't really do much for me at all.

Steve B

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by steve B

Ah, pose is so much of it.

I like Miss Rats the best overall.

But it was close between her and mille Marianne until I saw the second pose. The first has a bit of mystery to it the second she just doesn't seem as interesting. The reverse was true for Celia Curtis, Didn't like the original pose, but the second seems much better.

Lulu Barry was a close third, and would have been almost tied with Lily Howard if the latter didn't look so underage.

The others don't really do much for me at all.

Steve B

Yes, Lily Howard looks pretty young. That isn't stopping her from accumulating votes, though. She would be in the neighborhood of 140 years old today. Plus, she was of marrying age in the time when that photo was taken. So we shouldn't feel too pervy including her in the poll.

Originally Posted by baztacula

I'd like to start a 'Scariest Old Judge' poll but so far I only have one example. If someone has seen a more frightening image, please post.

Reminds me a little of my ex-wife.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Gobucsmagic74

Reminds me a little of my ex-wife.

Hey, Dan - we may have sloshed thru the same mud




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[Leon]

My daughter would be petrified of the demon.

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by Leon

My daughter would be petrified of the demon.

Most children who see it get freaked out. They walk around the room, nervously staring at the demon as it "watches" them. One child thought it was still watching her after she left the house.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by baztacula

...One child thought it was still watching her after she left the house.

That would be my daughter. She doesn't like clowns or clown masks either. They freak her out. I guess no Red Skelton for her....(he was great)

That demon is kind of freaky....